The latest officially reported population of Egypt was 116,538,258 in 2024 vs 5,395,790 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Egypt's population is 120,120,267 people compared to 5,500,964 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 21.8 times bigger than Ireland's.
- Egypt is ranked the 13th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 1.52% of the world: 1.45% for Egypt vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Egypt has had an average growth rate of +1.84% per year vs +1.41% in Ireland.
- Since 2006, the population of Egypt has increased from 82.7M people to 120M (45.2% growth), while Ireland has grown from 4.27M to 5.5M (28.7% growth).
- Egypt is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 202M people compared to the peak of 6.14M people in 2053 for Ireland.
Egypt vs Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
120120267
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5500964
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| Population rank | 13/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.45% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
15.7 seconds
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6.24 minutes
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| One birth every |
13.1 seconds
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| One death every |
50.4 seconds
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15 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
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| Annual migration change | +123,884 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,486 | +231 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,002,486 | +84,252 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.75% | +1.59% |
| Population growth rate rank | 62/197 | 68/197 |
Egypt and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,896,479 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,600,898 | 2,824,400 | 2.62% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 28,337,013 | 2,836,050 | 2.67% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 29,091,869 | 2,852,650 | 2.66% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 29,858,922 | 2,866,550 | 2.64% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 30,629,174 | 2,877,300 | 2.58% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 31,406,541 | 2,888,800 | 2.54% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 32,196,360 | 2,902,450 | 2.51% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 32,998,319 | 2,915,550 | 2.49% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 33,811,615 | 2,932,650 | 2.46% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 34,623,990 | 2,957,250 | 2.4% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 35,433,368 | 2,992,050 | 2.34% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 36,258,328 | 3,036,850 | 2.33% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 37,102,043 | 3,085,950 | 2.33% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 37,969,667 | 3,137,500 | 2.34% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 38,875,327 | 3,189,550 | 2.39% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 39,795,557 | 3,238,050 | 2.37% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 40,748,870 | 3,282,200 | 2.4% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 41,761,431 | 3,329,100 | 2.48% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 42,818,628 | 3,373,750 | 2.53% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 43,950,413 | 3,412,800 | 2.64% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 45,147,224 | 3,453,000 | 2.72% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 46,407,611 | 3,485,800 | 2.79% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 47,786,402 | 3,510,600 | 2.97% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 49,247,334 | 3,532,423 | 3.06% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 50,734,968 | 3,538,082 | 3.02% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 52,206,295 | 3,539,690 | 2.9% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 53,674,435 | 3,540,057 | 2.81% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 55,187,681 | 3,524,949 | 2.82% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 56,710,642 | 3,511,009 | 2.76% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 58,396,618 | 3,513,974 | 2.97% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 60,028,997 | 3,534,235 | 2.8% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 61,480,660 | 3,558,430 | 2.42% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 62,915,681 | 3,576,261 | 2.33% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 64,285,589 | 3,590,386 | 2.18% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 65,652,622 | 3,608,841 | 2.13% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 67,028,048 | 3,637,510 | 2.1% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 68,431,740 | 3,674,171 | 2.09% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 69,943,294 | 3,712,696 | 2.21% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 71,520,954 | 3,754,786 | 2.26% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 73,083,284 | 3,805,174 | 2.18% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 74,652,029 | 3,866,243 | 2.15% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 76,239,137 | 3,931,947 | 2.13% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 77,853,548 | 3,996,521 | 2.12% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 79,477,443 | 4,070,262 | 2.09% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 81,101,004 | 4,159,914 | 2.04% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 82,700,403 | 4,273,591 | 1.97% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 84,276,225 | 4,398,942 | 1.91% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 85,864,789 | 4,489,544 | 1.88% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 87,501,636 | 4,535,375 | 1.91% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 89,196,072 | 4,560,155 | 1.94% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 91,093,059 | 4,580,084 | 2.13% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 93,161,001 | 4,599,533 | 2.27% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 95,333,553 | 4,623,816 | 2.33% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 97,528,654 | 4,657,740 | 2.3% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 99,597,342 | 4,701,957 | 2.12% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 101,644,589 | 4,762,722 | 2.06% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 103,696,057 | 4,827,445 | 2.02% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 105,682,094 | 4,898,022 | 1.92% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 107,553,158 | 4,976,456 | 1.77% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 109,315,124 | 5,039,747 | 1.64% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 110,957,008 | 5,110,585 | 1.5% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 112,618,250 | 5,212,836 | 1.5% | 2% |
| 2023 | 114,535,772 | 5,311,538 | 1.7% | 1.89% |
| 2024 | 116,538,258 | 5,395,790 | 1.75% | 1.59% |
| 2025 | 118,365,997 | 5,450,228 | 1.57% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 120,101,181 | 5,500,449 | 1.47% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 121,847,622 | 5,547,627 | 1.45% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 123,608,457 | 5,592,524 | 1.45% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 125,373,058 | 5,634,478 | 1.43% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 127,139,323 | 5,673,099 | 1.41% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 128,912,256 | 5,709,621 | 1.39% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 130,695,084 | 5,744,973 | 1.38% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 132,485,612 | 5,778,467 | 1.37% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 134,287,838 | 5,809,870 | 1.36% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 136,097,214 | 5,839,208 | 1.35% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 137,913,263 | 5,867,278 | 1.33% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 139,738,699 | 5,895,280 | 1.32% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 141,565,835 | 5,922,778 | 1.31% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 143,393,267 | 5,948,562 | 1.29% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 145,213,662 | 5,973,408 | 1.27% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 147,018,554 | 5,997,971 | 1.24% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 148,800,785 | 6,020,298 | 1.21% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 150,547,655 | 6,040,050 | 1.17% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 152,255,332 | 6,058,494 | 1.13% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 153,919,190 | 6,075,441 | 1.09% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 155,535,951 | 6,089,704 | 1.05% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 157,114,404 | 6,102,050 | 1.01% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 158,657,392 | 6,113,677 | 0.98% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 160,161,615 | 6,123,367 | 0.95% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 161,630,197 | 6,129,969 | 0.92% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).
Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Cairo | 9.61M |
| Giza | 5.6M |
| Alexandria | 4.87M |
| Shubra El Kheima | 1.03M |
| Mansoura | 622K |
| Helwan | 619K |
| El Mahalla El Kubra | 593K |
| Port Said | 524K |
| Faiyum | 519K |
| Suez | 517K |
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Population differences between Egypt and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 72.2 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 28.5 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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