Top 30 African cities by population

This post is a list of the top 30 largest cities in Africa by population*. Source: Wikipedia

1. Lagos, Nigeria: 26.6 million
2. Cairo, Egypt: 22.1 million
3. Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo: 16.3 million
4. Algiers, Algeria: 9.8 million
5. Giza, Egypt: 9.2 million
6. Luanda, Angola: 8.9 million
7. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: 7.4 million
8. Khartoum, Sudan: 6.1 million
9. Johannesburg, South Africa: 6.0 million
10. Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire: 5.5 million
11. Alexandria, Egypt: 5.4 million
12. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: 5.2 million
13. Nairobi, Kenya: 5.1 million
14. Cape Town, South Africa: 4.8 million
15. Yaoundé, Cameroon: 4.3 million
16. Kano, Nigeria: 4.2 million
17. East Rand, South Africa: 4.0 million
18. Douala, Cameroon: 3.9 million
19. Casablanca, Morocco: 3.8 million
20. Ibadan, Nigeria: 3.7 million
21. Antananarivo, Madagascar: 3.6 million
22. Abuja, Nigeria: 3.6 million
23. Kampala, Uganda: 3.6 million
24. Kumasi, Ghana: 3.6 million
25. Dakar, Senegal: 3.3 million
26. Port Harcourt, Nigeria: 3.3 million
27. Durban, South Africa: 3.1 million
28. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso: 3.0 million
29. Lusaka, Zambia: 3.0 million
30. Bamako, Mali: 2.8 million

* Population estimates are from between 2021 and 2023