List of Capitals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Top 5 Most Populous Capitals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kinshasa

21,852,144

Luanda

8,473,127

Nairobi

5,603,502

Bamako

5,163,564

Addis Ababa

4,229,569

51 cities

	Country	City	Population ↓
	DR Congo	Kinshasa	21,852,144
	Angola	Luanda	8,473,127
	Kenya	Nairobi	5,603,502
	Mali	Bamako	5,163,564
	Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	4,229,569
	Cameroon	Yaounde	3,674,849
	Somalia	Mogadishu	3,307,421
	South Africa	Pretoria	3,296,921
	Burkina Faso	Ouagadougou	3,149,586
	Ghana	Accra	2,951,532
	Togo	Lome	2,766,121
	Madagascar	Antananarivo	2,567,094
	Liberia	Monrovia	2,396,360
	Zambia	Lusaka	2,393,400
	Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	2,323,299
	Guinea	Conakry	2,195,947
	Rwanda	Kigali	2,075,215
	Nigeria	Abuja	2,057,985
	Uganda	Kampala	1,862,258
	Chad	N'Djamena	1,697,201
	Mauritania	Nouakchott	1,637,012
	Niger	Niamey	1,523,856
	Zimbabwe	Harare	1,494,371
	Malawi	Lilongwe	1,344,144
	Mozambique	Maputo	1,067,522
	Senegal	Dakar	1,063,571
	Gabon	Libreville	997,953
	Tanzania	Dodoma	934,592
	Central African Republic	Bangui	865,084
	Djibouti	Djibouti	806,174
	Guinea-Bissau	Bissau	795,519
	Eritrea	Asmara	783,135
	Burundi	Bujumbura	758,892
	Namibia	Windhoek	537,336
	Lesotho	Maseru	517,905
	Sierra Leone	Freetown	474,425
	South Sudan	Juba	474,156
	Equatorial Guinea	Ciudad de la Paz	332,814
	Benin	Porto-Novo	314,100
	Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	268,568
	Botswana	Gaborone	251,682
	Cape Verde	Praia	189,897
	Reunion	Saint-Denis	159,007
	Mauritius	Port Louis	141,235
	Comoros	Moroni	90,383
	Sao Tome and Principe	Sao Tome	82,618
	Mayotte	Mamoudzou	71,437
	Eswatini	Mbabane	61,306
	Jersey	St. Helier	37,030
	Gambia	Banjul	23,727
	Seychelles	Victoria	4,739

Other Continent Capitals

Africa

Capitals in Africa

58 cities

Asia

Capitals in Asia

51 cities

Europe

Capitals in Europe

53 cities

North America

Capitals in North America

41 cities

South America

Capitals in South America

15 cities

Oceania

Capitals in Oceania

27 cities

Sources

World Population Prospects (2024 Revision) - United Nations population estimates and projections.