Area Database (v4.2.1)

Urbanization
% population in urban areas
Subnational regions
Egypt
All years

% population in urban areas

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Egypt (Africa)  
Total 45.7 45.4 45.1 44.7 44.4 44.1 43.8 43.5 43.2 42.9 42.6 42.3 42.0 41.7 42.1 42.4 42.8 41.9 41.0 40.1 39.2 38.3 37.4 36.5 35.6 34.7
Alexandria 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 99.9 99.8 99.7 99.5 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.1 99.0
Assuit 10.9 13.1 15.3 17.5 19.8 22.0 24.2 26.4 28.7 27.6 26.5 25.5 24.4 23.3 25.8 28.3 30.8 30.6 30.4 30.1 29.9 29.7 29.4 29.2 29.0 28.7
Aswan 45.1 44.7 44.3 43.9 43.5 43.2 42.8 42.4 42.0 41.9 41.7 41.6 41.5 41.3 41.6 41.9 42.2 41.5 40.8 40.1 39.4 38.7 38.0 37.3 36.6 35.8
Behera 17.0 17.5 18.0 18.6 19.1 19.6 20.1 20.7 21.2 20.1 19.0 17.9 16.8 15.7 16.7 17.7 18.7 18.4 18.1 17.8 17.5 17.2 16.9 16.6 16.3 16.0
Beni Suef 18.4 18.2 18.0 17.8 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.1 16.9 18.0 19.1 20.2 21.2 22.3 21.7 21.1 20.5 20.9 21.4 21.9 22.3 22.8 23.3 23.7 24.2 24.7
Cairo 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Dakahlia 42.1 40.5 38.8 37.2 35.6 34.0 32.3 30.7 29.1 29.5 30.0 30.4 30.8 31.3 30.1 29.0 27.9 27.8 27.7 27.6 27.5 27.5 27.4 27.3 27.2 27.1
Damietta 36.6 35.7 34.7 33.8 32.9 32.0 31.1 30.2 29.2 28.3 27.3 26.3 25.4 24.4 28.3 32.3 36.2 33.9 31.5 29.2 26.9 24.6 22.2 19.9 17.6 15.3
Fayoum 24.2 24.0 23.8 23.6 23.3 23.1 22.9 22.7 22.5 20.7 18.9 17.1 15.3 13.5 14.7 16.0 17.2 17.2 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.4
Frontier governorates (Red Sea, New Valley, Matroh, North Sainai, South Sainai) 62.9 62.4 61.9 61.5 61.0 60.5 60.0 59.5 59.1 59.4 59.7 60.0 60.3 60.6 62.8 65.0 67.2 65.8 64.5 63.1 61.7 60.4 59.0 57.6 56.3 54.9
Gharbia 32.5 32.8 33.2 33.5 33.9 34.2 34.5 34.9 35.2 34.7 34.2 33.7 33.2 32.7 31.0 29.3 27.6 27.8 28.0 28.2 28.4 28.6 28.8 28.9 29.1 29.3
Giza 66.3 65.1 63.9 62.8 61.6 60.5 59.3 58.1 57.0 57.7 58.4 59.1 59.8 60.5 60.4 60.3 60.3 59.5 58.7 57.9 57.1 56.3 55.5 54.7 53.9 53.1
Ismailia 75.5 71.9 68.3 64.6 61.0 57.4 53.7 50.1 46.4 48.2 49.9 51.6 53.4 55.1 54.9 54.6 54.4 53.3 52.1 51.0 49.9 48.7 47.6 46.4 45.3 44.2
Kafr El-Sheikh 14.4 15.7 17.0 18.2 19.5 20.7 22.0 23.3 24.5 21.7 19.0 16.2 13.4 10.7 14.7 18.8 22.8 21.6 20.3 19.1 17.8 16.6 15.3 14.1 12.8 11.6
Kalyubia 55.4 54.0 52.5 51.1 49.7 48.2 46.8 45.4 43.9 43.0 42.1 41.2 40.3 39.4 40.5 41.6 42.7 40.1 37.5 34.9 32.3 29.7 27.1 24.4 21.8 19.2
Menoufia 6.01 8.05 10.1 12.1 14.1 16.2 18.2 20.2 22.3 21.0 19.8 18.5 17.2 16.0 17.2 18.4 19.6 19.7 19.7 19.8 19.8 19.9 20.0 20.0 20.1 20.1
Menya 13.2 14.1 15.1 16.0 17.0 17.9 18.9 19.8 20.8 20.0 19.3 18.5 17.7 17.0 17.3 17.6 17.9 17.8 17.6 17.4 17.2 17.1 16.9 16.7 16.6 16.4
Port Said 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Qena 24.7 24.2 23.7 23.2 22.7 22.1 21.6 21.1 20.6 22.1 23.6 25.1 26.6 28.1 26.3 24.4 22.6 22.2 21.9 21.6 21.2 20.9 20.6 20.2 19.9 19.5
Sharkia 12.6 13.5 14.4 15.3 16.1 17.0 17.9 18.8 19.7 20.1 20.5 20.9 21.3 21.7 20.6 19.5 18.4 19.2 20.1 21.0 21.9 22.8 23.7 24.6 25.5 26.4
Souhag 17.6 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.3 17.3 17.2 17.1 17.0 17.4 17.7 18.0 18.4 18.7 19.5 20.4 21.2 21.7 22.2 22.6 23.1 23.6 24.0 24.5 24.9 25.4
Suez 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Lighter numbers are estimates