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This is a list of the most heavily populated metropolitan areas in Africa, and it includes the 2010 population estimates, which are based on a mixture of official and independent sources. Some of the metropolitan areas listed below are also cities proper, but many others are groupings of cities, towns and urban areas.
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Data released by World Gazetteer - January.01.2010 - Next data release 2011 (unknown date)
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Basic definition of a 'Metropolitan Area' according to Wikipedia:
A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central cities and their zone of influence. One or more large cities may serve as its hub or hubs, and the metropolitan area is normally named after either the largest or most important central city within it.
Top 100 Most Populous Metropolitan Areas In Africa
  Metro Area Country City Only [1] 2010 Calculation [2]
1 Cairo Egypt 16,429,199
2 Lagos Nigeria 13,721,625
3 Kinshasa-Brazzaville DR Congo 10,346,029
4 Khartoum Sudan 10,082,702
5 Lagos Nigeria Yes 9,968,455
6 Johannesburg South Africa 8,153,161
7 Algiers Algeria 6,727,806
8 Abidjan Ivory Coast 6,169,102
9 Ibadan Nigeria 5,432,941
10 Ibadan Nigeria Yes 5,175,223
11 Cape Town South Africa 5,083,934
12 Luanda Angola 4,812,959
13 Kano Nigeria 4,617,020
14 Alexandria Egypt 4,594,360
15 Accra Ghana 4,284,725
16 Nairobi Kenya 4,240,249
17 Durban South Africa Yes 3,512,243
18 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Yes 3,315,108
19 Casablanca Morocco Yes 3,299,179
20 Harare Zimbabwe 3,252,529
21 Dar es Salaam Tanzania Yes 3,212,040
22 Lusaka Zambia 3,024,830
23 Luanda Angola Yes 2,644,318
24 Dakar Senegal Yes 2,583,028
25 Pretoria South Africa 2,426,056
26 Benin Nigeria Yes 2,406,697
27 Kano Nigeria Yes 2,376,372
28 Bamako Mali 2,306,662
29 Yaoundé Cameroon 2,298,174
30 Maputo Mozambique 2,123,971
31 Tunis Tunisia 2,102,517
32 Douala Cameroon 2,101,571
33 Port Harcourt Nigeria Yes 2,100,711
34 Kaduna Nigeria Yes 2,061,175
35 Monrovia Liberia 2,056,529
36 Conakry Guinea Yes 2,007,310
37 Oshogbo Nigeria 1,930,291
38 Kumasi Ghana Yes 1,928,196
39 Kampala Uganda 1,857,324
40 Tarabulus Libya 1,836,432
41 Rabat Morocco Yes 1,819,812
42 Antananarivo Madagascar 1,783,031
43 Port Harcourt Nigeria 1,702,797
44 Lubumbashi DR Congo Yes 1,630,186
45 Aba Nigeria Yes 1,597,296
46 N'Djaména Chad 1,579,246
47 Mogadishu Somalia Yes 1,579,041
48 Onitsha Nigeria 1,567,281
49 Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Yes 1,411,869
50 Port Elizabeth South Africa 1,362,525
51 Abuja Nigeria Yes 1,352,679
52 Bouaké Ivory Coast 1,327,869
53 Mbuji-Mayi DR Congo 1,319,029
54 Asmara Eritrea 1,304,382
55 Ogbomosho Nigeria 1,247,721
56 Aba Nigeria 1,153,799
57 Bangazi Libya 1,130,112
58 Maiduguri Nigeria Yes 1,126,195
59 Kitwe Zambia 1,117,812
60 Ilorin Nigeria Yes 1,084,681
61 Kisangani DR Congo 1,080,299
62 Fez Morocco Yes 1,040,563
63 Kigali Rwanda Yes 1,029,384
64 Tripoli Libya Yes 1,025,244
65 Abeokuta Nigeria 990,136
66 Niamey Niger Yes 980,478
67 Kananga DR Congo Yes 967,007
68 Pointe Noire Congo 943,959
69 Wahran Algeria 940,367
70 Pietermaritzburg South Africa Yes 937,594
71 Warri Nigeria Yes 933,762
72 Marrakesh Morocco Yes 920,142
73 Mombasa Kenya Yes 917,788
74 Onitsha Nigeria Yes 910,778
75 Vereeniging South Africa 879,797
76 Abuja Nigeria 858,854
77 Enugu Nigeria 853,066
78 Lomé Togo 848,428
79 Akure Nigeria Yes 847,903
80 Freetown Sierra Leone Yes 836,574
81 Nouakchott Mauritania Yes 822,207
82 Abeokuta Nigeria Yes 801,282
83 Bangui Central African Republic 770,753
84 Tangier Morocco Yes 762,166
85 Cotonou Benin Yes 757,356
86 Libreville Gabon Yes 753,550
87 Bulawayo Zimbabwe Yes 748,674
88 Ilesha Nigeria 743,600
89 Constantine Algeria 728,348
90 Lilongwe Malawi Yes 723,576
91 Enugu Nigeria Yes 715,774
92 Blantyre Malawi Yes 694,499
93 Oshogbo Nigeria Yes 678,265
94 Las Palmas Spain (Islands off Africa) 672,488
95 Zaria Nigeria Yes 667,425
96 Bukavu DR Congo 661,929
97 Ado Nigeria 657,333
98 Suez Egypt 655,159
99 Port Louis Mauritius 652,127
100 Ndola Zambia 638,560
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References
[1] We have indicated 'Yes' when a City population is exactly the same as a Metropolitan Area population. If we have not indicated 'Yes', than those figures are for a Greater Metropolitan Area which includes atleast one city/town and adjoining population centres. For example, Baghdad Greater Metropolitan Area is considered the 27th most populous metropolitan area in the World with 11,786,212 residents, while Baghdad City is considered the 67th most populous metropolitan area in the World because only 5,402,486 live within the 'city limits'.
[2] "Africa: most populous metropolitan areas" World Gazetteer - All statistics © Stefan Helders, www.world-gazetteer.com. Stefan Helders has been independently collating data relating to population statistics since 1998 on what is now known as the World Gazetteer website. According to Helders... "If possible, official data sources are used. In many cases however no official figures are available. In that case, secondary sources such as year books, encyclopediae, atlases etc. are used. I have also received data from other stats lovers". Along with another useful population statistics website called CityPopulation.de, Stefan Helders/World Gazetteer provides some of the most accurate and up-to-date analysis of population levels in the World's countries, cities and metropolitan areas.
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The population statistics within this article are copyrighted to Stefan Helders @ www.world-gazetteer.com, a project which should be regarded as a free data provider. These statistics can be re-published for commercial or non-commerical purposes, provided that (a) the data is not changed, and (b) this exact copyright notice is included: © by Stefan Helders www.world-gazetteer.com.

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