Egypt

Official name:
Arab Republic of Egypt
Native name:
مصر
Capital:
Cairo
ISO country code
EG
Nat. statistical agency:
Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics
Population (2009-07-01):
83,082,869 (CIA)
Area:
1,001,450 sq.km.
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 unitsnative namecapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1996-11-19
census		population
2006-11-11
census		population
2010-01-01
estimate
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 / Frontierمحافظات الحدود 853,016818,0551,293,0741,387,190
Muhafazat al Bahr al Ahmarالبحر الاحمHurghada203,685157,314288,661306,679
Muhafazat Janub Sinaجنوب سيناءAt Tur33,14054,806150,088154,927
Muhafazat MatruhمطروحMarsa Matruh212,112212,001323,381352,231
Muhafazat Shamal Sinaشمال سيناءEl Arish27,574252,160343,681373,752
Muhafazat al Wadi al Jadidالوادى الجديدAl Kharijah376,505141,774187,263199,601
Lower Egyptمحافظات الوجه البحرى 27,72425,796,37231,295,29733,437,619
Muhafazat al BuhayrahالبحيرةDamanhur10,1303,994,2974,747,2835,066,577
Muhafazat ad DaqahliyahالدقهليةAl Mansurah3,4714,223,3384,989,9975,336,650
Muhafazat DumyatدمياطDumyat589913,5551,097,3391,180,931
Muhafazat al GharbiyahالغربيةTanta1,9423,404,3394,011,3204,259,378
Muhafazat al Isma'iliyahالاسماعيليAl Isma'iliyah1,442714,828953,0061,027,822
Muhafazat Kafr ash ShaykhكفرالشيخKafr ash Shaykh3,4372,223,3832,620,2082,800,274
Muhafazat al MinufiyahالمنوفيةShibin al Kawm1,5322,760,4293,270,4313,492,819
Muhafazat al QalyubiyahالقليوبيةBanha1,0013,281,1354,251,6724,542,030
Muhafazat ash SharqiyahالشرقيةAz Zaqaziq4,1804,281,0685,354,0415,731,138
Upper Egyptمحافظات الوجه القبلى 96,19421,271,18326,073,90827,925,448
Muhafazat AswanأسوانAswan679960,5101,186,4821,256,255
Muhafazat AsyutأسيوطAsyut1,5532,802,3343,444,9673,697,729
Muhafazat Bani Suwayfبني سويفBani Suwayf1,3221,859,2132,291,6182,466,935
Muhafazat al FayyumالفيومAl Fayyum1,8271,989,7722,511,0272,717,681
Muhafazat al Jizahالجيزةal Jizah85,1534,784,0953,143,4863,321,805
Muhafazat al MinyaالمنياAl Minya2,2623,310,1294,166,2994,471,406
Muhafazat QinaقنــــاQina1,8512,442,0163,001,6813,208,868
Muhafazat Madinat Sittah Uktubarقسم أول 6 أكتوبرSixth of October City  2,581,0592,779,225
Muhafazat SuhajسوهاجSuhaj1,5473,123,1143,747,2894,005,544
Urbanالمحافظات الحضريه 20,86011,392,12514,135,75214,951,304
Muhafazat Bur Sa'idبورسعيدBur Sa'id72472,454570,603603,787
Muhafazat HulwanحلوانHulwan 1,340,3161,713,2781,827,147
Muhafazat al Iskandariyahالاسكندريal Iskandariyah2,6793,339,0764,123,8694,360,295
Muhafazat al Qahirahالقاهرةal Qahirah2145,461,6156,758,5817,126,643
Muhafazat as Suwaysالسويسas Suways17,840417,526512,135549,337
Muhafazat al UqsurالاقصAl-Uqsur55361,138457,286484,095
total  1,010,40059,276,67272,798,03177,701,561

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
1996-11-19
census		population
2006-11-11
census		latitude /
longitude
Al Qahirah [EN Cairo]القاهرة6,801,9316,758,58130.09/31.30
Al Iskandariyah [EN Alexandria]الاسكندري3,339,0764,110,01530.95/29.75
Al Jizah [EN Giza]الجيزة2,221,8682,681,86330.02/31.20
Shubra al Khimahشبرا الخيمة870,7751,016,72230.14/31.27
Bur Sa'id [EN Port Said]بورسعيد472,454570,76831.11/32.29
As Suways [EN Suez]السويس417,526510,93530.12/32.43
Al Uqsur [EN Luxor]الاقص361,138451,31825.72/32.66
Al Mahallah al Kubraالمحلة الكبرى394,924442,88430.97/31.16
Al Mansurahالمنصورة369,409437,31131.04/31.40
Tantaطنطا372,892421,07630.79/31.00
Asyutأسيوط343,662386,08627.19/31.16
Al Fayyumالفيوم260,830316,77229.31/30.85
Az Zaqaziqالزقازيق267,469302,61130.59/31.51
Al Isma'iliyahالاسماعيلي255,134300,44930.61/32.28
Aswanأسوان219,541265,00424.04/32.89
Kafr ad Dawwarكفر الدوار232,387262,74831.11/30.14
Damanhurدمنهور209,423241,89531.04/30.46
Al Minyaالمنيا201,440235,23428.10/30.74
Qinaقنــــا155,382206,83126.17/32.71
Bani Suwayfبني سويف171,734193,53529.08/31.09
Suhaj [EN Sohag]سوهاج170,417189,63826.55/31.70
Shibin al Kumشبين الكوم156,794177,06030.56/31.01
Banhaبنها135,891158,38930.46/31.19
Kafr ash Shaykhكفر الشيخ124,870147,38031.12/30.94
Al 'Arishأول العريش100,482141,59531.10/33.74
Malawiمركز ملوى119,283140,21527.73/30.83
Bilbisبلبيس113,608136,49930.38/31.59
Mit Ghamrميت غمر101,899116,18030.71/31.28
source: CAPMAS (Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics ), National Information Center (NIC), Nasr City, Cairo.
note: population data is from provisional census figures.