🇪🇬 Egypt Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Egypt is 120,101,175, ranking #13 in the world (1.45% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 1.44% per year. The biggest city is Cairo with 9,606,916 inhabitants.

Live estimate

120,139,303

Growth rate

1.44%

Density

121

people / km² (312 / mi²)

Median age

24.7

Fertility rate

2.68

births per woman

Life expectancy

72.2

years

Egypt population 1950–2100

Population of Egypt, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Egypt is projected to reach 161,630,192, and 201,895,184 by 2100.

Egypt population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	120,101,175	1.44%	120.7	24.7
2025	118,365,994	1.47%	118.9	24.5
2024	116,538,258	1.65%	117.1	24.3
2023	114,535,772	1.82%	115.1	24.0
2022	112,618,250	1.55%	113.1	23.8
2021	110,957,008	1.42%	111.5	23.6
2020	109,315,124	1.56%	109.8	23.5
2019	107,553,158	1.69%	108.0	23.3
2018	105,682,094	1.83%	106.2	23.2
2017	103,696,057	1.97%	104.2	23.0
2016	101,644,589	2.03%	102.1	23.0
2015	99,597,342	2.04%	100.1	22.9
2014	97,528,654	2.16%	98.0	22.8
2013	95,333,553	2.40%	95.8	22.7
2012	93,161,002	2.21%	93.6	22.5
2011	91,093,059	2.28%	91.5	22.4
2010	89,196,072	1.92%	89.6	22.2
2009	87,501,636	1.91%	87.9	22.0
2008	85,864,790	1.86%	86.3	21.8
2007	84,276,225	1.87%	84.7	21.6
2006	82,700,403	1.91%	83.1	21.4
2005	81,101,004	2.00%	81.5	21.2
2004	79,477,443	2.04%	79.8	21.0
2003	77,853,548	2.09%	78.2	20.8
2002	76,239,137	2.10%	76.6	20.5
2001	74,652,029	2.10%	75.0	20.3
2000	73,083,284	2.15%	73.4	20.1
1999	71,520,954	2.18%	71.8	19.9
1998	69,943,294	2.29%	70.3	19.7
1997	68,431,740	2.08%	68.7	19.5
1996	67,028,048	2.06%	67.3	19.3
1995	65,652,622	2.08%	66.0	19.1
1994	64,285,589	2.13%	64.6	19.0
1993	62,915,681	2.18%	63.2	18.9
1992	61,480,660	2.43%	61.8	18.7
1991	60,028,997	2.34%	60.3	18.6
1990	58,396,618	3.18%	58.7	18.5
1989	56,710,642	2.67%	57.0	18.4
1988	55,187,682	2.78%	55.4	18.4
1987	53,674,435	2.79%	53.9	18.3
1986	52,206,295	2.76%	52.4	18.3
1985	50,734,968	2.96%	51.0	18.3
1984	49,247,334	2.99%	49.5	18.3
1983	47,786,402	3.03%	48.0	18.3
1982	46,407,611	2.82%	46.6	18.3
1981	45,147,224	2.68%	45.4	18.2
1980	43,950,413	2.69%	44.2	18.2
1979	42,818,628	2.52%	43.0	18.2
1978	41,761,431	2.48%	42.0	18.2
1977	40,748,870	2.43%	40.9	18.3
1976	39,795,557	2.30%	40.0	18.3
1975	38,875,327	2.38%	39.1	18.2
1974	37,969,667	2.33%	38.1	18.2
1973	37,102,043	2.29%	37.3	18.2
1972	36,258,328	2.31%	36.4	18.1
1971	35,433,368	2.29%	35.6	18.1
1970	34,623,990	2.33%	34.8	18.1
1969	33,811,615	2.42%	34.0	18.1
1968	32,998,318	2.45%	33.1	18.0
1967	32,196,360	2.47%	32.3	18.0
1966	31,406,541	2.50%	31.6	18.0
1965	30,629,174	2.52%	30.8	17.9
1964	29,858,922	2.58%	30.0	17.9
1963	29,091,869	2.63%	29.2	18.0
1962	28,337,013	2.63%	28.5	18.2
1961	27,600,898	2.63%	27.7	18.4
1960	26,896,479	2.54%	27.0	18.6
1959	26,226,857	2.50%	26.3	18.9
1958	25,600,321	2.33%	25.7	19.1
1957	24,994,408	2.46%	25.1	19.3
1956	24,387,343	2.46%	24.5	19.4
1955	23,795,229	2.46%	23.9	19.5
1954	23,212,560	2.50%	23.3	19.6
1953	22,644,142	2.46%	22.7	19.6
1952	22,104,945	2.36%	22.2	19.6
1951	21,605,918	2.21%	21.7	19.6
1950	21,148,164	2.07%	21.2	19.5

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	121,847,617	1.44%	122.4	24.9
2028	123,608,457	1.43%	124.2	25.1
2029	125,373,049	1.41%	125.9	25.4
2030	127,139,322	1.39%	127.7	25.6
2031	128,912,252	1.38%	129.5	25.8
2032	130,695,078	1.37%	131.3	26.0
2033	132,485,605	1.35%	133.1	26.2
2034	134,287,840	1.35%	134.9	26.4
2035	136,097,218	1.33%	136.7	26.7
2036	137,913,263	1.32%	138.5	26.9
2037	139,738,696	1.31%	140.4	27.1
2038	141,565,831	1.29%	142.2	27.4
2039	143,393,264	1.27%	144.0	27.6
2040	145,213,654	1.25%	145.9	27.9
2041	147,018,556	1.22%	147.7	28.2
2042	148,800,781	1.19%	149.5	28.5
2043	150,547,656	1.15%	151.2	28.8
2044	152,255,334	1.11%	153.0	29.1
2045	153,919,189	1.06%	154.6	29.4
2046	155,535,948	1.02%	156.2	29.8
2047	157,114,406	0.99%	157.8	30.1
2048	158,657,389	0.96%	159.4	30.4
2049	160,161,614	0.93%	160.9	30.7
2050	161,630,192	0.90%	162.4	31.0
2051	163,063,539	0.87%	163.8	31.2
2052	164,468,973	0.85%	165.2	31.5
2053	165,849,962	0.82%	166.6	31.7
2054	167,203,818	0.80%	168.0	31.9
2055	168,531,682	0.78%	169.3	32.1
2056	169,835,152	0.76%	170.6	32.3
2057	171,117,536	0.74%	171.9	32.5
2058	172,379,100	0.73%	173.2	32.7
2059	173,622,457	0.71%	174.4	32.9
2060	174,845,206	0.69%	175.6	33.1
2061	176,046,974	0.68%	176.9	33.4
2062	177,229,968	0.66%	178.0	33.6
2063	178,398,627	0.65%	179.2	33.8
2064	179,552,862	0.64%	180.4	34.0
2065	180,677,455	0.61%	181.5	34.2
2066	181,775,598	0.60%	182.6	34.4
2067	182,855,193	0.58%	183.7	34.6
2068	183,911,492	0.57%	184.8	34.8
2069	184,941,154	0.55%	185.8	35.0
2070	185,940,690	0.53%	186.8	35.2
2071	186,912,360	0.51%	187.8	35.5
2072	187,857,200	0.50%	188.7	35.7
2073	188,769,063	0.47%	189.6	35.9
2074	189,649,296	0.46%	190.5	36.2
2075	190,502,723	0.44%	191.4	36.4
2076	191,327,318	0.42%	192.2	36.7
2077	192,118,608	0.40%	193.0	36.9
2078	192,875,362	0.38%	193.8	37.2
2079	193,602,706	0.37%	194.5	37.4
2080	194,292,900	0.34%	195.2	37.7
2081	194,947,814	0.33%	195.8	37.9
2082	195,572,350	0.31%	196.5	38.2
2083	196,164,362	0.29%	197.1	38.4
2084	196,727,669	0.28%	197.6	38.6
2085	197,258,869	0.26%	198.2	38.9
2086	197,760,951	0.25%	198.7	39.1
2087	198,240,475	0.24%	199.1	39.3
2088	198,692,010	0.22%	199.6	39.5
2089	199,110,320	0.20%	200.0	39.7
2090	199,500,190	0.19%	200.4	39.9
2091	199,868,284	0.18%	200.8	40.1
2092	200,211,943	0.16%	201.1	40.3
2093	200,529,821	0.15%	201.4	40.4
2094	200,820,194	0.14%	201.7	40.6
2095	201,078,011	0.12%	202.0	40.8
2096	201,300,656	0.10%	202.2	40.9
2097	201,487,950	0.09%	202.4	41.1
2098	201,650,878	0.08%	202.6	41.3
2099	201,787,334	0.06%	202.7	41.4
2100	201,895,184	0.05%	202.8	41.6

States & provinces of Egypt by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Al Qahirah	10,203,693	8.5%
2	Al Jizah	9,646,673	8.0%
3	Ash Sharqiyah	7,859,068	6.5%
4	Ad Daqahliyah	7,013,271	5.8%
5	Al Buhayrah	6,992,742	5.8%
6	Al Minya	6,453,892	5.4%
7	Al Qalyubiyah	6,217,766	5.2%
8	Suhaj	5,853,394	4.9%
9	Al Iskandariyah	5,599,387	4.7%
10	Al Gharbiyah	5,409,714	4.5%
11	Asyut	5,169,423	4.3%
12	Al Minufiyah	4,743,341	3.9%
13	Al Fayyum	4,047,387	3.4%
14	Kafr ash Shaykh	3,759,316	3.1%
15	Qina	3,705,404	3.1%
16	Bani Suwayf	3,561,639	3.0%
17	Aswan	1,685,743	1.4%
18	Dumyat	1,610,586	1.3%
19	Al Isma`iliyah	1,479,511	1.2%
20	Luxor	1,429,281	1.2%
21	As Suways	843,385	0.7%
22	Bur Sa`id	789,241	0.7%
23	Matruh	538,546	0.4%
24	Shamal Sina'	450,531	0.4%
25	Al Bahr al Ahmar	410,229	0.3%
26	Al Wadi at Jadid	270,854	0.2%
27	Janub Sina'	117,113	0.1%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Egypt

#	City	Region	Population
1	Cairo capital	Cairo	9,606,916
2	Alexandria	Alexandria	5,263,542
3	Giza	Giza	4,367,343
4	Shubrā al Khaymah	Qalyubia	1,240,289
5	Port Said	Port Said	780,515
6	Suez	Suez	699,541
7	Al Mansurah	Dakahlia	621,953
8	Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	Gharbia	592,573
9	Tanta	Gharbia	576,648
10	Assiut	Asyut	528,669
11	Al Fayyum	Faiyum	519,047
12	Al Khuşūş	Qalyubia	488,904
13	Esna	Qena	462,787
14	Zagazig	Sharqia	430,445
15	Ismailia	Ismailia	429,465

FAQ

What is the population of Egypt in 2026?

The population of Egypt is 120,101,175 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Egypt?

Cairo is the biggest city in Egypt with 9,606,916 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Egypt growing or shrinking?

The population of Egypt is growing at 1.44% per year.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-07.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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