The latest officially reported population of Egypt was 116,538,258 in 2024 vs 1,259,509 people in Mauritius in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Egypt's population is 119,759,833 people compared to 1,256,649 in Mauritius.
Population statistics:
- Egypt's population is 95.3 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- Egypt is ranked the 13th most populous country in the world, while Mauritius is the 157th.
- The countries together account for 1.46% of the world: 1.45% for Egypt vs 0.02% for Mauritius.
- For the last 10 years, Egypt has had an average growth rate of +1.84% per year vs +0.004% in Mauritius.
- Since 2005, the population of Egypt has increased from 81.1M people to 120M (47.7% growth), while Mauritius has grown from 1.23M to 1.26M (2.31% growth).
- Egypt is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 202M people, while Mauritius' population already peaked in 2021 at 1.27M people and is projected to decrease to 576K people by 2100.
Egypt vs Mauritius: live population counter
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| Current population |
119759833
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1256649
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| Population rank | 13/197 | 157/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.45% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
15.7 seconds
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5.72 hours
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| One birth every |
13.1 seconds
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40.9 minutes
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| One death every |
50.4 seconds
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44.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.24 minutes
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3.14 hours
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| Annual migration change | +123,884 | -2,787 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,486 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,002,486 | -1,532 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.75% | -0.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 66/197 | 172/197 |
Egypt and Mauritius: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,896,479 | 680,331 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,600,898 | 680,757 | 2.62% | 0.06% |
| 1962 | 28,337,013 | 700,349 | 2.67% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 29,091,869 | 718,861 | 2.66% | 2.64% |
| 1964 | 29,858,922 | 736,381 | 2.64% | 2.44% |
| 1965 | 30,629,174 | 753,000 | 2.58% | 2.26% |
| 1966 | 31,406,541 | 768,813 | 2.54% | 2.1% |
| 1967 | 32,196,360 | 783,917 | 2.51% | 1.96% |
| 1968 | 32,998,319 | 798,413 | 2.49% | 1.85% |
| 1969 | 33,811,615 | 812,405 | 2.46% | 1.75% |
| 1970 | 34,623,990 | 826,000 | 2.4% | 1.67% |
| 1971 | 35,433,368 | 839,230 | 2.34% | 1.6% |
| 1972 | 36,258,328 | 852,053 | 2.33% | 1.53% |
| 1973 | 37,102,043 | 864,819 | 2.33% | 1.5% |
| 1974 | 37,969,667 | 878,042 | 2.34% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 38,875,327 | 892,000 | 2.39% | 1.59% |
| 1976 | 39,795,557 | 906,507 | 2.37% | 1.63% |
| 1977 | 40,748,870 | 921,379 | 2.4% | 1.64% |
| 1978 | 41,761,431 | 933,499 | 2.48% | 1.32% |
| 1979 | 42,818,628 | 949,888 | 2.53% | 1.76% |
| 1980 | 43,950,413 | 966,039 | 2.64% | 1.7% |
| 1981 | 45,147,224 | 980,462 | 2.72% | 1.49% |
| 1982 | 46,407,611 | 992,521 | 2.79% | 1.23% |
| 1983 | 47,786,402 | 1,001,691 | 2.97% | 0.92% |
| 1984 | 49,247,334 | 1,012,221 | 3.06% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 50,734,968 | 1,020,528 | 3.02% | 0.82% |
| 1986 | 52,206,295 | 1,028,360 | 2.9% | 0.77% |
| 1987 | 53,674,435 | 1,036,082 | 2.81% | 0.75% |
| 1988 | 55,187,681 | 1,043,239 | 2.82% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 56,710,642 | 1,051,260 | 2.76% | 0.77% |
| 1990 | 58,396,618 | 1,058,775 | 2.97% | 0.71% |
| 1991 | 60,028,997 | 1,070,266 | 2.8% | 1.09% |
| 1992 | 61,480,660 | 1,084,441 | 2.42% | 1.32% |
| 1993 | 62,915,681 | 1,097,374 | 2.33% | 1.19% |
| 1994 | 64,285,589 | 1,112,846 | 2.18% | 1.41% |
| 1995 | 65,652,622 | 1,122,457 | 2.13% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 67,028,048 | 1,133,996 | 2.1% | 1.03% |
| 1997 | 68,431,740 | 1,148,284 | 2.09% | 1.26% |
| 1998 | 69,943,294 | 1,160,421 | 2.21% | 1.06% |
| 1999 | 71,520,954 | 1,175,267 | 2.26% | 1.28% |
| 2000 | 73,083,284 | 1,186,873 | 2.18% | 0.99% |
| 2001 | 74,652,029 | 1,196,287 | 2.15% | 0.79% |
| 2002 | 76,239,137 | 1,204,621 | 2.13% | 0.7% |
| 2003 | 77,853,548 | 1,213,370 | 2.12% | 0.73% |
| 2004 | 79,477,443 | 1,221,003 | 2.09% | 0.63% |
| 2005 | 81,101,004 | 1,228,254 | 2.04% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 82,700,403 | 1,233,996 | 1.97% | 0.47% |
| 2007 | 84,276,225 | 1,239,630 | 1.91% | 0.46% |
| 2008 | 85,864,789 | 1,244,121 | 1.88% | 0.36% |
| 2009 | 87,501,636 | 1,247,429 | 1.91% | 0.27% |
| 2010 | 89,196,072 | 1,250,400 | 1.94% | 0.24% |
| 2011 | 91,093,059 | 1,252,404 | 2.13% | 0.16% |
| 2012 | 93,161,001 | 1,255,882 | 2.27% | 0.28% |
| 2013 | 95,333,553 | 1,258,927 | 2.33% | 0.24% |
| 2014 | 97,528,654 | 1,261,208 | 2.3% | 0.18% |
| 2015 | 99,597,342 | 1,262,879 | 2.12% | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 101,644,589 | 1,263,747 | 2.06% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 103,696,057 | 1,264,887 | 2.02% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 105,682,094 | 1,265,577 | 1.92% | 0.05% |
| 2019 | 107,553,158 | 1,265,985 | 1.77% | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 109,315,124 | 1,266,014 | 1.64% | 0.002% |
| 2021 | 110,957,008 | 1,266,334 | 1.5% | 0.03% |
| 2022 | 112,618,250 | 1,262,523 | 1.5% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 114,535,772 | 1,261,041 | 1.7% | -0.12% |
| 2024 | 116,538,258 | 1,259,509 | 1.75% | -0.12% |
| 2025 | 118,365,997 | 1,256,649 | 1.57% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 120,101,181 | 1,253,457 | 1.47% | -0.25% |
| 2027 | 121,847,622 | 1,250,062 | 1.45% | -0.27% |
| 2028 | 123,608,457 | 1,246,502 | 1.45% | -0.28% |
| 2029 | 125,373,058 | 1,242,774 | 1.43% | -0.3% |
| 2030 | 127,139,323 | 1,238,963 | 1.41% | -0.31% |
| 2031 | 128,912,256 | 1,234,965 | 1.39% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 130,695,084 | 1,230,623 | 1.38% | -0.35% |
| 2033 | 132,485,612 | 1,225,970 | 1.37% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 134,287,838 | 1,220,995 | 1.36% | -0.41% |
| 2035 | 136,097,214 | 1,215,701 | 1.35% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 137,913,263 | 1,210,085 | 1.33% | -0.46% |
| 2037 | 139,738,699 | 1,204,158 | 1.32% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 141,565,835 | 1,197,926 | 1.31% | -0.52% |
| 2039 | 143,393,267 | 1,191,299 | 1.29% | -0.55% |
| 2040 | 145,213,662 | 1,184,262 | 1.27% | -0.59% |
| 2041 | 147,018,554 | 1,176,870 | 1.24% | -0.62% |
| 2042 | 148,800,785 | 1,169,165 | 1.21% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 150,547,655 | 1,161,119 | 1.17% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 152,255,332 | 1,152,733 | 1.13% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 153,919,190 | 1,144,071 | 1.09% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 155,535,951 | 1,135,101 | 1.05% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 157,114,404 | 1,125,881 | 1.01% | -0.81% |
| 2048 | 158,657,392 | 1,116,431 | 0.98% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 160,161,615 | 1,106,794 | 0.95% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 161,630,197 | 1,097,042 | 0.92% | -0.88% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Egypt increased by 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth), while Mauritius gained 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Egypt gained 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -6,230 (a 0.49% decline).
Egypt was ranked 14th most populous country in 2005 and is 13th in 2025. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2005 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.
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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| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
| Triolet | 23.4K |
| Goodlands | 20.7K |
| Centre de Flacq | 15.8K |
| Mahebourg | 15.8K |
| Bambous | 15.3K |
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Population differences between Egypt and Mauritius
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| Life expectancy | 72 years | 75.3 years |
| Average age | 28.5 years | 39.2 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 38.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 1,634 ppl/mi² |
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