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Egypt: Urban population

42.90percent · 2025+0.7% since 2015

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division. Annual figures for Egypt from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

Year	Value (percent)	Note
2025	42.904
2024	42.8
2023	42.71
2022	42.633
2021	42.569
2020	42.518
2019	42.481
2018	42.458
2017	42.449
2016	42.521
2015	42.606
2014	42.683
2013	42.751
2012	42.812
2011	42.863
2010	42.906
2009	42.938
2008	42.961
2007	42.973
2006	42.973
2005	42.957
2004	42.926
2003	42.883
2002	42.835
2001	42.784
2000	42.734
1999	42.69
1998	42.656
1997	42.636
1996	42.64
1995	42.702
1994	42.824
1993	42.987
1992	43.177
1991	43.376
1990	43.569
1989	43.74
1988	43.873
1987	43.951
1986	43.966
1985	43.962
1984	43.955
1983	43.943
1982	43.928
1981	43.91
1980	43.888
1979	43.863
1978	43.835
1977	43.804
1976	43.763
1975	43.68
1974	43.541
1973	43.355
1972	43.127
1971	42.863
1970	42.57
1969	42.251
1968	41.914
1967	41.564
1966	41.209
1965	40.792
1964	40.27
1963	39.676
1962	39.048
1961	38.421
1960	37.826

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Urban population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-urban-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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