Egypt - Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million

The value for Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million in Egypt was 26,703,850 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26,703,850 in 2021 and a minimum value of 5,183,989 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 5,183,989
1961 5,414,670
1962 5,664,781
1963 5,926,965
1964 6,202,211
1965 6,489,989
1966 6,781,419
1967 6,970,852
1968 7,165,881
1969 7,365,838
1970 7,571,695
1971 7,783,341
1972 8,001,241
1973 8,224,653
1974 8,454,660
1975 8,691,138
1976 8,934,608
1977 9,167,620
1978 9,395,969
1979 9,630,012
1980 9,870,223
1981 10,115,750
1982 10,367,730
1983 10,626,000
1984 10,891,080
1985 11,162,020
1986 11,440,100
1987 11,774,840
1988 12,152,600
1989 12,542,970
1990 12,948,050
1991 13,367,850
1992 13,803,530
1993 14,253,860
1994 14,721,250
1995 15,205,730
1996 15,708,650
1997 16,111,370
1998 16,457,000
1999 16,810,060
2000 17,171,190
2001 17,539,070
2002 17,915,360
2003 18,299,720
2004 18,692,890
2005 19,093,400
2006 19,503,060
2007 19,921,520
2008 20,348,960
2009 20,785,580
2010 21,231,580
2011 21,687,160
2012 22,152,520
2013 22,627,880
2014 23,113,440
2015 23,609,430
2016 24,116,080
2017 24,633,600
2018 25,162,240
2019 25,667,420
2020 26,181,270
2021 26,703,850

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population)

Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) in Egypt was 25.61 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 25.66 in 2011, while its lowest value was 19.46 in 1960.

Definition: Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 19.46
1961 19.79
1962 20.15
1963 20.53
1964 20.92
1965 21.33
1966 21.71
1967 21.75
1968 21.79
1969 21.86
1970 21.94
1971 22.04
1972 22.16
1973 22.29
1974 22.42
1975 22.55
1976 22.66
1977 22.73
1978 22.76
1979 22.78
1980 22.79
1981 22.78
1982 22.77
1983 22.74
1984 22.70
1985 22.66
1986 22.61
1987 22.65
1988 22.76
1989 22.89
1990 23.07
1991 23.28
1992 23.53
1993 23.80
1994 24.10
1995 24.39
1996 24.70
1997 24.83
1998 24.86
1999 24.90
2000 24.95
2001 25.00
2002 25.06
2003 25.13
2004 25.20
2005 25.28
2006 25.37
2007 25.46
2008 25.55
2009 25.62
2010 25.65
2011 25.66
2012 25.63
2013 25.60
2014 25.56
2015 25.54
2016 25.53
2017 25.54
2018 25.57
2019 25.57
2020 25.58
2021 25.61

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization