Governorates
The population of the governorates of Egypt according to census results and latest official estimates.
Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (Cp) 1986-11-17 | Population Census (Cf) 1996-11-19 | Population Census (Cf) 2006-11-11 | Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-28 | Population Estimate (E) 2023-07-01 | ||
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Ad-Daqahiyah [Dakahlia] | DQH | الدقهلية | Al-Manṣūrah | 3,538 | 3,500,470 | 4,223,338 | 4,989,997 | 6,492,381 | 7,050,004 | 353800 | → |
Al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar [Red Sea] | BAH | البحر الأحمر | Al-Ghurdaqah | 120,000 | 90,491 | 157,314 | 288,661 | 359,888 | 403,077 | 12000000 | → |
Al-Buḥayrah [Beheira] | BHR | البحيرة | Damanhūr | 9,826 | 3,257,168 | 3,994,297 | 4,747,283 | 6,171,613 | 6,878,289 | 982600 | → |
Al-Fayyūm [Fayoum] | FYM | الفيوم | Al-Fayyūm | 6,068 | 1,544,047 | 1,989,772 | 2,511,027 | 3,596,954 | 4,080,645 | 606800 | → |
Al-Gharbiyah [Gharbia] | GHB | الغربية | Ṭanṭā | 1,942 | 2,870,960 | 3,404,339 | 4,011,320 | 4,999,633 | 5,439,085 | 194200 | → |
Al-Iskandariyah [Alexandria] | ISK | الإسكندرية | Al-Iskandariyah | 2,300 | 2,917,327 | 3,339,076 | 4,123,869 | 5,163,750 | 5,546,663 | 230000 | → |
Al-Ismā'īliyah [Ismaïlia] | ISM | الإسماعيلية | Al-Ismā'īliyah | 5,067 | 544,427 | 714,828 | 953,006 | 1,303,993 | 1,452,743 | 506700 | → |
Al-Jīzah [Giza] | JIZ | الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 13,184 | 3,700,054 | 4,784,095 | 6,294,319 | 8,632,021 | 9,514,540 | 1318400 | → |
Al-Minūfiyah [Monufia] | MNF | المنوفية | Shibīn al-Kawm | 2,499 | 2,227,087 | 2,760,429 | 3,270,431 | 4,301,601 | 4,736,945 | 249900 | → |
Al-Minyā | MNY | المنيا | Al-Minyā | 32,279 | 2,648,043 | 3,310,129 | 4,166,299 | 5,497,095 | 6,337,595 | 3227900 | → |
Al-Qāhirah [Cairo] | QAH | القاهرة | Al-Qāhirah | 3,085 | 6,052,836 | 6,800,991 | 7,902,085 | 9,539,673 | 10,248,385 | 308500 | → |
Al-Qalyūbyah [Qalyubia] | QLY | القليوبية | Banhā | 1,124 | 2,514,244 | 3,281,135 | 4,251,672 | 5,627,420 | 6,137,688 | 112400 | → |
Al-Uqṣor [Luxor] | UQS | الأقصر | Al-Uqṣur | 2,960 | 274,074 | 775,551 | 959,003 | 1,250,209 | 1,400,640 | 296000 | → |
Al-Wādī al-Jadīd [New Valley] | WJD | الوادي الجديد | Al-Khārijah | 440,098 | 113,838 | 141,774 | 187,263 | 241,247 | 266,926 | 44009800 | → |
Ash-Sharqiyah [Sharqia] | SQY | الشرقية | Az-Zaqāzīq | 4,911 | 3,420,119 | 4,281,068 | 5,354,041 | 7,163,824 | 7,909,342 | 491100 | → |
As-Suways [Suez] | SWS | السويس | As-Suways | 9,002 | 326,820 | 417,526 | 512,135 | 728,180 | 792,551 | 900200 | → |
Aswān | ASW | أسوان | Aswān | 62,726 | 801,408 | 960,510 | 1,186,482 | 1,473,975 | 1,656,218 | 6272600 | → |
Asyūt | ASY | أسيوط | Asyūṭ | 13,720 | 2,223,034 | 2,802,334 | 3,444,967 | 4,383,289 | 5,061,934 | 1372000 | → |
Banī Suwayf [Beni Suef] | BSW | بنى سويف | Banī Suwayf | 10,954 | 1,442,981 | 1,859,213 | 2,291,618 | 3,154,100 | 3,592,039 | 1095400 | → |
Būr Sa'īd [Port Said] | BSD | بور سعيد | Būr Sa'īd | 1,345 | 399,793 | 472,331 | 570,603 | 749,371 | 791,749 | 134500 | → |
Dumyāṭ [Damietta] | DMY | دمياط | Dumyāṭ | 910 | 741,264 | 913,555 | 1,097,339 | 1,496,765 | 1,618,239 | 91000 | → |
Kafr ash-Shaykh [Kafr el-Sheikh] | KSH | كفر الشيخ | Kafr ash-Shaykh | 3,467 | 1,800,129 | 2,223,383 | 2,620,208 | 3,362,185 | 3,718,316 | 346700 | → |
Maṭrūḥ [Matrouh] | MTR | مطروخ | Marsā Maṭrūḥ | 166,563 | 160,567 | 212,001 | 323,381 | 425,624 | 547,702 | 16656300 | → |
Qinā [Qena] | QNA | قنا | Qinā | 8,980 | 1,978,241 | 2,027,603 | 2,499,964 | 3,164,281 | 3,640,916 | 898000 | → |
Sawhāj [Sohag] | SWJ | سوهاج | Sawhāj | 11,218 | 2,455,134 | 3,123,114 | 3,747,289 | 4,967,409 | 5,727,271 | 1121800 | → |
Sīnā' al-Janūbiyah [South Sinai] | SJN | جنوب سيناء | Aṭ-Ṭūr | 31,272 | 28,988 | 54,806 | 150,088 | 102,018 | 116,479 | 3127200 | → |
Sīnā' ash-Shamāliyah [North Sinai] | SSH | شمال سيناء | Al-'Arīsh | 27,564 | 171,505 | 252,160 | 343,681 | 450,328 | 508,109 | 2756400 | → |
Egypt | EGY | مصر | Al-Qāhirah | 996,603 | 48,205,049 | 59,276,672 | 72,798,031 | 94,798,827 | 105,174,090 | → |
- The total inhabited area constitutes only 77,041 km².
- (1986) UN Demographic Yearbook 1988.
(1996) (2006) (2017) (2023) Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt.
Major Cities
Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2023-07-01 | |
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1 | Al-Qāhirah | QAH | 9,801,536 |
2 | Al-Iskandariyah | ISK | 5,362,517 |
3 | Al-Jīzah | JIZ | 4,458,135 |
4 | Shubrā al-Khaymah | QLY | 1,275,700 |
5 | Būr Sa'īd | BSD | 791,749 |
6 | As-Suways | SWS | 716,458 |
7 | Al-Manṣūrah | DQH | 632,330 |
8 | Al-Maḥallah al-Kubrā | GHB | 614,202 |
9 | Ṭanṭā | GHB | 597,694 |
10 | Asyūṭ | ASY | 562,061 |
Contents: Cities & Towns
The population of all Egyptian cities and towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.
Name | Adm. | Native | Population Census (Cf) 1996-11-19 | Population Census (Cf) 2006-11-11 | Population Estimate (E) 2018-07-01 | Population Estimate (E) 2023-07-01 | Area | |
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Abnūb | ASY | أبنوب | 56,480 | 67,526 | 101,605 | 118,843 | 1597 | |
Abū al-Maṭāmīr [Abou el-Matamer] | BHR | أبو المطامير | 35,069 | 44,415 | 58,576 | 69,338 | 1093 | |
Abū an-Numrus | JIZ | أبو النمرس | 38,197 | 57,766 | 83,537 | 88,401 | 651 | |
Abū Ḥammād | SQY | أبو حماد | 29,501 | 39,361 | 39,644 | 46,004 | 463 | |
Abū Ḥummuṣ [Abou Homs] | BHR | أبو حمص | 29,033 | 39,350 | 53,713 | 63,580 | 551 | |
Abū Kabīr | SQY | أبو كبير | 85,339 | 103,175 | 142,420 | 165,246 | 2938 | |
Abū Qurqās [Abu Qirqas] | MNY | أبو قرقاس | 50,031 | 57,892 | 81,011 | 94,855 | 988 | |
Abū Ṣuwayr al-Maḥaṭṭah | ISM | أبو صوير المحطة | 18,331 | 24,265 | 30,320 | 34,358 | 4922 | |
Abū Tīj | ASY | ابو تيج | 59,474 | 70,969 | 95,815 | 112,077 | 1386 | |
Abū Tisht | QNA | أبو تشت | 10,469 | 13,015 | 17,367 | 19,030 | 719 | |
Aḍ-Ḍab'ah | MTR | الضبعة | 21,251 | 16,559 | 24,021 | 30,332 | 7830 | |
Ad-Dilinjāt | BHR | الدلنجات | 35,113 | 41,768 | 60,284 | 71,361 | 2204 | |
Ajā | DQH | أجا | 15,558 | 17,580 | 43,106 | 47,796 | 728 | |
Akhmīm | SWJ | أخميم | 84,773 | 101,509 | 140,785 | 157,938 | 1473 | |
Al-'Arīsh [El Arish] | SSH | العريش | 100,482 | 137,944 | 191,584 | 204,391 | 30756 | |
Al-'Ayyāṭ | JIZ | العياط | 28,385 | 34,586 | 44,171 | 46,747 | 274 | |
Al-Badārī | ASY | البداري | 36,113 | 42,770 | 50,933 | 59,570 | 2460 | |
Al-Badrashayn [Badrshein] | JIZ | البدرشين | 51,205 | 63,836 | 87,611 | 92,724 | 1332 | |
Al-Bājūr [El Bagour] | MNF | الباجور | 31,291 | 41,072 | 58,651 | 65,320 | 974 | |
Al-Balyanā [El Balyana] | SWJ | البلينا | 39,911 | 46,997 | 63,599 | 71,353 | 499 | |
Al-Baṣaliyah Baḥri | ASW | البصلية بحرى | 17,101 | 20,286 | 29,256 | 34,840 | 1087 | |
Al-Bāwīṭī | JIZ | الباويطى | 6,551 | 10,188 | 15,098 | 15,978 | 4438 | |
Al-Bāyaḍiyah | UQS | البياضية | 12,550 | 15,501 | 21,979 | 24,980 | 851 | |
Al-Fashn | BSW | الفشن | 52,589 | 65,621 | 101,928 | 121,675 | 1610 | |
Al-Fatḥ - An-Nāṣiriyah | ASY | الفتح - الناصريه | 10,372 | 13,109 | 20,390 | 23,852 | 119 | |
Al-Fayyūm [Fayoum] | FYM | الفيوم | 260,830 | 315,940 | 489,377 | 531,861 | 1847 | → |
Al-Ghanāyim [El Ghanayem] | ASY | الغنايم | 39,146 | 48,144 | 64,429 | 75,361 | 1317 | |
Al-Ghurdaqah [Hurghada] | BAH | الغردقة | 60,085 | 160,901 | 195,675 | 214,247 | 25772 | |
Al-Ḥammām | MTR | الحمام | 14,419 | 37,219 | 15,963 | 20,156 | 3306 | |
Al-Ḥāmūl | KSH | الحامول | 39,378 | 51,209 | 54,711 | 59,520 | 5807 | |
Al-Ḥawāmidiyah | JIZ | الحوامدية | 91,770 | 109,314 | 149,567 | 158,278 | 1039 | |
Al-Ḥusayniyah | SQY | الحسينية | 24,140 | 30,825 | 46,703 | 54,185 | 2517 | |
Al-Ibrāhīmiyah | SQY | الإبراهيمية | 29,085 | 32,167 | 49,596 | 57,546 | 1363 | |
Al-'Idwah | MNY | العدوه | 13,553 | 15,875 | 23,416 | 27,418 | 849 | |
Al-Iskandariyah [Alexandria] | ISK | الإسكندرية | 3,297,959 | 4,028,028 | 5,107,530 | 5,362,517 | 110755 | |
Al-Ismā'īliyah [Ismaïlia] | ISM | الإسماعيلية | 255,134 | 293,184 | 397,446 | 450,388 | 6885 | |
Al-Jamāliyah | DQH | الجماليه | 58,673 | 63,894 | 91,364 | 101,302 | 1847 | |
Al-Jīzah (incl. Al-Warrāq, Al-Ahrām) [Giza] | JIZ | الجيزة | 2,521,197 | 3,021,542 | 4,212,750 | 4,458,135 | 9840 | |
Al-Khānkah | QLY | الخانكة | 55,013 | 59,077 | 78,185 | 83,981 | 1045 | |
Al-Khārijah [Kharga] | WJD | الخارجة | 49,446 | 60,584 | 75,530 | 87,482 | 25062 | |
Al-Khuṣūṣ | QLY | الخصوص | ... | 291,242 | 468,194 | 502,864 | 773 | → |
Al-Kurdy | DQH | الكردى | 15,561 | 25,950 | 41,173 | 45,653 | 1282 | |
Al-Maḥallah al-Kubrā [Mahalla el-Kubra] | GHB | المحلة الكبرى | 394,924 | 442,958 | 543,271 | 614,202 | 1891 | |
Al-Maḥmūdiyah [Mahmoudiyah] | BHR | المحمودية | 21,850 | 28,277 | 30,325 | 35,898 | 274 | |
Al-Manshāh | SWJ | المنشاة | 50,011 | 65,484 | 84,744 | 95,064 | 1766 | |
Al-Manṣūrah [El Mansoura] | DQH | المنصورة | 369,409 | 439,348 | 570,271 | 632,330 | 2822 | |
Al-Manzilah [Manzala] | DQH | المنزلة | 60,184 | 75,034 | 116,807 | 129,519 | 5016 | |
Al-Marāghah [El Maragha] | SWJ | المراغة | 31,559 | 38,393 | 49,872 | 55,952 | 533 | |
Al-Maṭariyah [El Matareya] | DQH | المطرية | 87,062 | 100,566 | 148,591 | 164,743 | 233 | |
Al-Minyā | MNY | المنيا | 201,440 | 236,043 | 254,523 | 298,021 | 1498 | → |
Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah | MNY | المنيا الجديدة | 68 | 4,567 | 15,677 | 18,357 | 3674 | |
Al-Qāhirah (incl. Ḥulwān) [Cairo] | QAH | القاهرة | 7,601,018 | 7,740,018 | 9,293,612 | 9,801,536 | 60611 | |
Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah [New Cairo] | QAH | القاهرة الجديدة | ... | 122,339 | 302,926 | 319,488 | 34251 | |
Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah | QLY | القناطر الخيرية | 56,326 | 66,350 | 80,022 | 85,958 | 1182 | |
Al-Qanāyāt | SQY | القنايات | 36,010 | 42,563 | 65,172 | 75,621 | 1786 | → |
Al-Qantarah | ISM | القنطره | 15,054 | 29,505 | 44,045 | 49,906 | 634 | |
Al-Qanṭarah Sharq | ISM | القنطرة شرق | 12,116 | 20,685 | 29,433 | 33,358 | 11965 | |
Al-Qarnuh al-Jadīdah [Kurna] | UQS | القرنه الجديده | ... | 27,541 | 36,276 | 41,233 | 2174 | |
Al-Qaṣāṣīn al-Jadīdah [New Kasaseen] | ISM | القصاصين الجديدة | 11,948 | 15,611 | 22,546 | 25,551 | 1384 | |
Al-Qurayn | SQY | القرين | 51,833 | 64,453 | 87,250 | 101,238 | 2358 | → |
Al-Quṣayr | BAH | القصير | 20,472 | 35,045 | 47,986 | 52,558 | 6588 | |
Al-Qūṣiyah | ASY | القوصية | 55,957 | 69,388 | 90,523 | 105,891 | 1258 | |
Al-'Ubūr [El Ubour] | QLY | العبور | ... | 43,600 | 133,102 | 142,955 | 20923 | → |
Al-Uqṣur [Luxor] | UQS | الأقصر | ... | 167,646 | 250,704 | 284,952 | 4299 | → |
Al-Waqf | QNA | الوقف | 24,033 | 27,525 | 33,152 | 36,315 | 3342 | |
Al-Wāsiṭā | BSW | الواسطى | 30,879 | 37,916 | 52,200 | 62,313 | 502 | |
An-Najaylah [El Negaila] | MTR | النجيلة | 6,667 | 10,687 | 17,142 | 21,653 | 51985 | |
An-Nūbāriyah al-Jadīdah [New Nubariya] | BHR | النوبارية الجديدة | 885 | 5,321 | 20,369 | 24,113 | 2369 | |
Armant | UQS | أرمنت | 65,647 | 76,457 | 73,438 | 83,475 | 5508 | |
Ar-Radīsiyah Qiblī | ASW | الرديسيه قبلى | 7,859 | 10,175 | 14,385 | 17,130 | 1164 | |
Ar-Raḥmāniyah [Rahmaniya] | BHR | الرحمانية | 25,438 | 29,393 | 38,920 | 46,070 | 2818 | |
Ar-Rawḍah | DMY | الروضة | 18,955 | 21,434 | 29,592 | 31,940 | 875 | |
Ar-Riyāḍ | KSH | الرياض | 14,008 | 18,263 | 22,708 | 24,705 | 277 | |
Ashmūn [Ashmoun] | MNF | أشمون | 68,793 | 83,931 | 115,973 | 129,144 | 2335 | |
Ash-Shalātīn | BAH | الشلاتين | 5,078 | 9,542 | 11,732 | 12,849 | 390976 | |
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid [Sheikh Zayed City] | JIZ | الشيخ زايد | ... | 29,422 | 92,457 | 97,848 | 4313 | → |
Ash-Shaykh Zuwayd [Sheikh Zuweid] | SSH | الشيخ زويد | 12,489 | 18,577 | 25,687 | 27,406 | 2845 | |
Ash-Shuhadā' | MNF | الشهداء | 41,057 | 49,447 | 70,872 | 78,919 | 1892 | |
Ash-Shurūq | QAH | الشروق | ... | 22,570 | 88,909 | 93,759 | 17490 | → |
Aṣ-Ṣaff | JIZ | الصف | 32,347 | 45,131 | 59,348 | 62,812 | 2500 | |
Aṣ-Ṣaliḥiyah al-Jadīdah [New Salhia] | SQY | الصالحية الجديدة | 8,140 | 18,957 | 54,695 | 63,459 | 586 | → |
As-Sallūm | MTR | السلوم | 6,258 | ... | 14,349 | 18,118 | 54293 | |
As-Sanṭah | GHB | السنطة | 27,187 | 32,033 | 42,000 | 47,486 | 1093 | |
As-Sarw | DMY | السرو | 19,291 | 20,592 | 27,743 | 29,951 | 1008 | |
As-Sibā'iyah Gharb [Sebaiya] | ASW | السباعية غرب | 13,234 | 15,233 | 19,204 | 22,870 | 1270 | |
As-Sinbillāwayn [El Senbellawein] | DQH | السنبلاوين | 72,824 | 86,786 | 113,717 | 126,088 | 1883 | |
As-Suways [Suez] | SWS | السويس | 414,799 | 508,578 | 740,874 | 716,458 | 312788 | |
Aswān | ASW | أسوان | 219,541 | 266,013 | 337,472 | 401,890 | 37512 | → |
Asyūṭ [Asyut] | ASY | أسيوط | 343,662 | 389,307 | 480,516 | 562,061 | 2660 | |
Aṭfīḥ | JIZ | اطفيح | 11,352 | 13,760 | 25,987 | 27,504 | 482 | |
At-Tall al-Kabīr | ISM | التل الكبير | ... | 26,891 | 43,459 | 49,251 | 1856 | |
Aṭ-Ṭūd | UQS | الطود | ... | 27,868 | 28,722 | 32,650 | 1446 | |
Aṭ-Ṭūr [El Tor] | SJN | الطور | 10,563 | 19,826 | 35,046 | 40,532 | 6001 | |
Awlād Ṣaqr | SQY | أولاد صقر | 16,103 | 21,370 | 30,279 | 35,132 | 837 | |
Awsīm | JIZ | أوسيم | 54,264 | 67,485 | 90,839 | 96,132 | 1246 | |
Az-Zaqāzīq [Zagazig] | SQY | الزقازيق | 267,469 | 302,840 | 396,852 | 460,501 | 1403 | |
Az-Zarqā' | DMY | الزرقاء | 14,717 | 17,837 | 25,534 | 27,567 | 730 | |
Az-Zayniyah Qiblī | UQS | الزينية قبلي | ... | 14,922 | 18,665 | 21,210 | 224 | |
Badr | BHR | بدر | 14,359 | 20,971 | 24,578 | 29,095 | 2731 | |
Balṭīm | KSH | بلطيم | 33,812 | 40,199 | 48,015 | 52,250 | 3568 | |
Banhā | QLY | بنها | 135,892 | 157,701 | 174,518 | 187,469 | 1095 | → |
Banī Mazār [Beni Mazar] | MNY | بنى مزار | 52,690 | 79,553 | 103,891 | 121,643 | 819 | |
Banī Suwayf [Beni Suef] | BSW | بنى سويف | 171,734 | 193,048 | 246,395 | 294,125 | 1400 | → |
Banī Suwayf al-Jadīdah [New Beni Suef] | BSW | بنى سويف الجديدة | 208 | 17,921 | 29,117 | 34,757 | 26762 | |
Banī Ubayd | DQH | بني عبيد | 26,655 | 30,048 | 42,235 | 46,830 | 2869 | |
Basyūn [Basyoun] | GHB | بسيون | 48,214 | 53,226 | 68,839 | 77,823 | 1915 | |
Bibā | BSW | ببا | 49,516 | 57,716 | 85,404 | 101,946 | 1713 | |
Bilbays [Bilbeis] | SQY | بلبيس | 114,343 | 137,182 | 170,785 | 198,167 | 3486 | |
Bilqās [Belqas] | DQH | بلقاس | 87,670 | 95,194 | 125,686 | 139,369 | 3251 | |
B'īr al-'Abd | SSH | بئر العبد | 8,177 | 14,277 | 25,319 | 27,012 | 8020 | |
Birkat as-Sab' [Birket el-Sab] | MNF | بركة السبع | 28,917 | 33,873 | 47,436 | 52,835 | 1052 | |
Biyalā | KSH | بيلا | 56,759 | 66,663 | 83,398 | 90,729 | 4070 | |
Burj al-'Arab | ISK | برج العرب | 9,771 | 12,429 | 21,780 | 22,866 | 2842 | |
Burj al-Barlus | KSH | برج البرلس | ... | 46,568 | 56,481 | 61,470 | 28329 | |
Būr Sa'īd [Port Said] | BSD | بور سعيد | 472,331 | 570,603 | 760,152 | 791,749 | 129425 | |
Damanhūr [Damanhour] | BHR | دمنهور | 209,423 | 244,043 | 278,413 | 329,572 | 684 | → |
Dar as-Salām [Dar el-Salam] | SWJ | دار السلام | 22,962 | 31,736 | 35,335 | 39,642 | 2543 | |
Daraw | ASW | دراو | 30,732 | 38,400 | 54,905 | 65,389 | 1702 | |
Dayr Mawās [Deir Mawas] | MNY | دير مواس | 33,197 | 40,640 | 54,598 | 63,928 | 2132 | |
Dayrūṭ [Dairut] | ASY | ديروط | 55,890 | 72,856 | 93,223 | 109,051 | 644 | |
Dikirnis | DQH | دكرنس | 58,514 | 67,732 | 92,682 | 102,769 | 2520 | |
Dishnā | QNA | دشنا | 44,125 | 52,534 | 61,812 | 67,716 | 1247 | |
Disūq [Desouk] | KSH | دسوق | 91,318 | 106,827 | 139,794 | 152,077 | 864 | → |
Diyarb Najm | SQY | ديرب نجم | 43,507 | 53,384 | 74,639 | 86,606 | 863 | |
Dumyāṭ [Damietta] | DMY | دمياط | ... | 206,664 | 289,833 | 312,863 | 353 | |
Fa'id [Fayid] | ISM | فايد | 15,652 | 21,808 | 32,450 | 36,775 | 5537 | |
Fāqūs [Faqous] | SQY | فاقوس | 56,237 | 78,405 | 107,819 | 125,112 | 1078 | → |
Fāraskūr | DMY | فارسكور | 30,697 | 31,832 | 41,118 | 44,390 | 1413 | |
Farshūṭ | QNA | فرشوط | 43,796 | 51,052 | 67,793 | 74,275 | 613 | |
Fuwah | KSH | فوه | 54,420 | 63,175 | 87,451 | 95,134 | 2395 | |
Ḥawsh 'Īsā [Hosh Essa] | BHR | حوش عيسى | ... | 46,994 | 72,621 | 85,964 | 2394 | |
Hihyā | SQY | ههيا | 36,257 | 44,465 | 68,987 | 80,045 | 1176 | |
Ibshawāy [Ibsheway] | FYM | إبشواى | 41,972 | 54,853 | 81,264 | 88,309 | 2038 | |
Idfū [Edfu] | ASW | إدفو | 56,135 | 69,809 | 70,657 | 84,140 | 3609 | |
Idkū | BHR | إدكو | 87,848 | 97,168 | 154,997 | 183,479 | 7244 | |
Ihnāsiyā | BSW | اهناسيا | 31,488 | 37,174 | 57,782 | 68,976 | 1111 | |
Isnā [Esna] | UQS | اسنا | 55,068 | 68,656 | 90,355 | 102,697 | 1903 | |
Iṭsā | FYM | أطسا | 37,146 | 47,189 | 70,108 | 76,190 | 2843 | |
Ityāy al-Bārūd | BHR | إيتاى البارود | 35,491 | 40,744 | 67,899 | 80,377 | 2564 | |
'Izbat al-Burj | DMY | عزبةالبرج | 32,247 | 33,538 | 50,285 | 54,284 | 468 | |
Jirjā [Girga] | SWJ | جرجا | 89,679 | 102,597 | 140,622 | 157,754 | 1153 | |
Juhaynah | SWJ | جهينة | 39,161 | 46,768 | 71,174 | 79,845 | 2273 | |
Kafr ad-Dawwār | BHR | كفر الدوار | 101,056 | 114,030 | 112,467 | 133,130 | 546 | |
Kafr al-Baṭṭīkh | DMY | كفر البطيخ | 24,266 | 29,482 | 44,716 | 48,270 | 2120 | |
Kafr ash-Shaykh [Kafr el-Sheikh] | KSH | كفر الشيخ | 124,870 | 147,393 | 182,186 | 198,197 | 1934 | → |
Kafr az-Zayyāt | GHB | كفر الزيات | 65,993 | 71,272 | 76,413 | 86,390 | 919 | |
Kafr Sa'd | DMY | كفر سعد | ... | 8,563 | 17,164 | 18,530 | 905 | |
Kafr Ṣaqr | SQY | كفر صقر | 24,883 | 30,333 | 41,055 | 47,638 | 350 | |
Kafr Shukr | QLY | كفر شكر | 18,658 | 23,390 | 29,634 | 31,833 | 637 | |
Kawm Ḥamādah | BHR | كوم حمادة | 31,193 | 36,334 | 48,691 | 57,640 | 601 | |
Kawm Umbū [Kom Ombo] | ASW | كوم امبو | 62,301 | 71,596 | 103,342 | 123,066 | 1520 | |
Kirdāsah | JIZ | كرداسة | ... | ... | 132,716 | 140,448 | 1953 | |
Madīnat 'Ashirh min-Ramaḍān [10th of Ramadan City] | SQY | مدينة عشرة رمضان | 47,833 | 125,920 | 226,953 | 263,321 | 6605 | |
Madīnat as-Sādāt [Sadat City] | MNF | مدينة السادات | 18,619 | 48,666 | 66,615 | 74,177 | 1456 | |
Madīnat Badr [Badr City] | QAH | مدينة بدر | 248 | 17,158 | 31,877 | 33,602 | 10346 | |
Madīnat Burj al-'Arab al-Jadīdah [New Borg Al-Arab] | ISK | مدينه برج العرب الجديده | 7,051 | 41,661 | 44,511 | 46,727 | 16621 | |
Madīnat Dumyāṭ al-Jadīdah [New Damietta City] | DMY | قسم مدينة دمياط الجديدة | 6,520 | 27,028 | 51,635 | 55,749 | 4394 | |
Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar [6th October City] | JIZ | مدينة ستة اكتوبر | 35,354 | 154,093 | 355,616 | 376,302 | 43753 | |
Maghāghah | MNY | مغاغه | 60,405 | 75,657 | 106,100 | 124,236 | 1230 | |
Maḥallah Damanah | DQH | محله دمنه | ... | 20,749 | 29,268 | 32,455 | 1410 | |
Mallawī | MNY | ملوى | 119,285 | 139,929 | 190,829 | 223,435 | 1929 | → |
Manfalūṭ | ASY | منفلوط | 65,141 | 82,585 | 107,184 | 125,373 | 1903 | |
Manshat al-Qanāṭir | JIZ | منشأة القناطر | 11,138 | 11,669 | 18,504 | 19,584 | 236 | |
Marsā Maṭrūḥ [Mersa Matruh] | MTR | مرسى مطروح | 52,317 | 108,774 | 153,062 | 193,293 | 65357 | |
Mashtūl as-Sūq | SQY | مشتول السوق | 38,451 | 48,709 | 69,920 | 81,131 | 1256 | |
Maṭāy [Matai] | MNY | ماتاى | 36,953 | 46,903 | 73,888 | 86,513 | 1334 | |
Minūf | MNF | منوف | 77,773 | 89,262 | 117,107 | 130,417 | 1741 | → |
Minyā al-Qamḥ | SQY | منيا القمح | 55,600 | 62,331 | 91,535 | 106,216 | 628 | |
Minyat an-Naṣr | DQH | منية النصر | 48,820 | 56,461 | 75,581 | 83,805 | 3010 | |
Mīt Abū Ghālb | DMY | ميت ابو غالب | 13,218 | 14,915 | 19,393 | 20,940 | 935 | |
Mīt Ghamr | DQH | ميت غمر | 101,899 | 116,593 | 140,985 | 156,319 | 1330 | → |
Mīt Salsīl | DQH | ميت سلسيل | 29,773 | 31,272 | 44,160 | 48,971 | 2845 | |
Munshāh Abū 'Umar | SQY | منشاه ابوعمر | ... | ... | 20,786 | 24,117 | 0 | |
Mūṭ (Ad-Dākhlah) [Dakhla] | WJD | الداخلة | 16,252 | 20,439 | 24,376 | 28,229 | 3534 | |
Muṭūbis [Metoubes] | KSH | مطوبس | 24,550 | 29,428 | 41,106 | 44,717 | 1407 | |
Nabarūh | DQH | نبروه | 31,298 | 38,953 | 54,286 | 60,190 | 1215 | |
Naj' Ḥammādī | QNA | نجع حمادى | 33,252 | 45,038 | 56,899 | 62,339 | 443 | |
Naqādah [Naqada] | QNA | نقادة | 18,905 | 21,530 | 25,561 | 28,006 | 1038 | |
Nāṣir Būsh | BSW | ناصر-بوش سابقا | 70,543 | 85,319 | 123,075 | 146,917 | 3588 | |
Qahā | QLY | قها | 22,896 | 26,694 | 34,686 | 37,261 | 949 | |
Qallīn | KSH | قلين | 29,422 | 35,033 | 45,164 | 49,132 | 1699 | |
Qalyūb | QLY | قليوب | 77,081 | 107,303 | 149,737 | 160,831 | 2143 | → |
Qifṭ [Gebtu, Coptos] | QNA | قفط | 17,918 | 22,063 | 22,921 | 25,113 | 1494 | |
Qinā [Qena] | QNA | قنا | 155,382 | 201,191 | 241,422 | 264,498 | 3158 | → |
Qūṣ | QNA | قوص | 49,054 | 60,068 | 80,559 | 88,261 | 1568 | |
Quṭūr | GHB | قطور | 20,791 | 24,518 | 29,380 | 33,212 | 1495 | |
Quwaysinā [Quweisna] | MNF | قويسنا | 36,492 | 44,667 | 61,193 | 68,152 | 641 | |
Rafaḥ | SSH | رفح | 24,674 | 31,515 | 42,516 | 45,359 | 5904 | |
Rās al-Bar | DMY | راس البر | 7,791 | 11,741 | 9,677 | 10,445 | 2237 | |
Ras Ghārib | BAH | رأس غارب | 27,432 | 31,860 | 42,365 | 46,398 | 493957 | |
Rashīd [Rosetta] | BHR | رشيد | 58,322 | 68,947 | 110,048 | 130,270 | 9228 | |
Safājā [Safaga] | BAH | سفاجا | 23,507 | 33,715 | 50,665 | 55,487 | 99464 | |
Sāḥīl Salim [Sahel Selim] | ASY | ساحل سليم | 24,118 | 31,781 | 49,167 | 57,510 | 1529 | |
Samālūṭ | MNY | سمالوط | 75,437 | 91,475 | 127,447 | 149,227 | 1393 | |
Samannūd | GHB | سمنود | 47,748 | 57,177 | 80,606 | 91,130 | 1923 | |
Ṣān al-Ḥajar [Tanis] | SQY | صان الحجر القبلية | ... | ... | 28,555 | 33,129 | 0 | |
Sāqultah [Sakulta] | SWJ | ساقلته | 18,003 | 21,695 | 31,864 | 35,747 | 854 | |
Sawhāj [Sohag] | SWJ | سوهاج | 170,417 | 190,132 | 248,174 | 278,425 | 903 | |
Sharm ash-Shaykh [Sharm el-Sheikh] | SJN | شرم الشيخ | 4,306 | 38,478 | ... | ... | 4466 | |
Shibīn al-Kawm [Shibin el-Kom] | MNF | شبين الكوم | 156,794 | 177,112 | 249,611 | 277,991 | 2852 | → |
Shibīn al-Qanāṭir [Shibin el-Qanater] | QLY | شبين القناطر | 48,372 | 55,272 | 70,585 | 75,821 | 1044 | |
Shirbīn | DQH | شربين | 46,926 | 54,785 | 69,761 | 77,352 | 1039 | |
Shubrā al-Khaymah [Shubra el-Kheima] | QLY | شبرا الخيمة | 870,775 | 1,025,569 | 1,187,747 | 1,275,700 | 2999 | |
Shubrākhīt | BHR | شبراخيت | 24,354 | 28,505 | 36,077 | 42,706 | 856 | |
Ṣidfā [Sodfa] | ASY | صدفا | 17,853 | 20,931 | 27,475 | 32,138 | 367 | |
Sīdī Barrānī | MTR | سيدى برانى | 5,307 | 21,060 | 33,173 | 41,893 | 59160 | |
Sīdī Ghāzī | KSH | سيدى غازى | 18,647 | 21,005 | 26,344 | 28,661 | 1536 | |
Sīdī Sālim | KSH | سيدي سالم | 41,253 | 45,906 | 41,864 | 45,542 | 1117 | |
Sinnūris | FYM | سنورس | 68,442 | 82,148 | 125,905 | 136,825 | 1309 | |
Sirs al-Layyānah | MNF | سرس الليانة | 44,267 | 52,653 | 72,821 | 81,097 | 1615 | → |
Sīwa | MTR | سيوة | 9,756 | 16,056 | 21,711 | 27,409 | 20055 | |
Sumusṭā al-Waqf | BSW | سمسطا | 30,714 | 37,965 | 58,601 | 69,953 | 1940 | |
Ṭahṭā | SWJ | طهطا | 73,850 | 85,528 | 124,874 | 140,087 | 555 | |
Talā | MNF | تلا | 44,010 | 49,468 | 67,576 | 75,255 | 2299 | |
Ṭalkhā | DQH | طلخا | 66,310 | 78,281 | 103,471 | 114,737 | 1172 | |
Tama al-Āmdīd | DQH | تمى الامديد | ... | 13,834 | 18,695 | 20,730 | 720 | |
Ṭāmiyah [Tamiya] | FYM | طامية | 38,383 | 49,385 | 68,897 | 74,870 | 1484 | |
Ṭanṭā | GHB | طنطا | 372,892 | 422,854 | 528,672 | 597,694 | 1953 | |
Ṭimā | SWJ | طما | 58,331 | 67,443 | 94,021 | 105,477 | 1206 | |
Ṭūkh | QLY | طوخ | 34,699 | 41,624 | 50,360 | 54,096 | 650 | |
Wadi an-Natrun [Natron Valley] | BHR | وادى النطرون | 14,983 | 21,540 | 36,033 | 42,657 | 4229 | |
Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq | FYM | يوسف الصديق | ... | 15,660 | 22,596 | 24,555 | 9616 | |
Ziftā | GHB | زفتى | 80,864 | 93,740 | 102,411 | 115,774 | 1624 |
- The urban population of municipalities is tabulated. The 2018 and 2023 estimates are based on the results of the 2017 census.
- (1996) provided by Clive Thornton.
(2006) (2018) (2023) Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt.
Population Structure
Further information about the population structure.
Gender (E 2023) | |
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Males | 54,073,783 |
Females | 51,100,307 |
Age Groups (C 2017) | |
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0-14 years | 32,461,571 |
15-64 years | 58,673,840 |
65+ years | 3,663,416 |
Age Distribution (C 2017) | |
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90+ years | 66,297 |
80-89 years | 396,178 |
70-79 years | 1,480,431 |
60-69 years | 4,369,243 |
50-59 years | 7,255,193 |
40-49 years | 9,544,957 |
30-39 years | 13,822,516 |
20-29 years | 16,395,355 |
10-19 years | 18,039,065 |
0-9 years | 23,429,592 |
Urbanization (E 2023) | |
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Rural | 60,049,465 |
Urban | 45,124,625 |