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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Jordan	Egypt	Jordan
1960	26,896,479	853,471	-	-
1961	27,600,898	897,591	2.62%	5.17%
1962	28,337,013	940,554	2.67%	4.79%
1963	29,091,869	984,714	2.66%	4.7%
1964	29,858,922	1,035,640	2.64%	5.17%
1965	30,629,174	1,099,440	2.58%	6.16%
1966	31,406,541	1,178,360	2.54%	7.18%
1967	32,196,360	1,271,183	2.51%	7.88%
1968	32,998,319	1,372,460	2.49%	7.97%
1969	33,811,615	1,473,100	2.46%	7.33%
1970	34,623,990	1,565,163	2.4%	6.25%
1971	35,433,368	1,645,145	2.34%	5.11%
1972	36,258,328	1,714,555	2.33%	4.22%
1973	37,102,043	1,778,094	2.33%	3.71%
1974	37,969,667	1,839,182	2.34%	3.44%
1975	38,875,327	1,899,055	2.39%	3.26%
1976	39,795,557	1,958,177	2.37%	3.11%
1977	40,748,870	2,019,002	2.4%	3.11%
1978	41,761,431	2,083,595	2.48%	3.2%
1979	42,818,628	2,153,882	2.53%	3.37%
1980	43,950,413	2,234,186	2.64%	3.73%
1981	45,147,224	2,325,517	2.72%	4.09%
1982	46,407,611	2,426,927	2.79%	4.36%
1983	47,786,402	2,537,307	2.97%	4.55%
1984	49,247,334	2,654,688	3.06%	4.63%
1985	50,734,968	2,778,810	3.02%	4.68%
1986	52,206,295	2,909,887	2.9%	4.72%
1987	53,674,435	3,047,634	2.81%	4.73%
1988	55,187,681	3,193,039	2.82%	4.77%
1989	56,710,642	3,349,627	2.76%	4.9%
1990	58,396,618	3,621,908	2.97%	8.13%
1991	60,028,997	3,915,149	2.8%	8.1%
1992	61,480,660	4,127,693	2.42%	5.43%
1993	62,915,681	4,348,020	2.33%	5.34%
1994	64,285,589	4,561,406	2.18%	4.91%
1995	65,652,622	4,752,096	2.13%	4.18%
1996	67,028,048	4,912,516	2.1%	3.38%
1997	68,431,740	5,046,285	2.09%	2.72%
1998	69,943,294	5,164,284	2.21%	2.34%
1999	71,520,954	5,276,444	2.26%	2.17%
2000	73,083,284	5,386,945	2.18%	2.09%
2001	74,652,029	5,498,894	2.15%	2.08%
2002	76,239,137	5,616,066	2.13%	2.13%
2003	77,853,548	5,741,828	2.12%	2.24%
2004	79,477,443	5,882,061	2.09%	2.44%
2005	81,101,004	6,029,587	2.04%	2.51%
2006	82,700,403	6,427,371	1.97%	6.6%
2007	84,276,225	6,827,227	1.91%	6.22%
2008	85,864,789	6,989,866	1.88%	2.38%
2009	87,501,636	7,141,753	1.91%	2.17%
2010	89,196,072	7,297,043	1.94%	2.17%
2011	91,093,059	7,480,424	2.13%	2.51%
2012	93,161,001	7,587,127	2.27%	1.43%
2013	95,333,553	7,991,809	2.33%	5.33%
2014	97,528,654	8,791,710	2.3%	10%
2015	99,597,342	9,544,729	2.12%	8.57%
2016	101,644,589	10,006,367	2.06%	4.84%
2017	103,696,057	10,234,226	2.02%	2.28%
2018	105,682,094	10,462,306	1.92%	2.23%
2019	107,553,158	10,671,891	1.77%	2%
2020	109,315,124	10,865,228	1.64%	1.81%
2021	110,957,008	11,066,356	1.5%	1.85%
2022	112,618,250	11,256,263	1.5%	1.72%
2023	114,535,772	11,439,213	1.7%	1.63%
2024	116,538,258	11,552,876	1.75%	0.99%
2025	118,365,997	11,520,678	1.57%	-0.28%
2026	120,101,181	11,589,528	1.47%	0.6%
2027	121,847,622	11,819,454	1.45%	1.98%
2028	123,608,457	12,034,459	1.45%	1.82%
2029	125,373,058	12,245,726	1.43%	1.76%
2030	127,139,323	12,448,772	1.41%	1.66%
2031	128,912,256	12,652,545	1.39%	1.64%
2032	130,695,084	12,854,926	1.38%	1.6%
2033	132,485,612	13,050,713	1.37%	1.52%
2034	134,287,838	13,245,158	1.36%	1.49%
2035	136,097,214	13,440,821	1.35%	1.48%
2036	137,913,263	13,638,248	1.33%	1.47%
2037	139,738,699	13,840,237	1.32%	1.48%
2038	141,565,835	14,048,303	1.31%	1.5%
2039	143,393,267	14,256,684	1.29%	1.48%
2040	145,213,662	14,471,288	1.27%	1.51%
2041	147,018,554	14,684,501	1.24%	1.47%
2042	148,800,785	14,883,641	1.21%	1.36%
2043	150,547,655	15,077,789	1.17%	1.3%
2044	152,255,332	15,273,526	1.13%	1.3%
2045	153,919,190	15,471,971	1.09%	1.3%
2046	155,535,951	15,662,312	1.05%	1.23%
2047	157,114,404	15,841,619	1.01%	1.14%
2048	158,657,392	16,021,374	0.98%	1.13%
2049	160,161,615	16,197,518	0.95%	1.1%
2050	161,630,197	16,367,341	0.92%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Jordan gained 3,578,996 people (a 55.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Jordan's population increased by 1,585,673 (a 15.8% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Jordan was ranked 101st in 2006 and ranked 85th 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 Jordan will increase by 41.2% to 16,367,341 people and rank change from 85th to 79th.