Population distribution in Africa Rabat
Casablanca Fes Algiers Tripoli Cairo Alexandria
Dakar
Ogbomosho Ouagadougou Niamey Bamako Conakry Kumasi Abidjan Population density Inhabitants per square kilometre, 2010
1 to 5 6 to 25 26 to 50 51 to 100 101 to 250 251 to 500 501 to 1 000 More than 1 000
Large urban agglomerations Million inhabitants, 2010
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5 2 1
Notes Johannesburg
1. Only agglomerations bigger than 1 million inhabitants are shown. 2. Data projections based on 2009 estimates
Sources: UNDESA, World Urbanisation Prospects, The 2009 Revision, 2010; CIESIN, Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center, online database, accessed on January 2011.
12 Cape Town Port Elizabeth Harare Antananarivo Pretoria Maputo Durban Ibadan Kano
Kaduna Abuja
Addis Ababa Yaoundé Accra Lomé Benin City Lagos Brazzaville Luanda Mbuji-Mayi Lubumbashi Kinshasa Mombasa Dar es Salaam Douala Kampala Nairobi Mogadishu
Khartoum