Demographics of Egypt

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	27 Sep 2024

As of 2024, the population of Egypt is projected at 116.54 million, compared to 114.54 million in 2023. It is the third-most populous country in Africa and ranks 13th in the world. The population growth rate in 2024 is projected at 1.65 percent, the 68th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 58.84 million males and 57.70 million females in Egypt. The percentage of the male population is 50.49%, compared to 49.51% of the female population. Egypt has 1.14 million more males than females. The sex ratio in Egypt in 2024 will be 101.979 males per 100 females. Egypt is in the 193rd position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Egypt population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	10,728,160	10,420,004	21,148,164	2.07	102.957
1955	12,001,999	11,793,229	23,795,229	2.46	101.770
1960	13,504,181	13,392,299	26,896,479	2.54	100.835
1965	15,366,488	15,262,686	30,629,174	2.52	100.680
1970	17,348,704	17,275,285	34,623,990	2.33	100.425
1975	19,477,457	19,397,870	38,875,327	2.38	100.410
1980	22,062,069	21,888,344	43,950,413	2.69	100.794
1985	25,532,017	25,202,951	50,734,968	2.96	101.306
1990	29,520,810	28,875,808	58,396,618	3.18	102.234
1995	33,286,910	32,365,712	65,652,622	2.08	102.846
2000	37,085,728	35,997,556	73,083,284	2.15	103.023
2005	41,129,624	39,971,380	81,101,004	2.00	102.898
2010	45,104,004	44,092,069	89,196,072	1.92	102.295
2015	50,313,586	49,283,756	99,597,342	2.04	102.090
2020	55,193,553	54,121,571	109,315,124	1.56	101.981
2021	56,026,137	54,930,870	110,957,008	1.42	101.994
2022	56,867,199	55,751,050	112,618,250	1.55	102.002
2023	57,830,586	56,705,185	114,535,772	1.82	101.985
2024	58,840,145	57,698,113	116,538,258	1.65	101.979

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	33.950	19.546	7.058
1955	40.154	19.517	7.015
1960	44.436	18.632	6.793
1965	47.577	17.926	6.387
1970	49.000	18.079	6.059
1975	51.734	18.250	5.749
1980	55.673	18.232	5.494
1985	59.405	18.330	5.116
1990	62.513	18.506	4.512
1995	65.214	19.138	3.764
2000	67.332	20.098	3.505
2005	68.355	21.212	3.254
2010	69.078	22.206	3.296
2015	70.135	22.878	3.500
2020	69.790	23.488	2.850
2021	68.976	23.636	2.750
2022	71.010	23.813	2.750
2023	71.633	24.028	2.750
2024	71.806	24.254	2.735

Total
Crude

Egypt death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	687,979	1,155,065	32.531	54.618
1955	628,401	1,242,885	26.409	52.233
1960	591,234	1,276,631	21.982	47.465
1965	579,192	1,331,877	18.910	43.484
1970	609,028	1,450,984	17.590	41.907
1975	614,081	1,601,900	15.796	41.206
1980	582,905	1,764,846	13.263	40.155
1985	545,798	1,934,528	10.758	38.130
1990	508,171	1,958,927	8.702	33.545
1995	469,444	1,876,326	7.150	28.580
2000	461,788	2,001,867	6.319	27.392
2005	493,917	2,154,522	6.090	26.566
2010	541,984	2,452,077	6.076	27.491
2015	579,417	2,807,083	5.818	28.184
2020	700,364	2,405,407	6.407	22.004
2021	780,677	2,347,231	7.036	21.154
2022	639,137	2,375,206	5.675	21.091
2023	625,449	2,405,717	5.461	21.004
2024	641,606	2,437,410	5.506	20.915

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Egypt

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	6,613,383	14,099,948	31.928
1955	8,194,766	15,328,618	34.837
1960	10,221,871	16,774,662	37.864
1965	12,253,382	18,622,582	39.686
1970	14,536,071	20,510,202	41.477
1975	16,964,582	22,223,120	43.291
1980	19,340,901	24,758,241	43.858
1985	22,059,000	28,145,985	43.938
1990	24,961,581	32,450,634	43.478
1995	27,278,501	36,435,885	42.814
2000	29,917,321	39,988,667	42.797
2005	33,035,354	43,742,795	43.027
2010	36,182,597	47,925,009	43.019
2015	40,123,329	53,654,843	42.785
2020	44,041,052	58,900,432	42.783
2021	44,872,827	59,819,360	42.862
2022	45,724,131	60,691,930	42.967
2023	46,597,953	61,519,029	43.100
2024	47,497,912	62,302,397	43.258

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Egypt population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	6,038,261	5,743,074	11,781,335	10.11	105.140
05-09	6,651,664	6,350,503	13,002,168	11.16	104.742
10-14	6,398,892	6,103,618	12,502,511	10.73	104.838
15-19	5,494,433	5,257,492	10,751,924	9.23	104.507
20-24	4,977,188	4,775,475	9,752,663	8.37	104.224
25-29	4,581,685	4,378,015	8,959,700	7.69	104.652
30-34	4,419,407	4,241,146	8,660,553	7.43	104.203
35-39	4,246,106	4,149,855	8,395,961	7.20	102.319
40-44	3,715,385	3,621,739	7,337,123	6.30	102.586
45-49	3,156,673	3,054,186	6,210,859	5.33	103.356
50-54	2,649,765	2,565,400	5,215,164	4.48	103.289
55-59	2,202,285	2,202,961	4,405,247	3.78	99.969
60-64	1,739,662	1,860,946	3,600,608	3.09	93.483
65-69	1,234,403	1,454,536	2,688,939	2.31	84.866
70-74	756,657	1,001,811	1,758,467	1.51	75.529
75-79	389,147	585,260	974,408	0.84	66.491
80-84	136,577	241,162	377,740	0.32	56.633
85-89	42,882	88,983	131,865	0.11	48.191
90-94	8,303	19,878	28,182	0.02	41.770
95-99	738	1,982	2,720	0.00	37.235
100+	30	90	120	0.00	33.333
Total	58,840,143	57,698,112	116,538,257		101.979