World population/Egypt
Africa
Population of Egypt
120,101,178
Growing by 0.06 people every second
#13
world rank
1.45%
of world population
+1.45%
yearly change
+1,746,442
people this year
2,459,317
births a year
672,441
deaths a year
How the figure for Egypt is worked out
The United Nations puts the population of Egypt at 120,101,178 on 1 July 2026, and projects 121,847,620 for 1 July 2027. The counter above moves steadily between those two published points, which works out at about 0.06 people added every second.
That places Egypt at number 13 of the 237 countries and areas the United Nations reports, holding 1.45 per cent of everyone alive, and among the largest of the 58 entries in Africa.
Underneath that single number sit roughly 2,459,317 births and 672,441 deaths a year. The gap between them is natural increase; the difference between natural increase and the change in total population is migration.
None of this is counted in real time. No country registers births and deaths as they happen and publishes them to the second. The seconds ticking above are arithmetic between two annual reference points, and the broad figure is far more reliable than its final digits.
Other countries in Africa
Ranked by population.