Population growth in Egypt

The population of Egypt changed by 1.56% in 2025.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Egypt, 2025 1.56% Annual % change
Change from 2024 −0.18percentage points 2024: 1.73%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 68th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Egypt over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period EgyptWorld
2025 1.56% 0.91%
2024 1.73% 0.96%
2023 1.69% 0.93%
2022 1.49% 0.87%
2021 1.49% 0.83%
2020 1.62% 0.98%
2019 1.75% 1.05%
2018 1.90% 1.08%
2017 2.00% 1.13%
2016 2.03% 1.16%
2015 2.10% 1.18%
2014 2.28% 1.21%
2013 2.31% 1.23%
2012 2.24% 1.26%
2011 2.10% 1.22%
2010 1.92% 1.22%
2009 1.89% 1.25%
2008 1.87% 1.27%
2007 1.89% 1.26%
2006 1.95% 1.27%
2005 2.02% 1.27%
2004 2.06% 1.29%
2003 2.10% 1.29%
2002 2.10% 1.31%
2001 2.12% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.18 percentage points from 1.73% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2.10%, the figure has changed by −0.54 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Egypt has the 68th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Egypt
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects