Demographics of Egypt

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Egypt is projected at 104.26 million, up by 1.88% compared with 102.33 million in 2020. Egypt is ranked 14th in terms of population and 54th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 2.55 million births in Egypt in 2021. That is 6,985 per day, which is ranked 11th. The crude birth rate is 24.47 per 1000 people. There are 0.6 million deaths in Egypt in 2021. That is 1,634 per day, which is ranked 21st. The crude death rate is 5.73 per 1000 people.

44.87 million people are living in urban areas, which is 42.86% of Egypt population. Egypt is ranked 177th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Egypt in 2021 is 102.11 males per 100 females. There are 52.67 million males and 51.59 million females in Egypt. The percentage of female population is 49.48% compare to 50.52% male population. Egypt has 1.09 million more males than females. Egypt is at 161st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Egypt population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	20,451,988	-
1955	23,223,125	2.70
1960	26,632,891	2.78
1965	30,433,024	2.66
1970	34,513,851	2.41
1975	38,549,133	2.23
1980	43,309,063	2.46
1985	49,258,726	2.69
1990	56,134,478	2.46
1995	62,334,025	2.03
2000	68,831,561	1.95
2005	75,523,576	1.82
2010	82,761,244	2.00
2015	92,442,549	2.23
2016	94,447,071	2.17
2017	96,442,590	2.11
2018	98,423,602	2.05
2019	100,388,076	2.00
2020	102,334,403	1.94
2021	104,258,327	1.88

Total
Crude

Egypt death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	582,709	1,081,636	27.93	52.26
1955	531,973	1,168,516	22.84	50.09
1960	517,207	1,251,032	19.36	46.92
1965	528,078	1,346,785	17.32	44.17
1970	551,608	1,438,449	15.97	41.74
1975	548,404	1,532,707	14.20	39.66
1980	527,348	1,697,812	12.11	39.02
1985	502,058	1,866,379	10.17	37.75
1990	473,038	1,858,675	8.43	33.25
1995	452,819	1,782,506	7.25	28.53
2000	451,354	1,786,597	6.55	25.96
2005	481,367	1,875,063	6.37	24.85
2010	517,257	2,275,296	6.22	27.27
2015	551,548	2,599,719	5.97	28.18
2020	587,762	2,562,681	5.75	25.07
2021	596,512	2,549,359	5.73	24.47

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Egypt

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	6,613,383	14,099,948	-	31.928
1955	8,194,766	15,328,618	4.49	34.837
1960	10,221,871	16,774,662	4.49	37.864
1965	12,253,382	18,622,582	3.60	39.686
1970	14,536,071	20,510,202	3.32	41.477
1975	16,964,582	22,223,120	3.13	43.291
1980	19,340,901	24,758,241	2.53	43.858
1985	22,059,000	28,145,985	2.77	43.938
1990	24,961,581	32,450,634	2.20	43.478
1995	27,278,501	36,435,885	1.64	42.814
2000	29,917,321	39,988,667	1.97	42.797
2005	33,035,354	43,742,795	1.96	43.027
2010	36,182,597	47,925,009	1.95	43.019
2015	40,123,329	53,654,843	2.01	42.785
2020	44,041,052	58,900,432	1.88	42.783
2021	44,872,827	59,819,360	1.89	42.862

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Egypt population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	6,366,958	6,025,300	12,392,258	11.89	105.670
05-09	6,550,982	6,162,807	12,713,789	12.19	106.299
10-14	5,233,522	4,929,195	10,162,717	9.75	106.174
15-19	4,535,562	4,279,830	8,815,392	8.46	105.975
20-24	4,345,774	4,126,204	8,471,978	8.13	105.321
25-29	4,123,464	4,008,406	8,131,870	7.80	102.870
30-34	4,097,051	4,033,755	8,130,806	7.80	101.569
35-39	3,726,735	3,626,440	7,353,175	7.05	102.766
40-44	3,179,370	3,085,457	6,264,827	6.01	103.044
45-49	2,523,863	2,564,028	5,087,891	4.88	98.434
50-54	2,107,759	2,197,032	4,304,791	4.13	95.937
55-59	1,834,513	1,876,462	3,710,975	3.56	97.764
60-64	1,496,188	1,559,044	3,055,232	2.93	95.968
65-69	1,074,932	1,157,422	2,232,354	2.14	92.873
70-74	777,904	923,502	1,701,406	1.63	84.234
75-79	397,949	536,610	934,559	0.90	74.160
80-84	195,336	295,310	490,646	0.47	66.146
85-89	80,876	142,322	223,198	0.21	56.826
90-94	20,643	47,117	67,760	0.06	43.812
95-99	2,800	8,890	11,690	0.01	31.496
100+	192	821	1,013	0.00	23.386
Total	52,672,373	51,585,954	104,258,327		102.106