Largest Cities in South Africa

75 cities with population over 100,000

South Africa has 75 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Johannesburg with 9,418,183 people. The capital city is Pretoria.

Country Population

63.1M

Major Cities

Largest City

Johannesburg

Capital

Pretoria

Top 10 Cities

Johannesburg

9.4M

Cape Town

4.8M

Durban

3.3M

Pretoria

2.1M

Soweto

1.7M

Gqeberha

1.1M

Soshanguve

872,309

Pietermaritzburg

839,327

Evaton

725,468

Benoni

605,344

All Cities in South Africa

Cities in South Africa ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	Johannesburg	9,418,183	14.93%
2	Cape Town	4,772,846	7.56%
3	Durban	3,338,026	5.29%
4	PretoriaCapital	2,112,693	3.35%
5	Soweto	1,695,047	2.69%
6	Gqeberha	1,050,078	1.66%
7	Soshanguve	872,309	1.38%
8	Pietermaritzburg	839,327	1.33%
9	Evaton	725,468	1.15%
10	Benoni	605,344	0.96%
11	Bloemfontein	556,637	0.88%
12	Thembisa	511,655	0.81%
13	East London	478,676	0.76%
14	Vereeniging	474,681	0.75%
15	Boksburg	445,168	0.71%
16	Welkom	431,944	0.68%
17	Newcastle	404,838	0.64%
18	Krugersdorp	378,821	0.60%
19	Rustenburg	373,695	0.59%
20	Emalahleni	373,403	0.59%
21	Diepsloot	350,000	0.55%
22	Randburg	337,053	0.53%
23	Roodepoort	326,416	0.52%
24	Botshabelo	309,714	0.49%
25	Brakpan	305,692	0.48%
26	Kariega	291,052	0.46%
27	Polokwane	272,461	0.43%
28	Germiston	255,863	0.41%
29	Richards Bay	252,968	0.40%
30	Vanderbijlpark	246,754	0.39%
31	Athlone	237,414	0.38%
32	Paarl	236,910	0.38%
33	Centurion	236,580	0.37%
34	Klerksdorp	227,039	0.36%
35	Somerset West	225,289	0.36%
36	Mdantsane	205,504	0.33%
37	Middelburg	196,263	0.31%
38	George	188,580	0.30%
39	Springs	186,394	0.30%
40	Ivory Park	184,383	0.29%
41	Carletonville	182,304	0.29%
42	Alexandra	179,624	0.28%
43	Potchefstroom	178,285	0.28%
44	Mthatha	164,848	0.26%
45	KwaDukuza	161,177	0.26%
46	Westonaria	156,831	0.25%
47	Etwatwa	151,866	0.24%
48	Vryheid	150,012	0.24%
49	Pinetown	144,026	0.23%
50	Ladysmith	143,446	0.23%
51	eMbalenhle	142,443	0.23%
52	Kimberley	142,089	0.23%
53	Nigel	140,644	0.22%
54	Mpumalanga	140,121	0.22%
55	Bhisho	137,287	0.22%
56	Sasolburg	135,828	0.22%
57	Randfontein	133,654	0.21%
58	Worcester	127,597	0.20%
59	Ntuzuma	125,394	0.20%
60	Virginia	122,502	0.19%
61	Brits	122,497	0.19%
62	Alberton	121,536	0.19%
63	Queenstown	118,599	0.19%
64	Kroonstad	117,152	0.19%
65	Somaroboro	114,369	0.18%
66	Hammanskraal	112,950	0.18%
67	Mabopane	110,972	0.18%
68	Mbombela	110,159	0.17%
69	Orkney	110,052	0.17%
70	Phalaborwa	109,468	0.17%
71	Thohoyandou	107,144	0.17%
72	Tokoza	106,000	0.17%
73	Standerton	101,101	0.16%
74	Mokopane	101,090	0.16%
75	Ermelo	100,324	0.16%

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