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Governorates

The population of the governorates of Egypt according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (Cp) 1986-11-17	Population Census (Cf) 1996-11-19	Population Census (Cf) 2006-11-11	Population Census (Cf) 2017-03-28	Population Estimate (E) 2023-07-01
Ad-Daqahiyah [Dakahlia]	DQH	الدقهلية	Al-Manṣūrah	3,538	3,500,470	4,223,338	4,989,997	6,492,381	7,050,004	353800	→
Al-Baḥr al-Aḥmar [Red Sea]	BAH	البحر الأحمر	Al-Ghurdaqah	120,000	90,491	157,314	288,661	359,888	403,077	12000000	→
Al-Buḥayrah [Beheira]	BHR	البحيرة	Damanhūr	9,826	3,257,168	3,994,297	4,747,283	6,171,613	6,878,289	982600	→
Al-Fayyūm [Fayoum]	FYM	الفيوم	Al-Fayyūm	6,068	1,544,047	1,989,772	2,511,027	3,596,954	4,080,645	606800	→
Al-Gharbiyah [Gharbia]	GHB	الغربية	Ṭanṭā	1,942	2,870,960	3,404,339	4,011,320	4,999,633	5,439,085	194200	→
Al-Iskandariyah [Alexandria]	ISK	الإسكندرية	Al-Iskandariyah	2,300	2,917,327	3,339,076	4,123,869	5,163,750	5,546,663	230000	→
Al-Ismā'īliyah [Ismaïlia]	ISM	الإسماعيلية	Al-Ismā'īliyah	5,067	544,427	714,828	953,006	1,303,993	1,452,743	506700	→
Al-Jīzah [Giza]	JIZ	الجيزة	Al-Jīzah	13,184	3,700,054	4,784,095	6,294,319	8,632,021	9,514,540	1318400	→
Al-Minūfiyah [Monufia]	MNF	المنوفية	Shibīn al-Kawm	2,499	2,227,087	2,760,429	3,270,431	4,301,601	4,736,945	249900	→
Al-Minyā	MNY	المنيا	Al-Minyā	32,279	2,648,043	3,310,129	4,166,299	5,497,095	6,337,595	3227900	→
Al-Qāhirah [Cairo]	QAH	القاهرة	Al-Qāhirah	3,085	6,052,836	6,800,991	7,902,085	9,539,673	10,248,385	308500	→
Al-Qalyūbyah [Qalyubia]	QLY	القليوبية	Banhā	1,124	2,514,244	3,281,135	4,251,672	5,627,420	6,137,688	112400	→
Al-Uqṣor [Luxor]	UQS	الأقصر	Al-Uqṣur	2,960	274,074	775,551	959,003	1,250,209	1,400,640	296000	→
Al-Wādī al-Jadīd [New Valley]	WJD	الوادي الجديد	Al-Khārijah	440,098	113,838	141,774	187,263	241,247	266,926	44009800	→
Ash-Sharqiyah [Sharqia]	SQY	الشرقية	Az-Zaqāzīq	4,911	3,420,119	4,281,068	5,354,041	7,163,824	7,909,342	491100	→
As-Suways [Suez]	SWS	السويس	As-Suways	9,002	326,820	417,526	512,135	728,180	792,551	900200	→
Aswān	ASW	أسوان	Aswān	62,726	801,408	960,510	1,186,482	1,473,975	1,656,218	6272600	→
Asyūt	ASY	أسيوط	Asyūṭ	13,720	2,223,034	2,802,334	3,444,967	4,383,289	5,061,934	1372000	→
Banī Suwayf [Beni Suef]	BSW	بنى سويف	Banī Suwayf	10,954	1,442,981	1,859,213	2,291,618	3,154,100	3,592,039	1095400	→
Būr Sa'īd [Port Said]	BSD	بور سعيد	Būr Sa'īd	1,345	399,793	472,331	570,603	749,371	791,749	134500	→
Dumyāṭ [Damietta]	DMY	دمياط	Dumyāṭ	910	741,264	913,555	1,097,339	1,496,765	1,618,239	91000	→
Kafr ash-Shaykh [Kafr el-Sheikh]	KSH	كفر الشيخ	Kafr ash-Shaykh	3,467	1,800,129	2,223,383	2,620,208	3,362,185	3,718,316	346700	→
Maṭrūḥ [Matrouh]	MTR	مطروخ	Marsā Maṭrūḥ	166,563	160,567	212,001	323,381	425,624	547,702	16656300	→
Qinā [Qena]	QNA	قنا	Qinā	8,980	1,978,241	2,027,603	2,499,964	3,164,281	3,640,916	898000	→
Sawhāj [Sohag]	SWJ	سوهاج	Sawhāj	11,218	2,455,134	3,123,114	3,747,289	4,967,409	5,727,271	1121800	→
Sīnā' al-Janūbiyah [South Sinai]	SJN	جنوب سيناء	Aṭ-Ṭūr	31,272	28,988	54,806	150,088	102,018	116,479	3127200	→
Sīnā' ash-Shamāliyah [North Sinai]	SSH	شمال سيناء	Al-'Arīsh	27,564	171,505	252,160	343,681	450,328	508,109	2756400	→
Egypt	EGY	مصر	Al-Qāhirah	996,603	48,205,049	59,276,672	72,798,031	94,798,827	105,174,090		→

The total inhabited area constitutes only 77,041 km².
(1986) UN Demographic Yearbook 1988.
(1996) (2006) (2017) (2023) Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2023-07-01
1	Al-Qāhirah	QAH	9,801,536
2	Al-Iskandariyah	ISK	5,362,517
3	Al-Jīzah	JIZ	4,458,135
4	Shubrā al-Khaymah	QLY	1,275,700
5	Būr Sa'īd	BSD	791,749
6	As-Suways	SWS	716,458
7	Al-Manṣūrah	DQH	632,330
8	Al-Maḥallah al-Kubrā	GHB	614,202
9	Ṭanṭā	GHB	597,694
10	Asyūṭ	ASY	562,061

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Egyptian cities and towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Native	Population Census (Cf) 1996-11-19	Population Census (Cf) 2006-11-11	Population Estimate (E) 2018-07-01	Population Estimate (E) 2023-07-01	Area
Abnūb	ASY	أبنوب	56,480	67,526	101,605	118,843	1597
Abū al-Maṭāmīr [Abou el-Matamer]	BHR	أبو المطامير	35,069	44,415	58,576	69,338	1093
Abū an-Numrus	JIZ	أبو النمرس	38,197	57,766	83,537	88,401	651
Abū Ḥammād	SQY	أبو حماد	29,501	39,361	39,644	46,004	463
Abū Ḥummuṣ [Abou Homs]	BHR	أبو حمص	29,033	39,350	53,713	63,580	551
Abū Kabīr	SQY	أبو كبير	85,339	103,175	142,420	165,246	2938
Abū Qurqās [Abu Qirqas]	MNY	أبو قرقاس	50,031	57,892	81,011	94,855	988
Abū Ṣuwayr al-Maḥaṭṭah	ISM	أبو صوير المحطة	18,331	24,265	30,320	34,358	4922
Abū Tīj	ASY	ابو تيج	59,474	70,969	95,815	112,077	1386
Abū Tisht	QNA	أبو تشت	10,469	13,015	17,367	19,030	719
Aḍ-Ḍab'ah	MTR	الضبعة	21,251	16,559	24,021	30,332	7830
Ad-Dilinjāt	BHR	الدلنجات	35,113	41,768	60,284	71,361	2204
Ajā	DQH	أجا	15,558	17,580	43,106	47,796	728
Akhmīm	SWJ	أخميم	84,773	101,509	140,785	157,938	1473
Al-'Arīsh [El Arish]	SSH	العريش	100,482	137,944	191,584	204,391	30756
Al-'Ayyāṭ	JIZ	العياط	28,385	34,586	44,171	46,747	274
Al-Badārī	ASY	البداري	36,113	42,770	50,933	59,570	2460
Al-Badrashayn [Badrshein]	JIZ	البدرشين	51,205	63,836	87,611	92,724	1332
Al-Bājūr [El Bagour]	MNF	الباجور	31,291	41,072	58,651	65,320	974
Al-Balyanā [El Balyana]	SWJ	البلينا	39,911	46,997	63,599	71,353	499
Al-Baṣaliyah Baḥri	ASW	البصلية بحرى	17,101	20,286	29,256	34,840	1087
Al-Bāwīṭī	JIZ	الباويطى	6,551	10,188	15,098	15,978	4438
Al-Bāyaḍiyah	UQS	البياضية	12,550	15,501	21,979	24,980	851
Al-Fashn	BSW	الفشن	52,589	65,621	101,928	121,675	1610
Al-Fatḥ - An-Nāṣiriyah	ASY	الفتح - الناصريه	10,372	13,109	20,390	23,852	119
Al-Fayyūm [Fayoum]	FYM	الفيوم	260,830	315,940	489,377	531,861	1847	→
Al-Ghanāyim [El Ghanayem]	ASY	الغنايم	39,146	48,144	64,429	75,361	1317
Al-Ghurdaqah [Hurghada]	BAH	الغردقة	60,085	160,901	195,675	214,247	25772
Al-Ḥammām	MTR	الحمام	14,419	37,219	15,963	20,156	3306
Al-Ḥāmūl	KSH	الحامول	39,378	51,209	54,711	59,520	5807
Al-Ḥawāmidiyah	JIZ	الحوامدية	91,770	109,314	149,567	158,278	1039
Al-Ḥusayniyah	SQY	الحسينية	24,140	30,825	46,703	54,185	2517
Al-Ibrāhīmiyah	SQY	الإبراهيمية	29,085	32,167	49,596	57,546	1363
Al-'Idwah	MNY	العدوه	13,553	15,875	23,416	27,418	849
Al-Iskandariyah [Alexandria]	ISK	الإسكندرية	3,297,959	4,028,028	5,107,530	5,362,517	110755
Al-Ismā'īliyah [Ismaïlia]	ISM	الإسماعيلية	255,134	293,184	397,446	450,388	6885
Al-Jamāliyah	DQH	الجماليه	58,673	63,894	91,364	101,302	1847
Al-Jīzah (incl. Al-Warrāq, Al-Ahrām) [Giza]	JIZ	الجيزة	2,521,197	3,021,542	4,212,750	4,458,135	9840
Al-Khānkah	QLY	الخانكة	55,013	59,077	78,185	83,981	1045
Al-Khārijah [Kharga]	WJD	الخارجة	49,446	60,584	75,530	87,482	25062
Al-Khuṣūṣ	QLY	الخصوص	...	291,242	468,194	502,864	773	→
Al-Kurdy	DQH	الكردى	15,561	25,950	41,173	45,653	1282
Al-Maḥallah al-Kubrā [Mahalla el-Kubra]	GHB	المحلة الكبرى	394,924	442,958	543,271	614,202	1891
Al-Maḥmūdiyah [Mahmoudiyah]	BHR	المحمودية	21,850	28,277	30,325	35,898	274
Al-Manshāh	SWJ	المنشاة	50,011	65,484	84,744	95,064	1766
Al-Manṣūrah [El Mansoura]	DQH	المنصورة	369,409	439,348	570,271	632,330	2822
Al-Manzilah [Manzala]	DQH	المنزلة	60,184	75,034	116,807	129,519	5016
Al-Marāghah [El Maragha]	SWJ	المراغة	31,559	38,393	49,872	55,952	533
Al-Maṭariyah [El Matareya]	DQH	المطرية	87,062	100,566	148,591	164,743	233
Al-Minyā	MNY	المنيا	201,440	236,043	254,523	298,021	1498	→
Al-Minyā al-Jadīdah	MNY	المنيا الجديدة	68	4,567	15,677	18,357	3674
Al-Qāhirah (incl. Ḥulwān) [Cairo]	QAH	القاهرة	7,601,018	7,740,018	9,293,612	9,801,536	60611
Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah [New Cairo]	QAH	القاهرة الجديدة	...	122,339	302,926	319,488	34251
Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah	QLY	القناطر الخيرية	56,326	66,350	80,022	85,958	1182
Al-Qanāyāt	SQY	القنايات	36,010	42,563	65,172	75,621	1786	→
Al-Qantarah	ISM	القنطره	15,054	29,505	44,045	49,906	634
Al-Qanṭarah Sharq	ISM	القنطرة شرق	12,116	20,685	29,433	33,358	11965
Al-Qarnuh al-Jadīdah [Kurna]	UQS	القرنه الجديده	...	27,541	36,276	41,233	2174
Al-Qaṣāṣīn al-Jadīdah [New Kasaseen]	ISM	القصاصين الجديدة	11,948	15,611	22,546	25,551	1384
Al-Qurayn	SQY	القرين	51,833	64,453	87,250	101,238	2358	→
Al-Quṣayr	BAH	القصير	20,472	35,045	47,986	52,558	6588
Al-Qūṣiyah	ASY	القوصية	55,957	69,388	90,523	105,891	1258
Al-'Ubūr [El Ubour]	QLY	العبور	...	43,600	133,102	142,955	20923	→
Al-Uqṣur [Luxor]	UQS	الأقصر	...	167,646	250,704	284,952	4299	→
Al-Waqf	QNA	الوقف	24,033	27,525	33,152	36,315	3342
Al-Wāsiṭā	BSW	الواسطى	30,879	37,916	52,200	62,313	502
An-Najaylah [El Negaila]	MTR	النجيلة	6,667	10,687	17,142	21,653	51985
An-Nūbāriyah al-Jadīdah [New Nubariya]	BHR	النوبارية الجديدة‎	885	5,321	20,369	24,113	2369
Armant	UQS	أرمنت	65,647	76,457	73,438	83,475	5508
Ar-Radīsiyah Qiblī	ASW	الرديسيه قبلى	7,859	10,175	14,385	17,130	1164
Ar-Raḥmāniyah [Rahmaniya]	BHR	الرحمانية	25,438	29,393	38,920	46,070	2818
Ar-Rawḍah	DMY	الروضة	18,955	21,434	29,592	31,940	875
Ar-Riyāḍ	KSH	الرياض	14,008	18,263	22,708	24,705	277
Ashmūn [Ashmoun]	MNF	أشمون	68,793	83,931	115,973	129,144	2335
Ash-Shalātīn	BAH	الشلاتين	5,078	9,542	11,732	12,849	390976
Ash-Shaykh Zāyid [Sheikh Zayed City]	JIZ	الشيخ زايد	...	29,422	92,457	97,848	4313	→
Ash-Shaykh Zuwayd [Sheikh Zuweid]	SSH	الشيخ زويد	12,489	18,577	25,687	27,406	2845
Ash-Shuhadā'	MNF	الشهداء	41,057	49,447	70,872	78,919	1892
Ash-Shurūq	QAH	الشروق	...	22,570	88,909	93,759	17490	→
Aṣ-Ṣaff	JIZ	الصف	32,347	45,131	59,348	62,812	2500
Aṣ-Ṣaliḥiyah al-Jadīdah [New Salhia]	SQY	الصالحية الجديدة	8,140	18,957	54,695	63,459	586	→
As-Sallūm	MTR	السلوم	6,258	...	14,349	18,118	54293
As-Sanṭah	GHB	السنطة	27,187	32,033	42,000	47,486	1093
As-Sarw	DMY	السرو	19,291	20,592	27,743	29,951	1008
As-Sibā'iyah Gharb [Sebaiya]	ASW	السباعية غرب	13,234	15,233	19,204	22,870	1270
As-Sinbillāwayn [El Senbellawein]	DQH	السنبلاوين	72,824	86,786	113,717	126,088	1883
As-Suways [Suez]	SWS	السويس	414,799	508,578	740,874	716,458	312788
Aswān	ASW	أسوان	219,541	266,013	337,472	401,890	37512	→
Asyūṭ [Asyut]	ASY	أسيوط	343,662	389,307	480,516	562,061	2660
Aṭfīḥ	JIZ	اطفيح	11,352	13,760	25,987	27,504	482
At-Tall al-Kabīr	ISM	التل الكبير	...	26,891	43,459	49,251	1856
Aṭ-Ṭūd	UQS	الطود	...	27,868	28,722	32,650	1446
Aṭ-Ṭūr [El Tor]	SJN	الطور	10,563	19,826	35,046	40,532	6001
Awlād Ṣaqr	SQY	أولاد صقر	16,103	21,370	30,279	35,132	837
Awsīm	JIZ	أوسيم	54,264	67,485	90,839	96,132	1246
Az-Zaqāzīq [Zagazig]	SQY	الزقازيق	267,469	302,840	396,852	460,501	1403
Az-Zarqā'	DMY	الزرقاء	14,717	17,837	25,534	27,567	730
Az-Zayniyah Qiblī	UQS	الزينية قبلي	...	14,922	18,665	21,210	224
Badr	BHR	بدر	14,359	20,971	24,578	29,095	2731
Balṭīm	KSH	بلطيم	33,812	40,199	48,015	52,250	3568
Banhā	QLY	بنها	135,892	157,701	174,518	187,469	1095	→
Banī Mazār [Beni Mazar]	MNY	بنى مزار	52,690	79,553	103,891	121,643	819
Banī Suwayf [Beni Suef]	BSW	بنى سويف	171,734	193,048	246,395	294,125	1400	→
Banī Suwayf al-Jadīdah [New Beni Suef]	BSW	بنى سويف الجديدة	208	17,921	29,117	34,757	26762
Banī Ubayd	DQH	بني عبيد	26,655	30,048	42,235	46,830	2869
Basyūn [Basyoun]	GHB	بسيون	48,214	53,226	68,839	77,823	1915
Bibā	BSW	ببا	49,516	57,716	85,404	101,946	1713
Bilbays [Bilbeis]	SQY	بلبيس	114,343	137,182	170,785	198,167	3486
Bilqās [Belqas]	DQH	بلقاس	87,670	95,194	125,686	139,369	3251
B'īr al-'Abd	SSH	بئر العبد	8,177	14,277	25,319	27,012	8020
Birkat as-Sab' [Birket el-Sab]	MNF	بركة السبع	28,917	33,873	47,436	52,835	1052
Biyalā	KSH	بيلا	56,759	66,663	83,398	90,729	4070
Burj al-'Arab	ISK	برج العرب	9,771	12,429	21,780	22,866	2842
Burj al-Barlus	KSH	برج البرلس	...	46,568	56,481	61,470	28329
Būr Sa'īd [Port Said]	BSD	بور سعيد	472,331	570,603	760,152	791,749	129425
Damanhūr [Damanhour]	BHR	دمنهور	209,423	244,043	278,413	329,572	684	→
Dar as-Salām [Dar el-Salam]	SWJ	دار السلام	22,962	31,736	35,335	39,642	2543
Daraw	ASW	دراو	30,732	38,400	54,905	65,389	1702
Dayr Mawās [Deir Mawas]	MNY	دير مواس	33,197	40,640	54,598	63,928	2132
Dayrūṭ [Dairut]	ASY	ديروط	55,890	72,856	93,223	109,051	644
Dikirnis	DQH	دكرنس	58,514	67,732	92,682	102,769	2520
Dishnā	QNA	دشنا	44,125	52,534	61,812	67,716	1247
Disūq [Desouk]	KSH	دسوق	91,318	106,827	139,794	152,077	864	→
Diyarb Najm	SQY	ديرب نجم	43,507	53,384	74,639	86,606	863
Dumyāṭ [Damietta]	DMY	دمياط	...	206,664	289,833	312,863	353
Fa'id [Fayid]	ISM	فايد	15,652	21,808	32,450	36,775	5537
Fāqūs [Faqous]	SQY	فاقوس	56,237	78,405	107,819	125,112	1078	→
Fāraskūr	DMY	فارسكور	30,697	31,832	41,118	44,390	1413
Farshūṭ	QNA	فرشوط	43,796	51,052	67,793	74,275	613
Fuwah	KSH	فوه	54,420	63,175	87,451	95,134	2395
Ḥawsh 'Īsā [Hosh Essa]	BHR	حوش عيسى	...	46,994	72,621	85,964	2394
Hihyā	SQY	ههيا	36,257	44,465	68,987	80,045	1176
Ibshawāy [Ibsheway]	FYM	إبشواى	41,972	54,853	81,264	88,309	2038
Idfū [Edfu]	ASW	إدفو	56,135	69,809	70,657	84,140	3609
Idkū	BHR	إدكو	87,848	97,168	154,997	183,479	7244
Ihnāsiyā	BSW	اهناسيا	31,488	37,174	57,782	68,976	1111
Isnā [Esna]	UQS	اسنا	55,068	68,656	90,355	102,697	1903
Iṭsā	FYM	أطسا	37,146	47,189	70,108	76,190	2843
Ityāy al-Bārūd	BHR	إيتاى البارود	35,491	40,744	67,899	80,377	2564
'Izbat al-Burj	DMY	عزبةالبرج	32,247	33,538	50,285	54,284	468
Jirjā [Girga]	SWJ	جرجا	89,679	102,597	140,622	157,754	1153
Juhaynah	SWJ	جهينة	39,161	46,768	71,174	79,845	2273
Kafr ad-Dawwār	BHR	كفر الدوار	101,056	114,030	112,467	133,130	546
Kafr al-Baṭṭīkh	DMY	كفر البطيخ	24,266	29,482	44,716	48,270	2120
Kafr ash-Shaykh [Kafr el-Sheikh]	KSH	كفر الشيخ	124,870	147,393	182,186	198,197	1934	→
Kafr az-Zayyāt	GHB	كفر الزيات	65,993	71,272	76,413	86,390	919
Kafr Sa'd	DMY	كفر سعد	...	8,563	17,164	18,530	905
Kafr Ṣaqr	SQY	كفر صقر	24,883	30,333	41,055	47,638	350
Kafr Shukr	QLY	كفر شكر	18,658	23,390	29,634	31,833	637
Kawm Ḥamādah	BHR	كوم حمادة	31,193	36,334	48,691	57,640	601
Kawm Umbū [Kom Ombo]	ASW	كوم امبو	62,301	71,596	103,342	123,066	1520
Kirdāsah	JIZ	كرداسة	...	...	132,716	140,448	1953
Madīnat 'Ashirh min-Ramaḍān [10th of Ramadan City]	SQY	مدينة عشرة رمضان	47,833	125,920	226,953	263,321	6605
Madīnat as-Sādāt [Sadat City]	MNF	مدينة السادات	18,619	48,666	66,615	74,177	1456
Madīnat Badr [Badr City]	QAH	مدينة بدر	248	17,158	31,877	33,602	10346
Madīnat Burj al-'Arab al-Jadīdah [New Borg Al-Arab]	ISK	مدينه برج العرب الجديده	7,051	41,661	44,511	46,727	16621
Madīnat Dumyāṭ al-Jadīdah [New Damietta City]	DMY	قسم مدينة دمياط الجديدة	6,520	27,028	51,635	55,749	4394
Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar [6th October City]	JIZ	مدينة ستة اكتوبر	35,354	154,093	355,616	376,302	43753
Maghāghah	MNY	مغاغه	60,405	75,657	106,100	124,236	1230
Maḥallah Damanah	DQH	محله دمنه	...	20,749	29,268	32,455	1410
Mallawī	MNY	ملوى	119,285	139,929	190,829	223,435	1929	→
Manfalūṭ	ASY	منفلوط	65,141	82,585	107,184	125,373	1903
Manshat al-Qanāṭir	JIZ	منشأة القناطر	11,138	11,669	18,504	19,584	236
Marsā Maṭrūḥ [Mersa Matruh]	MTR	مرسى مطروح	52,317	108,774	153,062	193,293	65357
Mashtūl as-Sūq	SQY	مشتول السوق	38,451	48,709	69,920	81,131	1256
Maṭāy [Matai]	MNY	ماتاى	36,953	46,903	73,888	86,513	1334
Minūf	MNF	منوف	77,773	89,262	117,107	130,417	1741	→
Minyā al-Qamḥ	SQY	منيا القمح	55,600	62,331	91,535	106,216	628
Minyat an-Naṣr	DQH	منية النصر	48,820	56,461	75,581	83,805	3010
Mīt Abū Ghālb	DMY	ميت ابو غالب	13,218	14,915	19,393	20,940	935
Mīt Ghamr	DQH	ميت غمر	101,899	116,593	140,985	156,319	1330	→
Mīt Salsīl	DQH	ميت سلسيل	29,773	31,272	44,160	48,971	2845
Munshāh Abū 'Umar	SQY	منشاه ابوعمر	...	...	20,786	24,117	0
Mūṭ (Ad-Dākhlah) [Dakhla]	WJD	الداخلة	16,252	20,439	24,376	28,229	3534
Muṭūbis [Metoubes]	KSH	مطوبس	24,550	29,428	41,106	44,717	1407
Nabarūh	DQH	نبروه	31,298	38,953	54,286	60,190	1215
Naj' Ḥammādī	QNA	نجع حمادى	33,252	45,038	56,899	62,339	443
Naqādah [Naqada]	QNA	نقادة	18,905	21,530	25,561	28,006	1038
Nāṣir Būsh	BSW	ناصر-بوش سابقا	70,543	85,319	123,075	146,917	3588
Qahā	QLY	قها	22,896	26,694	34,686	37,261	949
Qallīn	KSH	قلين	29,422	35,033	45,164	49,132	1699
Qalyūb	QLY	قليوب	77,081	107,303	149,737	160,831	2143	→
Qifṭ [Gebtu, Coptos]	QNA	قفط	17,918	22,063	22,921	25,113	1494
Qinā [Qena]	QNA	قنا	155,382	201,191	241,422	264,498	3158	→
Qūṣ	QNA	قوص	49,054	60,068	80,559	88,261	1568
Quṭūr	GHB	قطور	20,791	24,518	29,380	33,212	1495
Quwaysinā [Quweisna]	MNF	قويسنا	36,492	44,667	61,193	68,152	641
Rafaḥ	SSH	رفح	24,674	31,515	42,516	45,359	5904
Rās al-Bar	DMY	راس البر	7,791	11,741	9,677	10,445	2237
Ras Ghārib	BAH	رأس غارب	27,432	31,860	42,365	46,398	493957
Rashīd [Rosetta]	BHR	رشيد	58,322	68,947	110,048	130,270	9228
Safājā [Safaga]	BAH	سفاجا	23,507	33,715	50,665	55,487	99464
Sāḥīl Salim [Sahel Selim]	ASY	ساحل سليم	24,118	31,781	49,167	57,510	1529
Samālūṭ	MNY	سمالوط	75,437	91,475	127,447	149,227	1393
Samannūd	GHB	سمنود	47,748	57,177	80,606	91,130	1923
Ṣān al-Ḥajar [Tanis]	SQY	صان الحجر القبلية	...	...	28,555	33,129	0
Sāqultah [Sakulta]	SWJ	ساقلته	18,003	21,695	31,864	35,747	854
Sawhāj [Sohag]	SWJ	سوهاج	170,417	190,132	248,174	278,425	903
Sharm ash-Shaykh [Sharm el-Sheikh]	SJN	شرم الشيخ	4,306	38,478	...	...	4466
Shibīn al-Kawm [Shibin el-Kom]	MNF	شبين الكوم	156,794	177,112	249,611	277,991	2852	→
Shibīn al-Qanāṭir [Shibin el-Qanater]	QLY	شبين القناطر	48,372	55,272	70,585	75,821	1044
Shirbīn	DQH	شربين	46,926	54,785	69,761	77,352	1039
Shubrā al-Khaymah [Shubra el-Kheima]	QLY	شبرا الخيمة	870,775	1,025,569	1,187,747	1,275,700	2999
Shubrākhīt	BHR	شبراخيت	24,354	28,505	36,077	42,706	856
Ṣidfā [Sodfa]	ASY	صدفا	17,853	20,931	27,475	32,138	367
Sīdī Barrānī	MTR	سيدى برانى	5,307	21,060	33,173	41,893	59160
Sīdī Ghāzī	KSH	سيدى غازى	18,647	21,005	26,344	28,661	1536
Sīdī Sālim	KSH	سيدي سالم	41,253	45,906	41,864	45,542	1117
Sinnūris	FYM	سنورس	68,442	82,148	125,905	136,825	1309
Sirs al-Layyānah	MNF	سرس الليانة	44,267	52,653	72,821	81,097	1615	→
Sīwa	MTR	سيوة	9,756	16,056	21,711	27,409	20055
Sumusṭā al-Waqf	BSW	سمسطا	30,714	37,965	58,601	69,953	1940
Ṭahṭā	SWJ	طهطا	73,850	85,528	124,874	140,087	555
Talā	MNF	تلا	44,010	49,468	67,576	75,255	2299
Ṭalkhā	DQH	طلخا	66,310	78,281	103,471	114,737	1172
Tama al-Āmdīd	DQH	تمى الامديد	...	13,834	18,695	20,730	720
Ṭāmiyah [Tamiya]	FYM	طامية	38,383	49,385	68,897	74,870	1484
Ṭanṭā	GHB	طنطا	372,892	422,854	528,672	597,694	1953
Ṭimā	SWJ	طما	58,331	67,443	94,021	105,477	1206
Ṭūkh	QLY	طوخ	34,699	41,624	50,360	54,096	650
Wadi an-Natrun [Natron Valley]	BHR	وادى النطرون	14,983	21,540	36,033	42,657	4229
Yūsuf aṣ-Ṣiddīq	FYM	يوسف الصديق	...	15,660	22,596	24,555	9616
Ziftā	GHB	زفتى	80,864	93,740	102,411	115,774	1624

The urban population of municipalities is tabulated. The 2018 and 2023 estimates are based on the results of the 2017 census.
(1996) provided by Clive Thornton.
(2006) (2018) (2023) Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt.

Population Structure

Further information about the population structure.

Gender (E 2023)
Males	54,073,783
Females	51,100,307

Age Groups (C 2017)
0-14 years	32,461,571
15-64 years	58,673,840
65+ years	3,663,416

Age Distribution (C 2017)
90+ years	66,297
80-89 years	396,178
70-79 years	1,480,431
60-69 years	4,369,243
50-59 years	7,255,193
40-49 years	9,544,957
30-39 years	13,822,516
20-29 years	16,395,355
10-19 years	18,039,065
0-9 years	23,429,592

Urbanization (E 2023)
Rural	60,049,465
Urban	45,124,625