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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

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City Country Population (approximate)[1] Year of approximation Notes Area Image
Addis Ababa  Ethiopia 5,704,000[2] 2008 Capital Horn of Africa Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Antananarivo  Madagascar 4,049,000[3] 2013[4] Capital Indian Ocean islands Antananarivo, Madagascar
Asmara  Eritrea 1,112,000[5] 2020[citation needed] Capital Horn of Africa Asmara, Eritrea
Berbera  Somaliland 60753 2005 Horn of Africa The port in Berbera
Blantyre  Malawi 994,500 2018 Southeast Africa Blantyre, Malawi
Bujumbura  Burundi 1,056,169 2019 Former capital Great Lakes Region Bujumbura, Burundi
Dar es Salaam  Tanzania 8,383,728 2022[6] Former Capital Great Lakes Region Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Dire Dawa  Ethiopia 607,321 2008[citation needed] 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 Great Lakes Region Dodoma, Tanzania
Gitega  Burundi 125,989 2019[7] Capital Great Lakes Region Gitega, Burundi
Harare  Zimbabwe 1,606,000 2016 Capital Southeast Africa Harare, Zimbabwe
Hargeisa  Somaliland 1,960,000 2019 Capital Horn of Africa Hargeisa, Somaliland
Hobyo  Somalia 1,211,800 N/A Horn of Africa The Beach at Hobyo, Somalia
Juba  South Sudan 525,953 2017 Capital Nile Valley Juba, South Sudan
Kampala  Uganda 1,507,114 2014 Capital Great Lakes Region Kampala, Uganda
Keren  Eritrea 146,483 2012 Horn of Africa Keren, Eritrea
Kigali  Rwanda 1,132,686 2012 Capital Great Lakes Region Kigali, Rwanda
Kisumu  Kenya 1,268,826 2017 Great Lakes Region Kisumu, Kenya
Kitwe  Zambia 522,092 2010 Southeast Africa Kitwe, Zambia
Lilongwe  Malawi 1,227,100 2018 Capital Southeast Africa
Lindi  Tanzania 41,549 2002 Great Lakes Region Lindi, Tanzania
Lusaka  Zambia 1,742,979 2009 Capital Southeast Africa Lusaka, Zambia
Mahajanga  Madagascar 246022 2018 Indian Ocean islands Mahajanga, Madagascar
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 Great Lakes Region Mbarara, Uganda
Mogadishu  Somalia 2,425,000 2017 Capital Horn of Africa Mogadishu, Somalia
Mombasa  Kenya 1,500,000 2017 Great Lakes Region Mombasa, Kenya
Muhanga  Rwanda 87,613 2015 Great Lakes Region Muhanga, Rwanda
Moroni  Comoros 54,000 2011[citation needed] Capital Indian Ocean islands Moroni, Comoros
Mutsamudu  Comoros 25,471 2010 Indian Ocean islands Mutsamudu, Comoros
Muyinga  Burundi 100,715 2012 Great Lakes Region
Mwanza  Tanzania 706,543 2012 Great Lakes Region Mwanza, Tanzania
Nacala  Mozambique 225,034 2017 Southeast Africa Nacala, Mozambique
Nairobi  Kenya 5,541,000[8] 2017 Capital Great Lakes Region Nairobi, Kenya
Ngozi  Burundi 86000 2017 Southeast Africa
Port Louis  Mauritius 149,194 2015 Capital Indian Ocean islands Port Louis, Mauritius
Saint-Denis  Réunion 146,985 2015 Capital Indian Ocean islands Saint-Denis, Reunion
Saint-Paul  Réunion 104,646 2015 Indian Ocean islands Saint-Paul, Reunion
Victoria  Seychelles 26,450 2010 Capital Indian Ocean islands Victoria, Seychelles

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2015. United Nations Statistics Division. 2016.
  2. ^ "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  3. ^ "Antananarivo, Madagascar Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  4. ^ "Madagascar: Major cities and localities". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ^ "Asmara, Eritrea Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
  6. ^ "Census Information Dissemination Platform". sensa.nbs.go.tz. Retrieved 2023-02-22.
  7. ^ "World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2013-01-11.
  8. ^ "Nairobi, Kenya Metro Area Population 1950-2024". www.macrotrends.net. Retrieved 2024-07-16.
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