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 3,384,569 2008 Capital Horn of Africa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Alexandria  Egypt 5,200,000 2018 Nile Valley
Alexandria, Egypt
Antananarivo  Madagascar 1,299,080 2013[2] Capital Indian Ocean islands
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Asmara  Eritrea 963,000 2020 Capital Horn of Africa
Asmara, Eritrea
Blantyre  Malawi 994,500 2018 Southeast Africa
Blantyre, Malawi
Bujumbura  Burundi 1,056,169 2019 Former capital East African Community
Bujumbura, Burundi
Bulawayo  Zimbabwe 1,200,337 2016 Southeast Africa
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Cairo  Egypt 19,500,000 2018 Capital Nile Valley
Cairo, Egypt
Dakahlia  Egypt 6,577,000 2018 Nile Valley
Dakahlia, Egypt
Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 4,364,541 2012 East African Community
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dire Dawa  Ethiopia 607,321 2008 Horn of Africa
Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Djibouti City  Djibouti 475,322 2009 Capital Horn of Africa
Djibouti City, Djibouti
Dodoma  Tanzania 410,956 2012 Capital East African Community
Dodoma, Tanzania
Gharbia Governorate  Egypt 5,066,000 2018 Nile Valley
Gharbia Governorate, Egypt
Gitega  Burundi 125,989 2019[3] Capital East African Community
Gitega, Burundi
Giza  Egypt 8,800,000 2018 Nile Valley
Giza, Egypt
Harare  Zimbabwe 1,606,000 2016 Capital Southeast Africa
Harare, Zimbabwe
Hargeisa  Somalia 1,960,000 2019 Second Capital Horn of Africa
Hargeisa, Somalia
Helwan  Egypt 1,295,854 2010 Nile Valley
Helwan, Egypt
Juba  South Sudan 525,953 2017 Capital Nile Valley
Juba, South Sudan
Kampala  Uganda 1,507,114 2014 Capital East African Community
Kampala, Uganda
Keren  Eritrea 146,483 2012 Horn of Africa
Keren, Eritrea
Khartoum  Sudan 1,974,647 Capital Nile Valley
Khartoum, Sudan
Kigali  Rwanda 1,132,686 2012 Capital East African Community
Kigali, Rwanda
Kisumu  Kenya 1,268,826 2017 East African Community
Kisumu, Kenya
Kitwe  Zambia 522,092 2010 Southeast Africa
Kitwe, Zambia
Lilongwe  Malawi 1,227,100 2018 Capital Southeast Africa
Lusaka  Zambia 1,742,979 2009 Capital Southeast Africa
Lusaka, Zambia
Malakal  South Sudan 147,450 2014 Nile Valley
Mamoudzou  Mayotte 71,437 2017 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Mamoudzou, Mayotte
Maputo  Mozambique 1,101,170 2017 Capital Southeast Africa
Maputo, Mozambique
Mbarara  Uganda 195,013 2014 East African Community
Mbarara, Uganda
Mogadishu  Somalia 2,425,000 2017 Capital Horn of Africa
Mogadishu, Somalia
Mombasa  Kenya 1,500,000 2017 East African Community
Mombasa, Kenya
Muhanga  Rwanda 87,613 2015 East African Community
Muhanga, Rwanda
Moroni  Comoros 54,000 2011 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Moroni, Comoros
Mutsamudu  Comoros 25,471 2010 Indian Ocean islands
Mutsamudu, Comoros
Muyinga  Burundi 100,715 2012 East African Community
Mwanza  Tanzania 706,543 2012 East African Community
Mwanza, Tanzania
Nairobi  Kenya 6,448,342 2017 Capital East African Community
Nairobi, Kenya
Ngozi  Burundi 86000 2017 Southeast Africa
Omdurman  Sudan 1,200,000 Nile Valley
Omdurman, Sudan
Port Louis  Mauritius 149,194 2015 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Port Louis, Mauritius
Qalyubia  Egypt 5,703,000 2018 Nile Valley
Qalyubia, Egypt
Saint-Denis  Réunion 146,985 2015 Capital Indiban Ocean islands
Saint-Denis, Reunion
Saint-Paul  Réunion 104,646 2015 Indian Ocean islands
Saint-Paul, Reunion
Sharkia  Egypt 1,340,060 2010 Nile Valley
Victoria  Seychelles 26,450 2010 Capital Indian Ocean islands
Victoria, Seychelles

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. "Madagascar: Major cities and localities". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  3. "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  1. http://citypopulation.de/Africa.html
  2. https://www.knbs.or.ke/?p=5621
  3. https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-i-population-by-county-and-sub-county
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