Share of urban population of Egypt as of 2022, by governorate

As of January 1, 2022, the share of the population living in urban areas in Egypt amounted to 43 percent of the total population. Moreover, the capital city, Cairo, as well as the coastal cities, Port-said and Suez, were fully urbanized. Alexandria followed closely with up to 98 percent of the population residing in the urban areas. On the other hand, the population in the governorate of Qena was mainly concentrated in the rural regions, with only 18.3 percent of its inhabitants living in the urban zones.