The latest officially reported population of Egypt was 116,538,258 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Egypt's population is 119,759,833 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 2.04 times bigger than Italy's.
- Egypt is ranked the 13th most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 2.16% of the world: 1.45% for Egypt vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, Egypt has had an average growth rate of +1.84% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
- Since 2005, the population of Egypt has increased from 81.1M people to 120M (47.7% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
- Egypt is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 202M people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Egypt vs Italy: live population counter
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| Current population |
119759833
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58790597
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| Population rank | 13/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.45% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
15.7 seconds
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1.18 hours
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| One birth every |
13.1 seconds
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
50.4 seconds
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47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
4.24 minutes
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5.52 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +123,884 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,486 | -20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,002,486 | -7,452 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.75% | -0.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 66/197 | 166/197 |
Egypt and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,896,479 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,600,898 | 50,536,350 | 2.62% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 28,337,013 | 50,879,450 | 2.67% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 29,091,869 | 51,252,000 | 2.66% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 29,858,922 | 51,675,350 | 2.64% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 30,629,174 | 52,112,350 | 2.58% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 31,406,541 | 52,519,000 | 2.54% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 32,196,360 | 52,900,500 | 2.51% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 32,998,319 | 53,235,750 | 2.49% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 33,811,615 | 53,537,950 | 2.46% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 34,623,990 | 53,821,850 | 2.4% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 35,433,368 | 54,073,490 | 2.34% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 36,258,328 | 54,381,345 | 2.33% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 37,102,043 | 54,751,406 | 2.33% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 37,969,667 | 55,110,868 | 2.34% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 38,875,327 | 55,441,001 | 2.39% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 39,795,557 | 55,718,260 | 2.37% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 40,748,870 | 55,955,411 | 2.4% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 41,761,431 | 56,155,143 | 2.48% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 42,818,628 | 56,317,749 | 2.53% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 43,950,413 | 56,433,883 | 2.64% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 45,147,224 | 56,501,675 | 2.72% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 46,407,611 | 56,543,548 | 2.79% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 47,786,402 | 56,564,074 | 2.97% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 49,247,334 | 56,576,718 | 3.06% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 50,734,968 | 56,593,071 | 3.02% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 52,206,295 | 56,596,155 | 2.9% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 53,674,435 | 56,601,931 | 2.81% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 55,187,681 | 56,629,288 | 2.82% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 56,710,642 | 56,671,781 | 2.76% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 58,396,618 | 56,719,240 | 2.97% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 60,028,997 | 56,758,521 | 2.8% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 61,480,660 | 56,797,087 | 2.42% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 62,915,681 | 56,831,821 | 2.33% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 64,285,589 | 56,843,400 | 2.18% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 65,652,622 | 56,844,303 | 2.13% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 67,028,048 | 56,860,281 | 2.1% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 68,431,740 | 56,890,372 | 2.09% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 69,943,294 | 56,906,744 | 2.21% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 71,520,954 | 56,916,317 | 2.26% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 73,083,284 | 56,942,108 | 2.18% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 74,652,029 | 56,976,981 | 2.15% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 76,239,137 | 57,089,824 | 2.13% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 77,853,548 | 57,399,184 | 2.12% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 79,477,443 | 57,828,179 | 2.09% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 81,101,004 | 58,166,682 | 2.04% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 82,700,403 | 58,399,861 | 1.97% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 84,276,225 | 58,756,247 | 1.91% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 85,864,789 | 59,211,181 | 1.88% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 87,501,636 | 59,555,454 | 1.91% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 89,196,072 | 59,819,407 | 1.94% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 91,093,059 | 60,026,841 | 2.13% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 93,161,001 | 60,191,247 | 2.27% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 95,333,553 | 60,311,613 | 2.33% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 97,528,654 | 60,320,707 | 2.3% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 99,597,342 | 60,229,605 | 2.12% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 101,644,589 | 60,115,223 | 2.06% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 103,696,057 | 60,002,252 | 2.02% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 105,682,094 | 60,148,658 | 1.92% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 107,553,158 | 59,729,081 | 1.77% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 109,315,124 | 59,438,851 | 1.64% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 110,957,008 | 59,133,173 | 1.5% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 112,618,250 | 59,013,667 | 1.5% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 114,535,772 | 58,993,475 | 1.7% | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 116,538,258 | 58,986,023 | 1.75% | -0.01% |
| 2025 | 118,365,997 | 58,790,597 | 1.57% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 120,101,181 | 58,571,823 | 1.47% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 121,847,622 | 58,335,864 | 1.45% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 123,608,457 | 58,094,373 | 1.45% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 125,373,058 | 57,851,042 | 1.43% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 127,139,323 | 57,597,622 | 1.41% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 128,912,256 | 57,333,277 | 1.39% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 130,695,084 | 57,071,235 | 1.38% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 132,485,612 | 56,812,747 | 1.37% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 134,287,838 | 56,548,816 | 1.36% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 136,097,214 | 56,279,536 | 1.35% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 137,913,263 | 56,009,844 | 1.33% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 139,738,699 | 55,737,477 | 1.32% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 141,565,835 | 55,460,735 | 1.31% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 143,393,267 | 55,177,508 | 1.29% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 145,213,662 | 54,889,107 | 1.27% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 147,018,554 | 54,601,628 | 1.24% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 148,800,785 | 54,307,412 | 1.21% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 150,547,655 | 53,997,106 | 1.17% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 152,255,332 | 53,679,603 | 1.13% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 153,919,190 | 53,357,669 | 1.09% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 155,535,951 | 53,025,288 | 1.05% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 157,114,404 | 52,680,150 | 1.01% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 158,657,392 | 52,324,241 | 0.98% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 160,161,615 | 51,959,050 | 0.95% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 161,630,197 | 51,579,060 | 0.92% | -0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).
Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Egypt's population will grow by 35% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.
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 Italy
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| Life expectancy | 72 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 28.5 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 517 ppl/mi² |
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