City Map Compare/Johannesburg vs Malanje
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Johannesburg

1,756 km²

Malanje

79 km²

Johannesburg vs Malanje: Urban Area Size

Johannesburg covers 1,756 km² of contiguous built-up land, 22× the built-up area of Malanje (79 km²).

JohannesburgMalanje
Urban areaJohannesburgMalanje
Population (2025)8.59 million1.05 million
Built-up area1,756 km²79 km²
Density4,893 /km²13,318 /km²

Urban area = contiguous built-up land and the people living in it in 2025, drawn the same way for every city regardless of administrative boundaries. Source: GHSL Urban Centre Database R2024A, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0); some names adjusted to the city names people use, and country attribution follows the dataset.

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