Urban population in Egypt
Egypt: Urban population was 50.78 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Urban population in Egypt, 1960–2025
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
Analysis
Egypt recorded 50.78 million for urban population in 2025. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urban population in Egypt peaked at 50.78 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 10.17 million, in 1960.
Egypt ranks 19th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.23 million | 10.17 million | 14.29 million | 10 |
| 1970s | 16.75 million | 14.74 million | 18.78 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.00 million | 19.29 million | 24.81 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.88 million | 25.44 million | 30.53 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 34.44 million | 31.23 million | 37.57 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.98 million | 38.27 million | 45.69 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.55 million | 46.48 million | 50.78 million | 6 |
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More climate change data for Egypt
- Population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Population, total 118.37 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.8% (2025)
- Urban population 42.9% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million 24.4% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 77.5 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, total 7,750.0% (2022)
- Terrestrial protected areas 13.1% (2025)
- Terrestrial and marine protected areas 11.6% (2025)
- Marine protected areas 5.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urban population in Egypt?
- Urban population in Egypt was 50.78 million in 2025, according to World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest urban population recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 50.78 million in 2025.
- What is the lowest urban population recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.17 million in 1960.
- How does Egypt rank for urban population?
- Egypt ranks 19th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is urban population rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Urban population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.