Angola’s capital, Luanda, is projected to overtake Lagos as Sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous city by 2050, with its inhabitants anticipated to enhance by 78 per cent, in accordance to the World Bank.
The report estimates that Luanda’s inhabitants will rise from 11.4 million in 2025 to 20.3 million in 2050, whereas Lagos is projected to develop from 12.8 million to 16.2 million over the identical interval.
The World Bank report confirmed that the projected development would considerably reshape the rating of the area’s largest cities.
“The inhabitants of Angola’s capital city, Luanda, is projected to enhance by 78 % from 11.4 million to 20.3 million. Luanda will overtake Lagos as SSA’s most populous city.
“Nevertheless, Lagos’s population will still swell by more than 25 percent, from 12.8 million to 16.2 million, between 2025 and 2050.” the report reveals.
Although Lagos is predicted to lose its place as the area’s most populous city, it should stay considered one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest city centres.
Top 15 Sub-Saharan African Cities in 2025
According to the World Bank report, these are the Top 15 most populous cities in Africa in 2025. They are: Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Kinshasa (Congo, Dem. Rep.) Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Johannesburg (S. Africa), Khartoum (Sudan), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia).
Also, Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), Nairobi (Kenya), Onitsha (Nigeria), Accra (Ghana), Yaoundé (Cameroon), Kampala (Uganda), Kano (Nigeria) and Cape Town (S. Africa).
However, the World Bank projected that inhabitants development amongst 13 different cities is predicted to stay within the area’s 15 most populous cities by 2050.
Top 15 Sub-Saharan African Cities in Africa 2050
Luanda (Angola), Lagos (Nigeria), Kinshasa (Congo, Dem. Rep.), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) , Khartoum (Sudan), Johannesburg (S. Africa), Onitsha (Nigeria), Yaoundé (Cameroon), Nairobi (Kenya), Kampala (Uganda), Kampala (Uganda), Accra (Ghana), Mogadishu (Somalia).
The report additionally recognized Bamako(Mali) and Mogadishu (Somalia) as cities anticipated to enter the highest 15 by 2050.
Bamako’s inhabitants is projected to develop by 80 per cent, from 4.2 million in 2025 to 7.6 million in 2050, whereas Mogadishu is predicted to file a 64 per cent enhance, from 4.4 million to 7.2 million.
Meanwhile, Kano (Nigeria) and Cape Town (South Africa) are projected to drop out of the highest 15 rankings, regardless of anticipated inhabitants will increase of 36 per cent and 31 per cent, respectively.
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