L’Afrique est un continent en expansion rapide en termes de population, et cela se reflète le plus clairement dans ses diverses populations urbaines tentaculaires. Les quinze villes les plus peuplées de ce continent comptent toutes plus de deux millions d’habitants. La capitale du Nigéria, Lagos, est la plus grande ville d’Afrique, avec une population de plus de 14.36 millions d’habitants – c’est également l’une des villes à la croissance la plus rapide au monde, donc le nombre augmentera certainement. Viennent ensuite Kinshasa en République démocratique du Congo avec une population d’environ 14.34 millions d’habitants.
Certains des plus grands pays africains, comme le Nigéria et l’Afrique du Sud, ont plusieurs villes avec de très grandes populations. En plus de Lagos, le Nigeria abrite les villes de Kano et Ibadan, qui comptent chacune plus de 3,5 millions d’habitants, ce qui en fait d’énormes villes à part entière. Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud, compte également près de 5,7 millions d’habitants, ainsi que le Cap 4,6 millions d’habitants, Ekurhuleni 3,8 millions d’habitants et Durban 3,1 millions d’habitants.
Compte tenu de la taille du continent africain, il n’est pas surprenant qu’il existe également de nombreuses villes «de taille moyenne» comptant plus d’un million d’habitants. Parmi ceux-ci figurent Port Elizabeth en Afrique du Sud (1, 253,742), Lomé au Togo (1, 827,878) et Conakry en Guinée (1, 938,272).
Voici la liste complète des villes d’Afrique subsaharienne les plus peuplées :
| Rang Afrique | Rang monde | Ville | Pays | Population 2020 | Population 2019 | Progression 2019-2020 |
| 1 | 16 | Lagos | Nigeria | 14, 368,332 | 13, 903,620 | 3.34% |
| 2 | 17 | Kinshasa | RD Congo | 14, 342,439 | 13, 743,278 | 4.36% |
| 3 | 40 | Luanda | Angola | 8,329,798 | 8,044,735 | 3.54% |
| 4 | 55 | Dar Es Salaam | Tanzanie | 6,701,650 | 6,368,272 | 5.23% |
| 5 | 62 | Khartoum | Soudan | 5,828,858 | 5,677,921 | 2.66% |
| 6 | 63 | Johannesburg | Afrique du Sud | 5,782,747 | 5,635,127 | 2.62% |
| 7 | 73 | Abidjan | Côte d’Ivoire | 5,202,762 | 5,058,550 | 2.85% |
| 8 | 80 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopie | 4,793,699 | 4,591,983 | 4.39% |
| 9 | 81 | Nairobi | Kenya | 4,734,881 | 4,556,381 | 3.92% |
| 10 | 83 | Le Cap | Afrique du Sud | 4,617,560 | 4,524,111 | 2.07% |
| 11 | 103 | Kano | Nigeria | 3,999,050 | 3,905,598 | 2.39% |
| 12 | 104 | Yaoundé | Cameroun | 3,992,411 | 3,822,425 | 4.45% |
| 13 | 106 | Ekurhuleni | Afrique du Sud | 3,894,262 | 3,817,938 | 2.00% |
| 14 | 115 | Douala | Cameroun | 3,663,227 | 3,536,119 | 3.59% |
| 15 | 121 | Ibadan | Nigeria | 3,551,961 | 3,463,855 | 2.54% |
| 16 | 127 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | 3,368,585 | 3,210,386 | 4.93% |
| 17 | 128 | Kumasi | Ghana | 3,348,062 | 3,205,586 | 4.44% |
| 18 | 133 | Kampala | Ouganda | 3,298,364 | 3,137,690 | 5.12% |
| 19 | 134 | Abuja | Nigeria | 3,277,740 | 3,095,118 | 5.90% |
| 20 | 138 | Durban | Afrique du Sud | 3,158,313 | 3,144,573 | 0.44% |
| 21 | 140 | Dakar | Sénégal | 3,140,442 | 3,057,065 | 2.73% |
| 22 | 148 | Port Harcourt | Nigeria | 3,020,232 | 2,873,322 | 5.11% |
| 23 | 164 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2,780,331 | 2,652,720 | 4.81% |
| 24 | 165 | Lusaka | Zambie | 2,774,133 | 2,646,619 | 4.82% |
| 25 | 177 | Bamako | Mali | 2,617,686 | 2,529,328 | 3.49% |
| 26 | 181 | Pretoria | Afrique du Sud | 2,565,660 | 2,472,612 | 3.76% |
| 27 | 184 | Mbuji-Mayi | RD Congo | 2,525,263 | 2,412,532 | 4.67% |
| 28 | 187 | Accra | Ghana | 2,514,005 | 2,475,208 | 1.57% |
| 29 | 188 | Lubumbashi | RD Congo | 2,478,262 | 2,377,495 | 4.24% |
| 30 | 196 | Brazzaville | République du Congo | 2,388,090 | 2,308,076 | 3.47% |
| 31 | 205 | Mogadiscio | Somalie | 2,282,009 | 2,179,855 | 4.69% |
| 32 | 241 | Conakry | Guinée | 1,938,272 | 1,889,233 | 2.60% |
| 33 | 262 | Lomé | Togo | 1,827,878 | 1,785,310 | 2.38% |
| 34 | 276 | Benin City | Nigeria | 1,727,169 | 1,676,132 | 3.04% |
| 35 | 280 | Matola | Mozambique | 1,705,886 | 1,668,740 | 2.23% |
| 36 | 323 | Harare | Zimbabwe | 1,529,920 | 1,521,311 | 0.57% |
| 37 | 327 | Monrovia | Libéria | 1,517,235 | 1,467,026 | 3.42% |
| 38 | 336 | Kananga | RD Congo | 1,458,400 | 1,395,418 | 4.51% |
| 39 | 350 | N’Djamena | Tchad | 1,422,547 | 1,371,524 | 3.72% |
| 40 | 351 | Onitsha | Nigeria | 1,414,790 | 1,348,529 | 4.91% |
| 41 | 376 | Nouakchott | Mauritanie | 1,314,636 | 1,258,973 | 4.42% |
| 42 | 386 | Mombasa | Kenya | 1,295,975 | 1,253,811 | 3.36% |
| 43 | 387 | Niamey | Niger | 1,291,848 | 1,251,511 | 3.22% |
| 44 | 399 | Kisangani | RD Congo | 1,261,310 | 1,213,000 | 3.98% |
| 45 | 405 | Port Elizabeth | Afrique du Sud | 1,253,742 | 1,241,941 | 0.95% |
| 46 | 415 | Pointe Noire | République du Congo | 1,214,281 | 1,175,513 | 3.30% |
| 47 | 423 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | 1,201,900 | 1,168,424 | 2.87% |
| 48 | 458 | Uyo | Nigeria | 1,135,775 | 1,072,932 | 5.86% |
| 49 | 460 | Kigali | Rwanda | 1,132,101 | 1,094,796 | 3.41% |
| 50 | 464 | Lilongwe | Malawi | 1,121,720 | 1,074,695 | 4.38% |
| 51 | 466 | Mwanza | Tanzanie | 1,120,430 | 1,060,743 | 5.63% |
| 52 | 470 | Kaduna | Nigeria | 1,113,210 | 1,096,706 | 1.50% |
| 53 | 471 | Maputo | Mozambique | 1,110,477 | 1,104,314 | 0.56% |
| 54 | 481 | Aba | Nigeria | 1,081,466 | 1,051,017 | 2.90% |
| 55 | 483 | Bukavu | RD Congo | 1,078,002 | 1,024,513 | 5.22% |
| 56 | 497 | Abomey Calavi | Bénin | 1,056,440 | 991,000 | 6.60% |
| 57 | 503 | Nnewi | Nigeria | 1,050,860 | 989,343 | 6.22% |
| 58 | 524 | Bujumbura | Burundi | 1,012,996 | 954,424 | 6.14% |
| 59 | 536 | Hargeisa | Somalie | 988,716 | 945,908 | 4.53% |
| 60 | 550 | Bobo Dioulasso | Burkina Faso | 972,124 | 924,370 | 5.17% |
| 61 | 555 | Asmara | Érythrée | 962,985 | 928,758 | 3.69% |
| 62 | 562 | Ilorin | Nigeria | 949,866 | 928,632 | 2.29% |
| 63 | 565 | Sekondi Takoradi | Ghana | 945,519 | 900,040 | 5.05% |
| 64 | 571 | Ikorodu | Nigeria | 937,615 | 887,220 | 5.68% |
| 65 | 574 | Blantyre Limbe | Malawi | 932,263 | 904,758 | 3.04% |
| 66 | 583 | Nyala | Soudan | 922,532 | 878,037 | 5.07% |
| 67 | 586 | Tshikapa | RD Congo | 919,192 | 869,060 | 5.77% |
| 68 | 606 | West Rand | Afrique du Sud | 897,609 | 886,343 | 1.27% |
| 69 | 609 | Jos | Nigeria | 895,288 | 875,746 | 2.23% |
| 70 | 615 | Bangui | République centrafricaine | 889,231 | 869,599 | 2.26% |
| 71 | 626 | Owerri | Nigeria | 872,604 | 838,554 | 4.06% |
| 72 | 636 | Warri | Nigeria | 855,941 | 814,063 | 5.14% |
| 73 | 639 | Soshanguve | Afrique du Sud | 853,347 | 840,932 | 1.48% |
| 74 | 644 | Nampula | Mozambique | 848,096 | 810,633 | 4.62% |
| 75 | 659 | Libreville | Gabon | 834,204 | 823,870 | 1.25% |
| 76 | 665 | Lubango | Angola | 828,248 | 786,713 | 5.28% |
| 77 | 687 | Maiduguri | Nigeria | 786,485 | 772,394 | 1.82% |
| 78 | 694 | Cabinda | Angola | 777,697 | 736,984 | 5.52% |
| 79 | 700 | Vereeniging | Afrique du Sud | 774,031 | 769,425 | 0.60% |
| 80 | 702 | Umuahia | Nigeria | 773,822 | 731,563 | 5.78% |
| 81 | 703 | Enugu | Nigeria | 772,872 | 752,323 | 2.73% |
| 82 | 741 | Zaria | Nigeria | 726,172 | 719,012 | 1.00% |
| 83 | 756 | Benguela | Angola | 715,130 | 686,121 | 4.23% |
| 84 | 759 | Oshogbo | Nigeria | 713,677 | 698,844 | 2.12% |
| 85 | 766 | Buffalo City | Afrique du Sud | 708,559 | 700,466 | 1.16% |
| 86 | 771 | Zanzibar City | Tanzanie | 705,078 | 676,814 | 4.18% |
| 87 | 789 | Lokoja | Nigeria | 692,050 | 643,407 | 7.56% |
| 88 | 791 | Cotonou | Bénin | 691,949 | 687,732 | 0.61% |
| 89 | 797 | Kitwe | Zambie | 685,908 | 663,455 | 3.38% |
| 90 | 810 | Bunia | RD Congo | 679,418 | 636,625 | 6.72% |
| 91 | 823 | Huambo | Angola | 671,413 | 656,977 | 2.20% |
| 92 | 829 | Merca | Somalie | 666,370 | 637,357 | 4.55% |
| 93 | 831 | Akure | Nigeria | 665,524 | 641,733 | 3.71% |
| 94 | 833 | Malanje | Angola | 665,150 | 626,862 | 6.11% |
| 95 | 859 | Tamale | Ghana | 641,911 | 611,806 | 4.92% |
| 96 | 862 | Sokoto | Nigeria | 641,249 | 621,694 | 3.15% |
| 97 | 869 | Bulawayo | Zimbabwe | 638,188 | 638,467 | -0.04% |
| 98 | 877 | Goma | RD Congo | 634,197 | 599,208 | 5.84% |
| 99 | 926 | Bissau | Guinée Bissau | 599,714 | 578,829 | 3.61% |
| 100 | 930 | Bauchi | Nigeria | 597,679 | 575,617 | 3.83% |
| 101 | 943 | Uvira | RD Congo | 589,731 | 557,567 | 5.77% |
| 102 | 958 | Calabar | Nigeria | 579,273 | 554,887 | 4.39% |
| 103 | 968 | Djibouti | Djibouti | 576,157 | 568,804 | 1.29% |
| 104 | 975 | Abakaliki | Nigeria | 572,028 | 543,058 | 5.33% |
| 105 | 976 | Bouaké | Côte d’Ivoire | 571,876 | 564,745 | 1.26% |
| 106 | 978 | Beira | Mozambique | 569,911 | 556,499 | 2.41% |
| 107 | 984 | Likasi | RD Congo | 567,839 | 551,540 | 2.96% |
| 108 | 985 | Bloemfontein | Afrique du Sud | 567,029 | 556,450 | 1.90% |
| 109 | 987 | Mbeya | Tanzanie | 566,065 | 540,637 | 4.70% |
| 110 | 1018 | Ogbomosho | Nigeria | 551,474 | 527,194 | 4.61% |
| 111 | 1037 | Ndola | Zambie | 542,495 | 531,047 | 2.16% |
| 112 | 1050 | Cuito | Angola | 535,407 | 501,936 | 6.67% |
| 113 | 1056 | Bamenda | Cameroun | 533,257 | 513,820 | 3.78% |
| 114 | 1058 | Abeokuta | Nigeria | 532,856 | 523,653 | 1.76% |
| 115 | 1068 | Pietermaritzburg | Afrique du Sud | 526,912 | 521,419 | 1.05% |
| 116 | 1073 | Mekele | Ethiopie | 523,914 | 505,485 | 3.65% |
| 117 | 1106 | Uige | Angola | 510,631 | 475,198 | 7.46% |
| 118 | 1111 | Rustenburg | Afrique du Sud | 509,368 | 485,087 | 5.01% |
| 119 | 1112 | Gombe | Nigeria | 508,575 | 488,715 | 4.06% |
| 120 | 1115 | Kikwit | RD Congo | 507,462 | 489,903 | 3.58% |
Source : worldpopulationreview.com
Mots clés : Afrique, Actualités, Economie, Villes, Population
Rédaction
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