List of cities in Africa by population

The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in Africa by urban population using the most recent official estimate.

This reflects only cities located geographically in Africa including related islands.

Bold represents largest city in country.

Italic represents capital city.

Kinshasa , the largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as well as in Africa , is the nation's financial and economic centre.
Lagos , Nigeria is the second largest city in Africa and one of the primary economic hubs for the continent.
Cairo , Egypt is the third largest city in Africa and the largest one in the Arab world .
Riverside of Giza , a mega-suburb of Cairo and the second-largest city in Egypt with over 9 million inhabitants.
Oceanside of Luanda , the Angolan metropolis and a major hub for Africa's fossil fuel industries.
Skyline of Dar es Salaam : the largest city in Tanzania and in eastern Africa .
Seaside of Egypt's third-largest city and its ancient capital: Alexandria , the largest port in this bicontinental country.
East Africa's central business hub and Kenya 's capital, Nairobi .
Cape Peninsula of Cape Town , Africa's southernmost city and the second largest one in South Africa , also its legislative capital.
Kampala is the hub of Uganda .
View of Algiers : Algeria's metropolis is one of the most important economic and traditional centres in North Africa .
Tunis , the Tunisian capital as well as a major commercial and logistic turntable of the Maghreb .
Aerial view of Harare , the capital and centre of Zimbabwe .
Kilindini Harbour in Mombasa , Kenya's second largest city and its historical gate to the Indian Ocean trade.
The Jemaa el-Fnaa marketplace in the Moroccan Imperial city of Marrakech is an old commercial key to the Sahara .