Egypt population 2020 During 2020 Egypt population is projected to increase by 2,200,827 people and reach 103,063,640 in the beginning of 2021. Fun fact: The Arabic name for Cairo is al-Qahirah, which means "the conqueror," "the vanquisher" or "the victorious."

NPC noted that Greater Cairo this year ranks seventh in the world in terms of population density, and is expected to rank fifth by 2035. After the First world war, the population of Cairo increased and reached 2 million. 2.

Most Egyptians call Cairo "Masr", the Arabic for Egypt. Looking back, in the year of 1960, Egypt had a population of 27.0 million people.

The Greater Cairo Area (GCA) (Arabic: القاهرة الكبرى ‎ El Qāhira El Kobrā) is the largest metropolitan area in Egypt, the largest urban area in Africa, the Middle East, and the Arab world, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Under the reign of Gamal Abd El-Nasser, Cairo changed and developed a lot into a modern metropolis with Egyptians. Interesting fact: Covering around 500 sq km, with an estimated population of 22 million, Greater Cairo is the largest city in Africa and the Middle East. The natural increase is expected to be positive, as the number of births will exceed the number of deaths by 2,251,258. The total population in Egypt was estimated at 99.0 million people in 2019, according to the latest census figures.

The list of the fastest-growing cities include Shanghai in China with a growth of about 400,000 people, and Beijing, Indonesia's capital Jakarta, and Manila in the Philippines with a growth of more than 300,000 people in each city. According to CAPMAS, Egypt's population is 92.5 million people. Despite ranking in the top 30 largest countries with its 1 million square kilometers of land, Egypt is a country that is notorious for its geographic ‘distribution.’ 99% of Egypt’s population utilizes only 5% of the total land area but nearly 100% of its aquatic resources as a result of the predominantly barren ecosystem. The announcement explained that by 2035, more than 24 percent of Egypt’s population will live in Greater Cairo. CAIRO – 16 January 2018: “The population in Egypt is currently growing at a rate of 2.6 million individuals per year and the ministry is planning to raise awareness of family planning particularly contraception methods, with special focus on women in rural areas,” said the newly appointed Deputy Health Minister Tarek Mohamed Tawfik in a televised interview on Monday. Euromonitor International's report said the fastest-growing cities in 2017 will be in the Middle East and Africa.