General info

Entity:
Egypt
Capital:
Cairo
Population (2009-07-01):
83,082,869 (CIA)
Area:
1,001,450 sq.km.
Country code:
eg
Region:
Northern Africa

Census Results

1982-xx-xx : 6,712,000
1897-xx-xx : 9,669,000
1907-xx-xx : 11,190,000
1917-xx-xx : 12,718,000
1927-xx-xx : 14,178,000
1937-xx-xx : 15,921,000
1947-03-26 : 18,967,000
1960-09-20 : 25,984,101
1966-xx-xx : 30,076,000
1976-11-22 : 36,626,204
1986-11-17 : 48,254,238
1996-11-19 : 59,312,914
2006-11-21 : 72,798,031

Egypt

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1996-11-19
census		 population
2006-11-11
census
source: CAPMAS (Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics ), Egypt.
note: entries marked with an asterisk (*) have a Latin spelling of the name that is highly doubtful.
Desert / Frontier   853,016 818,055 1,286,917
Muhafazat al Bahr al Ahmar Hurghada 203,685 157,314 288,233
Muhafazat Janub Sina' At Tur 33,140 54,806 149,335
Muhafazat Matruh Marsa Matruh 212,112 212,001 322,341
Muhafazat Shamal Sina' Al 'Arish 27,574 252,160 339,752
Muhafazat al Wadi al Jadid Al Kharijah 376,505 141,774 187,256
Lower Egypt   27,724 25,796,372 31,233,338
Muhafazat al Buhayrah Damanhur 10,130 3,994,297 4,737,129
Muhafazat ad Daqahliyah Al Mansurah 3,471 4,223,338 4,985,187
Muhafazat Dumyat Dumyat 589 913,555 1,092,316
Muhafazat al Gharbiyah Tanta 1,942 3,404,339 4,010,298
Muhafazat al Isma'iliyah Al Isma'iliyah 1,442 714,828 942,832
Muhafazat Kafr ash Shaykh Kafr ash Shaykh 3,437 2,223,383 2,618,111
Muhafazat al Minufiyah Shibin al Kawm 1,532 2,760,429 3,270,404
Muhafazat al Qalyubiyah Banha 1,001 3,281,135 4,237,003
Muhafazat ash Sharqiyah Az Zaqaziq 4,180 4,281,068 5,340,058
Upper Egypt   96,194 21,271,183 26,629,099
Muhafazat Aswan Aswan 679 960,510 1,184,432
Muhafazat Asyut Asyut 1,553 2,802,334 3,441,597
Muhafazat Bani Suwayf Bani Suwayf 1,322 1,859,213 2,290,527
Muhafazat al Fayyum Al Fayyum 1,827 1,989,772 2,512,792
Muhafazat al Jizah al Jizah 85,153 4,784,095 6,272,571
Muhafazat al Minya Al Minya 2,262 3,310,129 4,179,309
Muhafazat Qina Qina 1,851 2,442,016 3,001,494
Muhafazat Madinat Sittah Uktubar Sixth of October City      
Muhafazat Suhaj Suhaj 1,547 3,123,114 3,746,377
Urban   20,860 11,392,125 13,429,676
Muhafazat Bur Sa'id Bur Sa'id 72 472,454 570,768
Muhafazat Hulwan Hulwan   1,340,316 1,484,257
Muhafazat al Iskandariyah al Iskandariyah 2,679 3,339,076 4,110,015
Muhafazat al Qahirah al Qahirah 214 5,461,615 6,302,383
Muhafazat as Suways as Suways 17,840 417,526 510,935
Muhafazat al Uqsur Al-Uqsur 55 361,138 451,318
total   1,010,400 59,276,672 72,798,031

Main cities

name population
1996-11-19
census		 population
2006-11-11
census
El Qahirah [EN Cairo] 6,801,931 7,786,640
Al Iskandariyah [EN Alexandria] 3,339,076 4,110,015
Jizah [EN Giza] 2,221,868 2,681,863
Shubra al Khaymah 870,775 1,016,722
Port Said 472,454 570,768
As Suways [EN Suez] 417,526 510,935
Luxur [EN Luxor] 361,138 451,318
Al Mahallah al Kubra 394,924 442,884
Mansurah 369,409 437,311
Tanta 372,892 421,076
Asyut 343,662 386,086
Fayyum 260,830 316,772
Zaqaziq 267,469 302,611
Isma'iliyah 255,134 300,449
Aswan 219,541 265,004
Kafr ad Dawwar 232,387 262,748
Damanhur 209,423 241,895
Al Minya 201,440 235,234
Qina 155,382 206,831
Bani Suwayf 171,734 193,535
Suhaj [EN Sohag] 170,417 189,638
Shibin al Kawm 156,794 177,060
Banha 135,891 158,389
Kafr ash Shaykh 124,870 147,380
Al-'Arish 100,482 141,595
Mallawi 119,283 140,215
Bilbays 113,608 136,499
Mit Ghamr 101,899 116,180
source: CAPMAS (Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics ), National Information Center (NIC), Nasr City, Cairo.
note: population data is from provisional census figures.