Lagos

Nigeria · megacity · Africa · port city

Africa's giant. Lagos is the largest city on the entire African continent, with somewhere between 17 and 21 million people living there. That's more people than the entire country of Australia.

Super fast growth. Lagos is one of the fastest-growing megacities in the whole world, meaning new people move there and it gets bigger every single year.

Port powerhouse. Lagos is a major port city on the southwestern coast of Nigeria, which means enormous ships come and go carrying goods and connecting the city to the rest of the world.

Packed metropolis. So many people live so close together in Lagos that it's a true metropolis, with towering buildings, busy streets, and neighborhoods stretching in every direction.