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.
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City
Country
Population (approximate)[ 1]
Year of approximation
Notes
Area
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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
Berbera, Somaliland
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