Egypt - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Egypt was 102,334,400 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 102,334,400 in 2020 and a minimum value of 26,632,890 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 26,632,890
1961 27,366,240
1962 28,112,260
1963 28,871,380
1964 29,644,880
1965 30,433,020
1966 31,237,600
1967 32,056,510
1968 32,881,850
1969 33,703,130
1970 34,513,850
1971 35,311,900
1972 36,102,670
1973 36,896,550
1974 37,708,140
1975 38,549,130
1976 39,422,730
1977 40,329,590
1978 41,275,730
1979 42,267,430
1980 43,309,060
1981 44,400,110
1982 45,539,300
1983 46,728,280
1984 47,968,640
1985 49,258,730
1986 50,602,360
1987 51,991,700
1988 53,399,240
1989 54,788,680
1990 56,134,480
1991 57,424,550
1992 58,666,810
1993 59,880,660
1994 61,095,800
1995 62,334,020
1996 63,601,630
1997 64,892,270
1998 66,200,260
1999 67,515,590
2000 68,831,560
2001 70,152,660
2002 71,485,040
2003 72,826,100
2004 74,172,070
2005 75,523,580
2006 76,873,670
2007 78,232,130
2008 79,636,080
2009 81,134,790
2010 82,761,250
2011 84,529,250
2012 86,422,240
2013 88,404,660
2014 90,424,670
2015 92,442,550
2016 94,447,070
2017 96,442,590
2018 98,423,600
2019 100,388,100
2020 102,334,400

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population