The Egyptian capital, Cairo, is the largest agglomeration on the African continent. In 2023, almost ** million people resided in Greater Cairo (consisting of parts of three governorates). Johannesburg-Pretoria, South Africa, and Lagos, Nigeria, followed, with close to **** million and **** million inhabitants, respectively.
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Wendell Cox Consultancy. (August 31, 2023). Largest urban agglomerations with a population of 500,000 and over in Africa as of 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1491349/population-of-urban-agglomerations-africa/
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