Cities included in the analysis; number of DHS clusters (also known as enumeration areas), and number of women with births during the 5-year survey recall period
Most populous city | First administrative division where the city is located | DHS year | Number of clusters sampled in the first administrative division | Number in the final analysis sample | |||||
Name | Population in 2015 (million) | Total | Urban | City | Women 15–49 years in sample | Women with livebirths in recall period | Livebirths in recall period | ||
Bujumbura | 1.0 | Bujumbura Mairie Province | 2016 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 1304 | 477 | 662 |
Lilongwe | 1.1 | Lilongwe District | 2015 | 37 | 14 | 14 | 1643 | 679 | 813 |
Ndjamena | 1.2 | N'Djamena Region | 2014 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 1627 | 786 | 1307 |
Monrovia | 1.2 | Montserrado County | 2019 | 44 | 36 | 35 | 2917 | 1203 | 1443 |
Freetown | 1.5 | Western Urban District | 2019 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 2373 | 847 | 998 |
Contonou | 1.5 | Littoral Department | 2017 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 958 | 408 | 579 |
Lome | 1.7 | Grande agglomeration de Lome | 2013 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 2903 | 1188 | 1573 |
Conakry | 2.2 | Conakry Region | 2018 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 1917 | 677 | 901 |
Harare | 2.3 | Harare Province | 2015 | 44 | 32 | 32 | 1684 | 709 | 880 |
Lusaka | 2.4 | Lusaka Province | 2018 | 63 | 41 | 39 | 2254 | 946 | 1183 |
Bamako | 2.8 | Bamako Region | 2018 | 47 | 47 | 46 | 1811 | 941 | 1325 |
Dakar | 3.1 | Dakar Region | 2019 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 1827 | 664 | 819 |
Addis Ababa | 3.7 | Addis Ababa City | 2016 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 930 | 198 | 244 |
Kampala | 3.8 | Greater Kampala | 2016 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 1025 | 445 | 580 |
Accra | 4.5 | Greater Accra Region | 2014 | 47 | 42 | 42 | 1693 | 586 | 761 |
Dar es Salaam | 5.3 | Dar es Salaam Region | 2015 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 1536 | 634 | 772 |
Nairobi | 5.9 | Nairobi County | 2014 | 56 | 56 | 56 | 3770 | 1657 | 2051 |
Luanda | 7.0 | Luanda Province | 2015 | 66 | 63 | 63 | 5395 | 2598 | 3593 |
Kinshasa | 7.3 | Kinshasa Province | 2013 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 2255 | 888 | 1306 |
Johannesburg | 8.3 | Gauteng Province | 2016 | 96 | 88 | 34 | 748 | 275 | 329 |
Lagos | 11.8 | Lagos State | 2018 | 52 | 49 | 47 | 2726 | 1061 | 1432 |
Cairo/Giza | 23.0 | Cairo/Giza Governorates | 2014 | 153/108 | 153/79 | 153/79 | 2890 | 1350 | 1775 |
DHS, Demographic and Health Survey.