Official name
Arab Republic of Egypt
Name in local language
جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة (ar)
Continent
Africa
Subcontinent
North Africa
Population (ranking: 14e )
100,004,225 inhabitants (2020)
Population growth
1.96 % / year
Area
1,010,408 km²
Density
98.97 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 46e )250.895 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
2,549 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
5.30 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
71.80 years (2018)
Birth rate
27.80 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
3.34 children / woman (2014)
Death rate (ranking )
6.13 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
20.30 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
73.75 % (2015)
Official languages
Arabic (French and English often spoken)
Currency
Egyptian pound (£ EGP)
HDI (ranking: 154e )0.700 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )61.21 (2018)
Government
Republic (authoritarian, close to a dictatorship)
Head of State
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
National Day
23 July (Revolution of 1952)
ISO Codes EG, EGY
Demonym
Egyptian
Tourists (ranking )
8,157,000 people (2017)
100 million inhabitants
Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. it is also a Mediterranean country bordered by the Palestine (Gaza Strip) and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt.
Pyramid and Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt Cairo, capital of Egypt. Photo: Raduasandei Urban areas (2018)
Urban areas
Population
Cairo
24,439,785 inhabitants
Alexandria
5,278,745 inhabitants
Damietta
1,535,860 inhabitants
Luxor
1,291,530 inhabitants
Ismaïlia
766,669 inhabitants
Port Said
762,179 inhabitants
Suez
747,610 inhabitants
Mansourah
632,900 inhabitants
El-Mahalla El-Koubra
535,278 inhabitants
Tanta
437,793 inhabitants
Assiout
403,202 inhabitants
Médinet el-Fayoum
349,883 inhabitants
Zagazig
319,707 inhabitants
Assouan
290,327 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Governorates
Population
Area
Alexandria
5,278,745 inhabitants
2,300 km²
Aswan
1,530,214 inhabitants
62,726 km²
Asyut
4,564,216 inhabitants
13,720 km²
Beheira
6,386,281 inhabitants
9,826 km²
Beni Suef
3,282,678 inhabitants
10,954 km²
Cairo
9,771,217 inhabitants
3,085 km²
Dakahlia
6,673,808 inhabitants
3,538 km²
Damietta
1,535,860 inhabitants
910 km²
Faiyum
3,736,394 inhabitants
6,068 km²
Gharbia
5,141,966 inhabitants
1,942 km²
Giza
8,888,401 inhabitants
13,184 km²
Ismailia
1,345,255 inhabitants
5,067 km²
Kafr El Sheik
3,472,224 inhabitants
3,467 km²
Luxor
1,291,530 inhabitants
55 km²
Matruh
453,802 inhabitants
166,563 km²
Minya
5,721,511 inhabitants
32,279 km²
Monufia
4,433,135 inhabitants
2,499 km²
New Valley
249,156 inhabitants
440,098 km²
North Sinai
462,854 inhabitants
27,564 km²
Port Said
762,179 inhabitants
1,345 km²
Qalyubia
5,780,167 inhabitants
1,124 km²
Qena
3,295,256 inhabitants
10,798 km²
Red Sea
371,861 inhabitants
119,099 km²
Sharqia
7,378,550 inhabitants
4,911 km²
Sohag
5,176,178 inhabitants
11,218 km²
See also
