Cities and urban areas in Southern Africa with population over 100,000, sorted by City Population
[Source: UN]

Copyright Rhett Butler 2003

The table below includes cities with populations exceeding 100 000 people. All figures are estimates for 2002.

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POPULATION data has been updated here

Largest Cities in Southern Africa

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City Country City Population Urban Area Population Urban Area Rank [World] City Pop Rank [World] Urban Area Rank [Africa] City Pop Rank [Africa] Cape Town South Africa 2686000 3086600 107 62 12 9 Durban South Africa 2354900 2354900 156 82 20 15 Johannesburg South Africa 1646400 5014000 54 128 5 21 Pretoria South Africa 1228200 1514800 248 197 29 28 Soweto South Africa 1221100 1221100 315 198 36 29 Maputo Mozambique 1088100 1639300 219 245 26 34 Port Elizabeth South Africa 833900 1047600 393 326 46 49 Matola Mozambique 478300 478300 847 645 98 86 Beira Mozambique 447600 447600 879 688 100 89 Pietermaritzburg South Africa 420500 420500 911 731 105 96 Benoni South Africa 406400 406400 929 761 107 98 Vereeniging South Africa 385600 774200 540 803 65 103 Bloemfontein South Africa 371200 371200 981 838 112 105 Nampula Mozambique 341700 341700 1055 930 118 112 Newcastle South Africa 244300 244300 1393 1320 149 144 East London South Africa 236100 549300 742 1370 86 151 Welkom South Africa 226100 226100 1502 1444 160 159 Gaborone Botswana 223000 223000 1526 1470 164 163 Botshabelo South Africa 197900 197900 1711 1672 186 185 Windhoek Namibia 194300 194300 1744 1705 192 191 Chimoio Mozambique 192700 192700 1755 1717 193 192 Kimberley South Africa 189500 189500 1782 1745 198 197 Witbank South Africa 185900 185900 1815 1781 204 203 Carltonville South Africa 182800 182800 1840 1807 209 208 Nacala Mozambique 178200 178200 1884 1854 213 212 Maseru Lesotho 169200 169200 1964 1935 222 221 Quelimane Mozambique 169100 169100 1965 1936 223 222 Klerksdorp South Africa 152700 152700 2150 2129 243 243 Mocuba Mozambique 140400 140400 2332 2315 268 268 Rustenburg South Africa 116200 116200 2741 2726 318 318 Tete Mozambique 114900 114900 2774 2758 324 324 Potchefstroom South Africa 113100 113100 2815 2799 327 327 Xai-Xai Mozambique 112000 112000 2847 2831 330 330 Garue Mozambique 111900 111900 2853 2837 331 331 Francistown Botswana 106100 106100 3001 2986 349 349 Maxixe Mozambique 105900 105900 3013 2998 350 350 Nelspruit South Africa 105300 105300 3029 3015 353 353 George South Africa 104700 104700 3038 3024 356 356 King Williams Town South Africa 103700 103700 3062 3048 359 359 Nigel South Africa 102000 102000 3115 3101 365 365 Pietersburg South Africa 101600 101600 3122 3108 367 367

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