Largest cities in Africa 2023, by number of inhabitants
most populated country in Africa.
Lagos, in Nigeria, ranked as the most populated city in Africa as of 2023, with an estimated population of roughly nine million inhabitants living in the city proper. Kinshasa, in Congo, and Cairo, in Egypt, followed with some 7.8 million and 7.7 million dwellers. Among the 15 largest cities in the continent, another two, Kano, and Ibadan, were located in Nigeria, the