Rarest National Capital in Africa — All 57 Answers Ranked by Rarity

57 answers are accepted for “Name a national capital in Africa”. Lobamba is the rarest national capital in Africa in this ranking, with 38,547 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary). Gitega is the second-rarest with 62,491 monthly Wikipedia views, 1.62× the figure for Lobamba. Cape Town is the most common national capital in Africa in this ranking, with 732,901 monthly Wikipedia views, 19.0× the figure for the rarest. Combined monthly Wikipedia views across the 57 answers: 13,055,494. Lobamba is 0.3% of that total. 12 answers are Epic or Legendary: Lobamba (Legendary), Gitega (Legendary), Djibouti City (Legendary), and 9 more.

Quick answer

Monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10).

Ranked answers

57 answers to “Name a national capital in Africa”, rarest first. A rarity of 1 is the rarest answer in this prompt.
Rank	Answer	Tier	Rarity	Monthly Wikipedia views
1	Lobamba on Wikipedia	Legendary	1.000	38,547
2	Gitega on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.982	62,491
3	Djibouti City on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.964	71,116
4	Maseru on Wikipedia	Legendary	0.946	78,087
5	Moroni, Comoros on Wikipedia	Epic	0.929	79,141
6	Lilongwe on Wikipedia	Epic	0.911	81,792
7	Lomé on Wikipedia	Epic	0.893	82,861
8	Porto-Novo on Wikipedia	Epic	0.875	82,864
9	Bissau on Wikipedia	Epic	0.857	84,372
10	Libreville on Wikipedia	Epic	0.839	93,417
11	São Tomé on Wikipedia	Epic	0.821	98,637
12	Banjul on Wikipedia	Epic	0.804	99,822
13	Mbabane on Wikipedia	Rare	0.786	103,056
14	Victoria, Seychelles on Wikipedia	Rare	0.768	111,624
15	Niamey on Wikipedia	Rare	0.750	114,899
16	Port Louis on Wikipedia	Rare	0.732	122,030
17	Yamoussoukro on Wikipedia	Rare	0.714	125,821
18	Dodoma on Wikipedia	Rare	0.696	125,867
19	Lusaka on Wikipedia	Rare	0.679	129,311
20	N'Djamena on Wikipedia	Rare	0.661	131,444
21	Conakry on Wikipedia	Rare	0.643	135,356
22	Yaoundé on Wikipedia	Rare	0.625	139,153
23	Freetown on Wikipedia	Rare	0.607	146,288
24	Maputo on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.589	149,006
25	Gaborone on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.571	152,276
26	Bangui on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.554	152,277
27	Juba on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.536	155,245
28	Nouakchott on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.518	172,041
29	Bamako on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.500	178,107
30	Asmara on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.482	180,523
31	Kigali on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.464	185,461
32	Brazzaville on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.446	186,875
33	Ciudad de la Paz on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.429	201,047
34	Antananarivo on Wikipedia	Uncommon	0.411	206,311
35	Ouagadougou on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.393	231,552
36	Monrovia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.375	231,865
37	Tunis on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.357	244,765
38	Luanda on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.339	246,224
39	Windhoek on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.321	254,867
40	Praia on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.304	271,042
41	Abuja on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.286	298,900
42	Khartoum on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.268	300,420
43	Tripoli, Libya on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.250	302,639
44	Accra on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.232	308,167
45	Dakar on Wikipedia	Familiar	0.214	314,346
46	Bloemfontein on Wikipedia	Common	0.196	317,236
47	Rabat on Wikipedia	Common	0.179	327,880
48	Harare on Wikipedia	Common	0.161	344,736
49	Algiers on Wikipedia	Common	0.143	368,615
50	Nairobi on Wikipedia	Common	0.125	431,813
51	Mogadishu on Wikipedia	Common	0.107	433,191
52	Pretoria on Wikipedia	Common	0.089	437,278
53	Kampala on Wikipedia	Common	0.071	517,757
54	Addis Ababa on Wikipedia	Common	0.054	550,437
55	Cairo on Wikipedia	Common	0.036	651,650
56	Kinshasa on Wikipedia	Common	0.018	680,048
57	Cape Town on Wikipedia	Common	0.000	732,901

FAQ

What is the rarest national capital in Africa?

Lobamba is the rarest national capital in Africa in this ranking, with 38,547 monthly Wikipedia views (rarity 1.000, Legendary).

How many national capital in Africas are there?

There are 57 national capital in Africas in this ranking, from Lobamba (rarest) to Cape Town (most common).

What is the most common national capital in Africa?

Cape Town is the most common national capital in Africa in this ranking, with 732,901 monthly Wikipedia views (Common).

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Recorded source: Wikidata + Wikipedia pageviews (2026-10). The answer list is compiled from Wikidata (CC0), and the view counts are monthly English Wikipedia pageviews. Rarity is the percentile of the popularity figure inside this prompt: 1 is the rarest and 0 is the most common. Linked names open the English Wikipedia article stored on that answer.