Egypt: Greater Cairo
Contents: Districts
The population of the districts of Greater Cairo according to census results and latest official estimates.
Name | Status | Native | Governorate | Population Census 1996-11-19 | Population Census 2006-11-11 | Population Census 2017-03-28 | Population Estimate 2023-07-01 | |
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15 Māyū [15th of May City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم 15 مايو | Al-Qāhirah | 65,560 | 90,740 | 93,574 | 100,511 | → |
'Ābidīn | Kism (fully urban) | قسم عابدين | Al-Qāhirah | 48,704 | 42,223 | 40,321 | 43,347 | → |
Ad-Darb al-Aḥmar | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الدرب الأحمر | Al-Qāhirah | 78,375 | 60,488 | 58,489 | 62,837 | → |
Ad-Duqqī | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الدقي | Al-Jīzah | ... | 83,430 | 70,926 | 76,528 | → |
'Ain Schams | Kism (fully urban) | قسم عين شمس | Al-Qāhirah | 469,030 | 525,034 | 614,391 | 660,111 | → |
Al-Ahrām | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الأهرام | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 659,305 | 711,161 | → |
Al-'Ajūzah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم العجوزة | Al-Jīzah | ... | 258,511 | 278,479 | 300,422 | → |
Al-Amīriīah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الاميريه | Al-Qāhirah | 164,211 | 165,407 | 152,554 | 163,925 | → |
Al-Azbakiyah [Azbakeya] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الأزبكية | Al-Qāhirah | 30,375 | 28,033 | 19,763 | 21,241 | → |
Al-Badrashayn [Badrshein] | Markaz | مركز البدرشين | Al-Jīzah | 285,858 | 383,610 | 537,133 | 606,623 | → |
Al-Basātīn | Kism (fully urban) | قسم البساتين | Al-Qāhirah | 326,220 | 390,894 | 495,443 | 532,191 | → |
Al-Ḥawāmidiyah | Kism (urban and rural parts) | قسم الحوامدية | Al-Jīzah | 115,376 | 140,408 | 190,847 | 208,535 | → |
Al-Jamāliyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الجمالية | Al-Qāhirah | 59,159 | 49,834 | 36,368 | 39,077 | → |
Al-Jīzah [Giza] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 238,567 | 251,596 | 285,723 | 308,253 | → |
Al-Jīzah [Giza] | Markaz | مركز الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 180,568 | 241,506 | 367,663 | 413,839 | → |
Al-Khalīfah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الخليفة | Al-Qāhirah | ... | ... | 105,235 | 113,064 | → |
Al-Khānkah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الخانكه | Al-Qalyūbyah | 55,013 | 59,077 | 76,455 | 83,981 | → |
Al-Khānkah | Markaz | مركز الخانكة | Al-Qalyūbyah | ... | 377,014 | 572,584 | 621,221 | → |
Al-Khuṣūṣ | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الخصوص | Al-Qalyūbyah | ... | 291,242 | 457,852 | 502,864 | → |
Al-Ma'ādī [Maadi] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المعادي | Al-Qāhirah | 70,415 | 78,122 | 88,575 | 95,194 | → |
Al-Marj [El Marg] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المرج | Al-Qāhirah | 251,589 | 507,035 | 798,646 | 858,032 | → |
Al-Ma'ṣarah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المعصره | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 252,780 | 270,032 | 290,148 | → |
Al-Maṭariyah [Matariyyah] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المطرية | Al-Qāhirah | 498,670 | 498,663 | 602,485 | 647,260 | → |
Al-Muqaṭṭam | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المقطم | Al-Qāhirah | ... | ... | 224,138 | 240,799 | → |
Al-Mūskī | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الموسكي | Al-Qāhirah | 28,582 | 22,294 | 16,662 | 17,908 | → |
Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 1 [New Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول القاهرة الجديدة | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 27,990 | 135,834 | 145,923 | → |
Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 2 [New Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان القاهرة الجديدة | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 40,005 | 90,668 | 97,423 | → |
Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 3 [New Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثالث القاهره الجديده | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 54,344 | 70,885 | 76,142 | → |
Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah | Markaz | مركز القناطر الخيرية | Al-Qalyūbyah | 296,731 | 383,102 | 505,401 | 549,392 | → |
Al-'Ubūr [El Ubour] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم العبور | Al-Qalyūbyah | ... | 43,600 | 130,161 | 142,955 | → |
Al-'Umrāniyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم العمرانية | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 366,066 | 394,884 | → |
Al-Warrāq | Kism (urban and rural parts) | قسم الوراق | Al-Jīzah | 395,258 | 509,129 | 722,083 | 797,066 | → |
Al-Waylī | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الوايلي | Al-Qāhirah | 89,758 | 77,649 | 79,292 | 85,217 | → |
An-Nuzhah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم النزهة | Al-Qāhirah | 154,969 | 161,946 | 231,241 | 248,464 | → |
Ash-Sharābiyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الشرابية | Al-Qāhirah | 247,433 | 215,595 | 187,201 | 201,154 | → |
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid [Sheikh Zayed City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الشيخ زايد | Al-Jīzah | 0 | 29,422 | 90,699 | 97,848 | → |
Ash-Shurūq | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الشروق | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 22,570 | 87,285 | 93,759 | → |
As-Sāḥil | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الساحل | Al-Qāhirah | 333,929 | 305,322 | 316,421 | 339,975 | → |
As-Salām 1 | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول السلام | Al-Qāhirah | 304,553 | 441,000 | 480,721 | 516,440 | → |
As-Salām 2 | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان السلام | Al-Qāhirah | 52,329 | 108,000 | 153,772 | 165,186 | → |
As-Sayyidah Zaynab | Kism (fully urban) | قسم السيدة زينب | Al-Qāhirah | 156,142 | 132,249 | 136,278 | 146,446 | → |
Aṭ-Ṭālbīah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الطالبيه | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 457,667 | 493,760 | → |
At-Tibbīn | Kism (fully urban) | قسم التبين | Al-Qāhirah | 59,366 | 68,897 | 72,040 | 77,413 | → |
Awsīm [Ossim] | Markaz | مركز أوسيم | Al-Jīzah | 193,751 | 275,059 | 382,779 | 430,609 | → |
Aẓ-Ẓāhir | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الظاهر | Al-Qāhirah | 67,031 | 64,009 | 71,870 | 77,236 | → |
Az-Zamālik [Zamalek] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الزمالك | Al-Qāhirah | 15,343 | 17,365 | 14,946 | 16,064 | → |
Az-Zāwiyah al-Ḥamrā' | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الزاوية الحمراء | Al-Qāhirah | 306,165 | 315,465 | 318,170 | 341,866 | → |
Az-Zaytūn [Zeitoun] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الزيتون | Al-Qāhirah | 159,172 | 156,910 | 174,176 | 187,179 | → |
Bāb ash-Sha'riyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم باب الشعرية | Al-Qāhirah | 59,956 | 54,084 | 46,673 | 50,140 | → |
Būlāq | Kism (fully urban) | قسم بولاق | Al-Qāhirah | 75,098 | 62,470 | 48,147 | 51,741 | → |
Būlāq al-Dakrūr | Kism (fully urban) | قسم بولاق الدكرور | Al-Jīzah | ... | 701,655 | 960,031 | 1,035,628 | → |
Dār as-Salām | Kism (fully urban) | قسم دار السلام | Al-Qāhirah | 340,708 | 430,763 | 525,638 | 564,684 | → |
Hada'iq al-Qubbah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم حدائق القبة | Al-Qāhirah | 304,478 | 289,758 | 316,072 | 339,612 | → |
Ḥulwān [Helwan] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم حلوان | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 396,791 | 521,239 | 560,070 | → |
Imbābah [Imbaba] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم امبابة | Al-Jīzah | 523,265 | 598,882 | 632,599 | 682,349 | → |
Kirdāsah | Markaz | مركز كرداسة | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 447,593 | 501,949 | → |
Madīnat an-Naṣr 1 [Nasr City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مدينة نصر أول | Al-Qāhirah | 291,571 | 501,597 | 634,818 | 681,942 | → |
Madīnat an-Naṣr 2 [Nasr City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثانى مدينه نصر | Al-Qāhirah | 68,156 | 75,917 | 72,182 | 77,529 | → |
Madīnat 'Ashirh min-Ramaḍān 1 [10th of Ramadan City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول مدينة عشرة رمضان | Ash-Sharqiyah | ... | 58,986 | 73,638 | 88,996 | → |
Madīnat 'Ashirh min-Ramaḍān 2 [10th of Ramadan City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان مدينة عشرة رمضان | Ash-Sharqiyah | ... | 66,934 | 144,246 | 174,325 | → |
Madīnat Badr | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مدينة بدر | Al-Qāhirah | 248 | 17,158 | 31,299 | 33,602 | → |
Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 2 [6th of October City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان 6 أكتوبر | Al-Jīzah | ... | 115,302 | 196,373 | 211,811 | → |
Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 1 & 3 [6th of October City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول 6 أكتوبر / قسم ثالث 6 أكتوبر | Al-Jīzah | ... | 38,791 | 152,497 | 164,491 | → |
Miṣr al-Jādidah [Heliopolis] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مصر الجديدة | Al-Qāhirah | 120,977 | 113,611 | 134,116 | 144,106 | → |
Miṣr al-Qadīmah [Old Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مصر القديمة | Al-Qāhirah | 228,683 | 217,390 | 250,313 | 268,920 | → |
Munsha'āt Nāṣr [Manshiyat Naser] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم منشأة ناصر | Al-Qāhirah | 168,425 | 262,050 | 258,372 | 277,575 | → |
Qalyūb | Kism (fully urban) | قسم قليوب | Al-Qalyūbyah | 77,081 | 107,303 | 146,430 | 160,831 | → |
Qalyūb | Markaz | مركز قليوب | Al-Qalyūbyah | 264,375 | 365,892 | 559,315 | 606,830 | → |
Qaṣr an-Nīl | Kism (fully urban) | قسم قصر النيل | Al-Qāhirah | 12,935 | 10,035 | 10,563 | 11,358 | → |
Rūd al-Faraj [Rod El Farag] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم روض الفرج | Al-Qāhirah | 178,145 | 144,510 | 145,632 | 156,505 | → |
Shubrā | Kism (fully urban) | قسم شبرا | Al-Qāhirah | 83,753 | 71,118 | 76,695 | 82,421 | → |
Shubrā al-Khaymah 1 [Shubra el-Kheima] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول شبرا الخيمة | Al-Qalyūbyah | 416,812 | 461,689 | 481,936 | 529,337 | → |
Shubrā al-Khaymah 2 [Shubra el-Kheima] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان شبرا الخيمة | Al-Qalyūbyah | 453,963 | 563,880 | 679,578 | 746,363 | → |
Ṭurah [Tura] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم طره | Al-Qāhirah | 67,270 | 94,107 | 230,438 | 246,648 | → |
Al-Qāhirah al-Kubrā [Greater Cairo] | Metropolitan Area | القاهرة الكبرى | 12,600,000 | 15,628,325 | 20,165,732 | 21,891,236 |
Source: Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt.
Explanation: Some figures for 2006 are computed using preliminary census results. Area figures of districts are derived from geospatial data.
Further information about the population structure:
Gender (E 2023) | |
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Males | 11,304,311 |
Females | 10,586,925 |
Age Groups (C 2017) | |
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0-14 years | 6,183,581 |
15-64 years | 13,211,248 |
65+ years | 770,903 |
Age Distribution (C 2017) | |
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90+ years | 12,627 |
80-89 years | 69,377 |
70-79 years | 303,959 |
60-69 years | 995,367 |
50-59 years | 1,679,702 |
40-49 years | 2,278,469 |
30-39 years | 3,204,416 |
20-29 years | 3,581,714 |
10-19 years | 3,647,691 |
0-9 years | 4,392,410 |
Urbanization (E 2023) | |
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Rural | 3,618,973 |
Urban | 18,272,263 |