Below are the main cities on the continent, along with their latest population data as per national censuses, UN population information and another popular agglomeration site Citypopulation.de. As an Afropreneur this information is invaluable when it comes to measuring the size of a market.
| City | Country | Local/National census | United Nations (2018) | City population (2019) | Last Census |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5528000 | 13171000 | 12000000 | 1998 |
| Lubumbashi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | N/A | 2125000 | N/A | |
| Mbuji-Mayi | Democratic Republic of the Congo | N/A | 2000000 | N/A | |
| Kananga | Democratic Republic of the Congo | N/A | 1190000 | N/A | |
| Kisangani | Democratic Republic of the Congo | N/A | 1120000 | N/A | |
| Alexandria | Egypt | 4110015 | N/A | 5700000 | 2006 |
| Al-Qahirah (Cairo) | Egypt | 7786640 | 20076000 | 20500000 | 2006 |
| Casablanca | Morocco | 6861739 | N/A | 4425000 | 2016 |
| Rabat | Morocco | 627932 | 1847000 | 2025000 | 2004 |
| Fès | Morocco | 977946 | N/A | N/A | 2004 |
| Marrakech | Morocco | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Johannesburg | South Africa | 4434827 | N/A | 13700000 | 2011 |
| Cape Town | South Africa | 3497097 | 4430000 | 4175000 | 2007 |
| Durban | South Africa | 3468086 | N/A | 3375000 | 2007 |
| Pretoria | South Africa | 2345908 | 2378000 | N/A | 2007 |
| Port Elizabeth | South Africa | 1050930 | N/A | 1330000 | 2007 |
| Vereeniging | South Africa | 800819 | N/A | N/A | 2007 |
| Kumasi | Ghana | 1171311 | N/A | 2950000 | 2000 |
| Accra | Ghana | 1659136 | 2439000 | 4950000 | 2000 |
| Lagos | Nigeria | 13400000 | N/A | 18800000 | 2007 |
| Kano | Nigeria | 2153225 | N/A | 4550000 | 2006 |
| Ibadan | Nigeria | 1338659 | N/A | 3475000 | 2006 |
| Abuja | Nigeria | 1405201 | 2919000 | 3375000 | 2006 |
| Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 541116 | N/A | 2275000 | 2006 |
| Benin City | Nigeria | N/A | 1610000 | N/A | |
| Onitsha | Nigeria | N/A | 1170000 | N/A | |
| Kaduna | Nigeria | 760084 | N/A | 1830000 | 2006 |
| Algiers | Algeria | 2947461 | N/A | 3900000 | 2008 |
| Luanda | Angola | 1823282 | 7774000 | 7900000 | 2002 |
| Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 1475223 | 2531000 | 2525000 | 2006 |
| Yaoundé | Cameroon | 1248235 | 3656000 | 3300000 | 2001 |
| Douala | Cameroon | 1514978 | N/A | 3250000 | 2001 |
| Ndjamena | Chad | N/A | 1360000 | N/A | |
| Abidjan | Côte d'IvoireCôte d’Ivoire | 4210200 | 4921000 | 5450000 | 2002 |
| Addis Ababa | EthiopiaEthiopia | 2738248 | 4400000 | 3725000 | 2007 |
| Conakry | Guinea | 1092936 | 1843000 | 2450000 | 1996 |
| Nairobi | Kenya | 3138295 | 4386000 | 5950000 | 2009 |
| Mombasa | Kenya | N/A | 1240000 | N/A | |
| Monrovia | Liberia | 1010970 | 1418000 | 1530000 | 2008 |
| Tripoli | Libya | 1126000 | N/A | 1210000 | 2006 |
| Antananarivo | Madagascar | 3058000 | N/A | N/A | |
| Bamako | Mali | 1215335 | 2447000 | 3375000 | 2005 |
| Maputo | Mozambique | 1099102 | 1102000 | 2875000 | 2007 |
| Niamey | Niger | 2100000 | 1214000 | 1260000 | 2013 |
| Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | 1373382 | 2230000 | 2175000 | 2007 |
| Kigali | Rwanda | 1058000 | 1140000 | N/A | |
| Dakar | Senegal | 2452656 | 2978000 | 3600000 | 2005 |
| Freetown | Sierra Leone | 947122 | 1136000 | 1720000 | 2004 |
| Mogadishu | Somalia | 3000000 | N/A | 1890000 | 2011 |
| Khartoum-Omdurman | Sudan | 2919773 | N/A | N/A | 1993 |
| Dar es Salaam | Tanzania | 4364541 | N/A | 6150000 | 2012 |
| Tunis | Tunisia | 911643 | 2291000 | 2625000 | 2005 |
| Kampala | Uganda | 1337900 | 2986000 | 3400000 | 2005 |
| Lusaka | Zambia | 1742979 | 2524000 | 2575000 | N/A |
| Harare | Zimbabwe | 1903510 | 1515000 | 2050000 | 2002 |
