{"id":735,"date":"2022-04-07T15:41:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2023-06-03T21:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T19:39:05","slug":"megacities-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/megacities-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By 2050, Africa\u2019s population will have doubled, and Africans will represent 1\/3 of the world\u2019s population reaching 2.5 billion people! This demographic growth will be mostly concentrated in the continent\u2019s cities and half of Africa\u2019s population will be less than 25 years old! Some African cities are already among the largest in the world. Lagos, the economic capital of Nigeria, Cairo in Egypt, or Kinshasa in the D.R. Congo will soon be among the ten most populous cities in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-05-a\u0300-07.33.30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-05-a\u0300-07.33.30.png 810w, https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-05-a\u0300-07.33.30-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-05-a\u0300-07.33.30-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Below, the Top-10 cities in Africa by population in 2020:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>1) Lagos (Nigeria)#7 city in the world today with 21\u2019500\u2019000 inhabitants#6 city in the world in 2050 with est. 32\u2019000\u2019000 inhabitantsNigeria will have a population of est. 400\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2) Cairo (Egypt)14\u2019200\u2019000 inhabitants today, 24\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050Egypt will have 150\u2019000\u2019000 inhabitants in 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3) Kinshasa (D.R.Congo)14\u2019500\u2019000 inhabitants today, 35\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050 #4 city in the worldD.R. Congo will have a population of est. 194\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4) Luanda (Angola)8\u2019000\u2019000 inhabitants today, 14\u2019500\u2019000 est. in 2050Angola will have a population of est. 77\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>5) Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)6\u2019700\u2019000 inhabitants today, 14\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050Tanzania will have a population of est. 135\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>6) Johannesburg (South Africa)5\u2019700\u2019000 inhabitants today, 7\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050South Africa will have a population of est. 66\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7) Alexandria (Egypt)5\u2019200\u2019000 inhabitants today, 9\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>8) Abidjan (C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire) 5\u2019100\u2019000 inhabitants today, 11\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire will have a population of est. 51\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9) Nairobi (Kenya)4\u2019900\u2019000 inhabitants today, 14\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050Kenya will have a population of est. 91\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)4\u2019500\u2019000 inhabitants today, 13\u2019000\u2019000 est. in 2050 Ethiopia will have a population of est. 205\u2019000\u2019000 in 2050<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Important to mention that by 2050 Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Bamako (Mali), Dakar (Senegal), Ibadan (Nigeria) and Kano (Nigeria) will join the list bringing the total number of megacities in Africa to 15 in the next 30 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-03-25-a\u0300-14.12.41-1024x210.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-03-25-a\u0300-14.12.41-1024x210.png 1024w, https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-03-25-a\u0300-14.12.41-300x62.png 300w, https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-03-25-a\u0300-14.12.41-768x157.png 768w, https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-03-25-a\u0300-14.12.41.png 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4515\">Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Bamako (Mali), Dakar (Senegal), Ibadan (Nigeria) and Kano (Nigeria)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At&nbsp;<strong>Africa Container Shipping<\/strong>&nbsp;we believe in the potential of this fantastic continent and are investing locally to better serve our clients offering&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A to Z solutions<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>in all these cities and countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2050, Africa\u2019s population will have doubled, and Africans will represent 1\/3 of the world\u2019s population reaching 2.5 billion people! This demographic growth will be mostly concentrated in the continent\u2019s cities and half of Africa\u2019s population will be less than 25 years old! Some African cities are already among the largest in the world. Lagos, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-african-logistics-industry-news-updates"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world | ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa continues developping and its megacities can prove it. Read our latest article to know why Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world. Africa Container Shipping.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/megacities-in-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world | ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa continues developping and its megacities can prove it. Read our latest article to know why Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world. Africa Container Shipping.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/megacities-in-africa\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/africacontainershippinggmbh\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-07T20:41:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-03T19:39:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-05-a\u0300-07.33.30.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"810\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"539\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mystarco\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mystarco\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"mystarco\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c0837174d61149cc62597b9c939db59\"},\"headline\":\"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-07T20:41:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-03T19:39:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"News and updates on the African logistics industry\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/\",\"name\":\"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world | ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-07T20:41:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-03T19:39:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Africa continues developping and its megacities can prove it. Read our latest article to know why Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world. Africa Container Shipping.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/\",\"name\":\"ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider\",\"description\":\"ACS Africa Container Shipping is a specialized and certified logistics provider for the transport of cargo to\/from the African continent and beyond\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Africa Container Shipping\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/57964001_857446707927304_83960511783239680_n.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/57964001_857446707927304_83960511783239680_n.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2048,\"caption\":\"Africa Container Shipping\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/africacontainershippinggmbh\/\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acsafricacontainershipping\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/africacontainershipping\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c0837174d61149cc62597b9c939db59\",\"name\":\"mystarco\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/064289b44689616d82bd669f6b469e9ac487b6a4e2ef863010dbafb6d052bd67?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/064289b44689616d82bd669f6b469e9ac487b6a4e2ef863010dbafb6d052bd67?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mystarco\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/author\/mystarco\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world | ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider","description":"Africa continues developping and its megacities can prove it. Read our latest article to know why Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world. Africa Container Shipping.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/megacities-in-africa\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world | ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider","og_description":"Africa continues developping and its megacities can prove it. Read our latest article to know why Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world. Africa Container Shipping.","og_url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/megacities-in-africa\/","og_site_name":"ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/africacontainershippinggmbh\/","article_published_time":"2022-04-07T20:41:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-03T19:39:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":810,"height":539,"url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Capture-de\u0301cran-2021-02-05-a\u0300-07.33.30.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"mystarco","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mystarco","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/"},"author":{"name":"mystarco","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c0837174d61149cc62597b9c939db59"},"headline":"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world","datePublished":"2022-04-07T20:41:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-03T19:39:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/"},"wordCount":346,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#organization"},"articleSection":["News and updates on the African logistics industry"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/","url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/","name":"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world | ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-04-07T20:41:21+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-03T19:39:05+00:00","description":"Africa continues developping and its megacities can prove it. Read our latest article to know why Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world. Africa Container Shipping.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/megacities-in-africa\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Lagos, Cairo, and Kinshasa will soon be among the most populated cities in the world"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/","name":"ACS Africa Container Shipping | Specialized logistic solutions provider","description":"ACS Africa Container Shipping is a specialized and certified logistics provider for the transport of cargo to\/from the African continent and beyond","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#organization","name":"Africa Container Shipping","url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/57964001_857446707927304_83960511783239680_n.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/57964001_857446707927304_83960511783239680_n.jpg","width":2048,"height":2048,"caption":"Africa Container Shipping"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/africacontainershippinggmbh\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acsafricacontainershipping\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/africacontainershipping\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4c0837174d61149cc62597b9c939db59","name":"mystarco","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/064289b44689616d82bd669f6b469e9ac487b6a4e2ef863010dbafb6d052bd67?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/064289b44689616d82bd669f6b469e9ac487b6a4e2ef863010dbafb6d052bd67?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mystarco"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com"],"url":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/author\/mystarco\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6498,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/6498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africa-container-shipping.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}