Luanda projected to become Africa’s largest city by 2050

Angola’s capital, Luanda, is projected to overtake Nigeria’s Lagos as Africa’s largest city by 2050, th its population potentially exceeding 20 million. A new World Bank study forecasts that sub-Saharan Africa will have five megacities by then, as rapid urbanisation drives population growth in cities including Kinshasa, Dar es Salaam and Addis Ababa. The World Bank forecasts that by 2050 the number of people living in cities in sub-Saharan Africa will increase by 320 million to 823 million, rising to 1.7 billion people when peri-urban areas and towns are included.

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