List of cities in East Africa explained

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

CityCountry Population (approximate)[1] Year of approximationNotesAreaImage
Addis Ababa Ethiopia5,704,000[2] 2008CapitalHorn of Africa
Antananarivo Madagascar4,049,000[3] 2013[4] CapitalIndian Ocean islands
Asmara Eritrea1,112,000[5] 2020CapitalHorn of Africa
Berbera607532005Horn of Africa
Blantyre Malawi994,5002018Southeast Africa
Bujumbura Burundi1,056,1692019Former capitalGreat Lakes Region
Dar es Salaam8,383,7282022[6] Former CapitalGreat Lakes Region
Dire Dawa Ethiopia607,3212008Horn of Africa
Djibouti City Djibouti475,3222009CapitalHorn of Africa
Dodoma410,9562012CapitalGreat Lakes Region
Gitega Burundi125,9892019[7] CapitalGreat Lakes Region
Harare Zimbabwe1,606,0002016CapitalSoutheast Africa
Hargeisa1,960,0002019CapitalHorn of Africa
Hobyo1,211,800N/AHorn of Africa
Juba525,9532017CapitalNile Valley
Kampala Uganda1,507,1142014CapitalGreat Lakes Region
Keren Eritrea146,4832012Horn of Africa
Kigali Rwanda1,132,6862012CapitalGreat Lakes Region
Kisumu Kenya1,268,8262017Great Lakes Region
Kitwe Zambia522,0922010Southeast Africa
Lilongwe Malawi1,227,1002018CapitalSoutheast Africa
Lindi41,5492002Great Lakes Region
Lusaka Zambia1,742,9792009CapitalSoutheast Africa
Mahajanga Madagascar2460222018Indian Ocean islands
Malakal147,4502014Nile Valley
Mamoudzou Mayotte71,4372017CapitalIndian Ocean islands
Maputo Mozambique1,101,1702017CapitalSoutheast Africa
Mbarara Uganda195,0132014Great Lakes Region
Mogadishu Somalia2,425,0002017CapitalHorn of Africa
Mombasa Kenya1,500,0002017Great Lakes Region
Muhanga Rwanda87,6132015Great Lakes Region
Moroni Comoros54,0002011CapitalIndian Ocean islands
Mutsamudu Comoros25,4712010Indian Ocean islands
Muyinga Burundi100,7152012Great Lakes Region
Mwanza706,5432012Great Lakes Region
Nacala Mozambique225,0342017Southeast Africa
Nairobi Kenya5,541,000[8] 2017CapitalGreat Lakes Region
Ngozi Burundi860002017Southeast Africa
Port Louis Mauritius149,1942015CapitalIndian Ocean islands
Saint-Denis Reunion146,9852015CapitalIndian Ocean islands
Saint-Paul Reunion104,6462015Indian Ocean islands
Victoria Seychelles26,4502010CapitalIndian Ocean islands

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants . Demographic Yearbook 2015 . 2016 . .
  2. Web site: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Metro Area Population 1950-2024 . 2024-07-16 . www.macrotrends.net.
  3. Web site: Antananarivo, Madagascar Metro Area Population 1950-2024 . 2024-07-16 . www.macrotrends.net.
  4. Web site: Madagascar: Major cities and localities . citypopulation.de . 31 March 2019.
  5. Web site: Asmara, Eritrea Metro Area Population 1950-2024 . 2024-07-16 . www.macrotrends.net.
  6. Web site: Census Information Dissemination Platform . 2023-02-22 . sensa.nbs.go.tz.
  7. Web site: World Gazetteer . dead . https://archive.today/20130111123231/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=pnan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-34 . 2013-01-11 .
  8. Web site: Nairobi, Kenya Metro Area Population 1950-2024 . 2024-07-16 . www.macrotrends.net.

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