Population in Egypt compared to Greece: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Egypt and Greece: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Greece	Egypt	Greece
1960	26,896,479	8,331,725	-	-
1961	27,600,898	8,398,050	2.62%	0.8%
1962	28,337,013	8,448,233	2.67%	0.6%
1963	29,091,869	8,479,625	2.66%	0.37%
1964	29,858,922	8,510,429	2.64%	0.36%
1965	30,629,174	8,550,333	2.58%	0.47%
1966	31,406,541	8,613,651	2.54%	0.74%
1967	32,196,360	8,684,088	2.51%	0.82%
1968	32,998,319	8,740,765	2.49%	0.65%
1969	33,811,615	8,772,764	2.46%	0.37%
1970	34,623,990	8,792,806	2.4%	0.23%
1971	35,433,368	8,831,036	2.34%	0.43%
1972	36,258,328	8,888,628	2.33%	0.65%
1973	37,102,043	8,929,086	2.33%	0.46%
1974	37,969,667	8,962,022	2.34%	0.37%
1975	38,875,327	9,046,541	2.39%	0.94%
1976	39,795,557	9,188,150	2.37%	1.57%
1977	40,748,870	9,308,479	2.4%	1.31%
1978	41,761,431	9,429,959	2.48%	1.31%
1979	42,818,628	9,548,258	2.53%	1.25%
1980	43,950,413	9,642,505	2.64%	0.99%
1981	45,147,224	9,729,350	2.72%	0.9%
1982	46,407,611	9,789,513	2.79%	0.62%
1983	47,786,402	9,846,627	2.97%	0.58%
1984	49,247,334	9,895,801	3.06%	0.5%
1985	50,734,968	9,934,300	3.02%	0.39%
1986	52,206,295	9,967,213	2.9%	0.33%
1987	53,674,435	10,000,595	2.81%	0.33%
1988	55,187,681	10,036,983	2.82%	0.36%
1989	56,710,642	10,089,498	2.76%	0.52%
1990	58,396,618	10,196,792	2.97%	1.06%
1991	60,028,997	10,319,927	2.8%	1.21%
1992	61,480,660	10,399,061	2.42%	0.77%
1993	62,915,681	10,460,415	2.33%	0.59%
1994	64,285,589	10,512,922	2.18%	0.5%
1995	65,652,622	10,562,153	2.13%	0.47%
1996	67,028,048	10,608,800	2.1%	0.44%
1997	68,431,740	10,661,259	2.09%	0.49%
1998	69,943,294	10,720,509	2.21%	0.56%
1999	71,520,954	10,761,698	2.26%	0.38%
2000	73,083,284	10,805,808	2.18%	0.41%
2001	74,652,029	10,862,132	2.15%	0.52%
2002	76,239,137	10,902,022	2.13%	0.37%
2003	77,853,548	10,928,070	2.12%	0.24%
2004	79,477,443	10,955,141	2.09%	0.25%
2005	81,101,004	10,987,314	2.04%	0.29%
2006	82,700,403	11,020,362	1.97%	0.3%
2007	84,276,225	11,048,473	1.91%	0.26%
2008	85,864,789	11,077,841	1.88%	0.27%
2009	87,501,636	11,107,017	1.91%	0.26%
2010	89,196,072	11,121,341	1.94%	0.13%
2011	91,093,059	11,104,899	2.13%	-0.15%
2012	93,161,001	11,045,011	2.27%	-0.54%
2013	95,333,553	10,965,211	2.33%	-0.72%
2014	97,528,654	10,892,413	2.3%	-0.66%
2015	99,597,342	10,820,883	2.12%	-0.66%
2016	101,644,589	10,775,971	2.06%	-0.42%
2017	103,696,057	10,754,679	2.02%	-0.2%
2018	105,682,094	10,732,882	1.92%	-0.2%
2019	107,553,158	10,721,582	1.77%	-0.11%
2020	109,315,124	10,698,599	1.64%	-0.21%
2021	110,957,008	10,569,207	1.5%	-1.21%
2022	112,618,250	10,436,882	1.5%	-1.25%
2023	114,535,772	10,407,351	1.7%	-0.28%
2024	116,538,258	10,405,134	1.75%	-0.02%
2025	118,365,997	10,292,291	1.57%	-1.08%
2026	120,101,181	10,249,082	1.47%	-0.42%
2027	121,847,622	10,204,400	1.45%	-0.44%
2028	123,608,457	10,159,146	1.45%	-0.44%
2029	125,373,058	10,113,475	1.43%	-0.45%
2030	127,139,323	10,067,720	1.41%	-0.45%
2031	128,912,256	10,021,773	1.39%	-0.46%
2032	130,695,084	9,974,701	1.38%	-0.47%
2033	132,485,612	9,927,344	1.37%	-0.47%
2034	134,287,838	9,880,848	1.36%	-0.47%
2035	136,097,214	9,834,216	1.35%	-0.47%
2036	137,913,263	9,787,786	1.33%	-0.47%
2037	139,738,699	9,741,790	1.32%	-0.47%
2038	141,565,835	9,695,855	1.31%	-0.47%
2039	143,393,267	9,650,459	1.29%	-0.47%
2040	145,213,662	9,605,475	1.27%	-0.47%
2041	147,018,554	9,560,641	1.24%	-0.47%
2042	148,800,785	9,516,502	1.21%	-0.46%
2043	150,547,655	9,472,263	1.17%	-0.46%
2044	152,255,332	9,426,737	1.13%	-0.48%
2045	153,919,190	9,380,458	1.09%	-0.49%
2046	155,535,951	9,333,671	1.05%	-0.5%
2047	157,114,404	9,284,541	1.01%	-0.53%
2048	158,657,392	9,233,189	0.98%	-0.55%
2049	160,161,615	9,180,074	0.95%	-0.58%
2050	161,630,197	9,125,443	0.92%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.