Egypt's population rose from 67M in 1996 to 118M in 2025.
Egypt · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Egypt's population growth fell from 2.1 % in 1996 to 1.6 % in 2025.
Egypt's population density rose from 64.6 in 1994 to 115.1 in 2023.
Egypt's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.3 % in 1996 to 49.5 % in 2025.
Egypt's urbanisation rose from 42.6 % in 1996 to 42.9 % in 2025.
Egypt's urban population rose from 28.6M in 1996 to 50.8M in 2025.
Egypt's rural population rose from 38.4M in 1996 to 67.6M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.5 %62nd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.4 %68th of 217
- Death rate, crudeup +0.8 %178th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.5 %137th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs152nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts63rd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.3 pts136th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts143rd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.7 pts82nd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.2 pts144th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −146.3 %198th of 217
- Migrant stockup +0.4 pts172nd of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −1.0 %29th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs140th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs145th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs131st of 217