Population in Egypt

The population of Egypt was 118,365,995 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Egypt, 2025 118,365,995 People
Change from 2024 +1.6% 2024: 116,538,258 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 13th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Egypt over time

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

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period EgyptWorld
2025 118,365,995 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 116,538,258 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 114,535,772 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 112,618,250 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 110,957,008 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 109,315,124 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 107,553,158 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 105,682,094 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 103,696,057 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 101,644,589 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 99,597,342 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 97,528,654 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 95,333,553 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 93,161,001 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 91,093,059 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 89,196,072 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 87,501,636 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 85,864,789 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 84,276,225 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 82,700,403 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 81,101,004 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 79,477,443 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 77,853,548 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 76,239,137 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 74,652,029 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.6% from 116,538,258 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 99,597,342 people, the figure has changed by +18.8%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Egypt has the 13th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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