List of cities in East Africa

The following is a list of the largest cities by population and of capital cities in the geographic region of East Africa. Because population counts in each country occur at different times, the list of numbers is meant as a rough indicator of relative size.

List of capital cities

City Country Population (approximate)[1] Year of approximation Notes Area Image
Addis Ababa Ethiopia 5,704,000[2] 2008 Capital Horn of Africa
Antananarivo Madagascar 4,049,000[3] 2013[4] Capital Indian Ocean islands
Asmara Eritrea 1,112,000[5] 2020 Capital Horn of Africa
Blantyre Malawi 994,500 2018 Southeast Africa
Bujumbura Burundi 1,056,169 2019 Former capital Great Lakes Region
Dar es Salaam Tanzania 8,383,728 2022[6] Former capital Great Lakes Region
Dire Dawa Ethiopia 607,321 2008 Horn of Africa
Djibouti City Djibouti 475,322 2009 Capital Horn of Africa
Dodoma Tanzania 410,956 2012 Capital Great Lakes Region
Gitega Burundi 125,989 2019[7] Capital Great Lakes Region
Harare Zimbabwe 1,606,000 2016 Capital Southeast Africa
Hargeisa Somaliland 1,960,000 2019 Capital Horn of Africa
Juba South Sudan 525,953 2017 Capital Nile Valley
Kampala Uganda 1,507,114 2014 Capital Great Lakes Region
Keren Eritrea 146,483 2012 Horn of Africa
Kigali Rwanda 1,132,686 2012 Capital Great Lakes Region
Kisumu Kenya 1,268,826 2017 Great Lakes Region
Kitwe Zambia 522,092 2010 Southeast Africa
Lilongwe Malawi 1,227,100 2018 Capital Southeast Africa
Lindi Tanzania 41,549 2002 Great Lakes Region
Lusaka Zambia 1,742,979 2009 Capital Southeast Africa
Mahajanga Madagascar 246022 2018 Indian Ocean islands
Malakal South Sudan 147,450 2014 Nile Valley
Mamoudzou Mayotte 71,437 2017 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Maputo Mozambique 1,101,170 2017 Capital Southeast Africa
Mbarara Uganda 195,013 2014 Great Lakes Region
Mogadishu Somalia 2,425,000 2017 Capital Horn of Africa
Mombasa Kenya 1,500,000 2017 Great Lakes Region
Muhanga Rwanda 87,613 2015 Great Lakes Region
Moroni Comoros 54,000 2011 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Mutsamudu Comoros 25,471 2010 Indian Ocean islands
Muyinga Burundi 100,715 2012 Great Lakes Region
Mwanza Tanzania 706,543 2012 Great Lakes Region
Nacala Mozambique 225,034 2017 Southeast Africa
Nairobi Kenya 5,541,000[8] 2017 Capital Great Lakes Region
Ngozi Burundi 86000 2017 Southeast Africa
Port Louis Mauritius 149,194 2015 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Saint-Denis Réunion 146,985 2015 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Saint-Paul Réunion 104,646 2015 Indian Ocean islands
Victoria Seychelles 26,450 2010 Capital Indian Ocean islands

See also

References

  1. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  2. ^ "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ "Antananarivo, Madagascar Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  4. ^ "Madagascar: Major cities and localities". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Asmara, Eritrea Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  6. ^ "Census Information Dissemination Platform". sensa.nbs.go.tz. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  7. ^ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  8. ^ "Nairobi, Kenya Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
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