Africa is the second most populous continent in the world with more than 1.6 billion people according to the lastest studies of worldpopularreview about World population. Many cities clearly stand out with record number of people that can be explained in part by a gradually growing demography.
The Top 10 of the largest African cities is dominated by Cairo in Egypt (24 440 000 inhabitants), Lagos in Nigeria ( 22 830 000 inhabitants) and Gauteng ( Johannesburg- Pletoria) in South Africa with 14 720 000 inhabitants.