List of 25 Largest Cities in Africa

Africa is one of the largest Continents and has many Low-income Countries, The Largest Cities in Africa is listed by Population from Largest and the list shows Top 20 largest in Africa. Egypt and Nigeria are most populated countries and have many cities. usually, cities size is measured on total Population. Many countries in the continent are developing and undeveloped. Cairo is the largest city by Population and Area in the Continent of Africa located in Egypt with the metro population of 9,120,350 with over 6,000 Sq km Area.

Rank	City Name	Country	Population (Metro)	City Area (In km2)
1	Lagos	Nigeria	21,000,000	999
2	Cairo	Egypt	15,200,000	528
3	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9,046,000	583
4	Greater Johannesburg	South Africa	7,550,000	334
5	Mogadishu	Somalia	5,845,000	91
6	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	4,700,000	1,590
7	Alexandria	Egypt	4,575,000	2,679
8	Abidjan	Ivory Coast	4,400,000	2,119
9	Casablanca	Morocco	3,975,000	387
10	Cape Town	South Africa	3,775,000	400
11	Durban	South Africa	3,650,000	225
12	Accra	Ghana	3,575,000	173
13	Nairobi	Kenya	3,500,000	696
14	Kano	Nigeria	9,383,682	499
15	Ibadan	Nigeria	3,375,000	1,190
16	Algiers	Algeria	3,175,000	363
17	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	3,100,000	527
18	Luanda	Angola	2,825,311	113
19	Dakar	Senegal	2,675,000	82
20	Pretoria	South Africa	2,525,000	687
21	Tripoli	Libya	2,325,000	400
22	Harare	Zimbabwe	2,300,000	960
23	Douala	Cameroon	2,200,000	210
24	Niamey	Niger	2,111,000	239
25	Hargeisa	Somaliland	2,290,000	25

Note: The largest cities in Africa with the latest update and all details gathered by the official sources.