🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep.

Cairo

Middle East & North Africa

Lower middle income

EGY

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Population

118.4M

1.6%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

2.74

births/woman

Life Expectancy

71.8y

GDP / capita

$3.1K

Pop. Growth

1.56%

Net Migration

-57.3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Egypt, Arab Rep. by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇩Sudan500K(46.9%)

23×

🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic156.1K(14.6%)

35×

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male59.8MTotal 118.4M58.6MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.3

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Religious composition (2020)

Share of population by religion

Source: Pew Research / census

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇸🇸South Sudan37.9K(3.6%)

🇨🇳China34.7K(3.2%)

+606%

🇪🇷Eritrea32.4K(3.0%)

17×

🇷🇺Russian Federation26.4K(2.5%)

+37%

🇮🇶Iraq20.5K(1.9%)

−35%

🇪🇹Ethiopia17.7K(1.7%)

15×

🇬🇧United Kingdom15.8K(1.5%)

+38%

🇩🇪Germany11.2K(1.1%)

+31%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Egypt, Arab Rep. diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Egypt, Arab Rep. who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia1.5M(31.1%)

+14%

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates841.9K(17.5%)

+50%

🇯🇴Jordan767.9K(15.9%)

+101%

🇰🇼Kuwait449.9K(9.3%)

+167%

🇺🇸United States262.7K(5.5%)

+77%

🇶🇦Qatar192.7K(4.0%)

+46%

🇮🇹Italy157K(3.3%)

+108%

🇴🇲Oman85K(1.8%)

+184%

🇧🇭Bahrain84.9K(1.8%)

+31%

🇨🇦Canada79.5K(1.6%)

+60%

🇦🇺Australia46.9K(1.0%)

+12%

🇹🇷Turkiye42.9K(0.9%)

16×

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024