The latest officially reported population of Egypt was 116,538,258 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Egypt's population is 120,120,267 people compared to 133,008,812 in Mexico.
Population statistics:
- Mexico's population is 1.11 times bigger than Egypt's.
- Egypt is ranked the 13th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
- The countries together account for 3.06% of the world: 1.45% for Egypt vs 1.61% for Mexico.
- For the last 10 years, Egypt has had an average growth rate of +1.84% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
- Since 2006, the population of Egypt has increased from 82.7M people to 120M (45.2% growth), while Mexico has grown from 107M to 133M (24% growth).
- Egypt is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 202M people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.
Egypt vs Mexico: live population counter
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| Current population |
120120267
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133008812
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| Population rank | 13/197 | 11/197 |
| Percent of world population | 1.45% | 1.61% |
| One net population change |
15.7 seconds
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28.1 seconds
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| One birth every |
13.1 seconds
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15.5 seconds
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| One death every |
50.4 seconds
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39.5 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
4.24 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +123,884 | -104,581 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5,486 | +3,072 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,002,486 | +1,121,248 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.75% | +0.86% |
| Population growth rate rank | 62/197 | 111/197 |
Egypt and Mexico: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 26,896,479 | 36,724,615 | - | - |
| 1961 | 27,600,898 | 37,890,118 | 2.62% | 3.17% |
| 1962 | 28,337,013 | 39,129,200 | 2.67% | 3.27% |
| 1963 | 29,091,869 | 40,424,065 | 2.66% | 3.31% |
| 1964 | 29,858,922 | 41,772,049 | 2.64% | 3.33% |
| 1965 | 30,629,174 | 43,174,477 | 2.58% | 3.36% |
| 1966 | 31,406,541 | 44,629,106 | 2.54% | 3.37% |
| 1967 | 32,196,360 | 46,129,608 | 2.51% | 3.36% |
| 1968 | 32,998,319 | 47,668,303 | 2.49% | 3.34% |
| 1969 | 33,811,615 | 49,233,194 | 2.46% | 3.28% |
| 1970 | 34,623,990 | 50,814,953 | 2.4% | 3.21% |
| 1971 | 35,433,368 | 52,412,558 | 2.34% | 3.14% |
| 1972 | 36,258,328 | 54,030,168 | 2.33% | 3.09% |
| 1973 | 37,102,043 | 55,667,284 | 2.33% | 3.03% |
| 1974 | 37,969,667 | 57,320,149 | 2.34% | 2.97% |
| 1975 | 38,875,327 | 58,982,400 | 2.39% | 2.9% |
| 1976 | 39,795,557 | 60,645,512 | 2.37% | 2.82% |
| 1977 | 40,748,870 | 62,308,493 | 2.4% | 2.74% |
| 1978 | 41,761,431 | 63,979,046 | 2.48% | 2.68% |
| 1979 | 42,818,628 | 65,648,865 | 2.53% | 2.61% |
| 1980 | 43,950,413 | 67,300,334 | 2.64% | 2.52% |
| 1981 | 45,147,224 | 68,892,108 | 2.72% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 46,407,611 | 70,433,260 | 2.79% | 2.24% |
| 1983 | 47,786,402 | 71,971,240 | 2.97% | 2.18% |
| 1984 | 49,247,334 | 73,506,846 | 3.06% | 2.13% |
| 1985 | 50,734,968 | 75,043,414 | 3.02% | 2.09% |
| 1986 | 52,206,295 | 76,585,637 | 2.9% | 2.06% |
| 1987 | 53,674,435 | 78,136,651 | 2.81% | 2.03% |
| 1988 | 55,187,681 | 79,695,531 | 2.82% | 2% |
| 1989 | 56,710,642 | 81,247,182 | 2.76% | 1.95% |
| 1990 | 58,396,618 | 82,820,170 | 2.97% | 1.94% |
| 1991 | 60,028,997 | 84,430,572 | 2.8% | 1.94% |
| 1992 | 61,480,660 | 86,044,809 | 2.42% | 1.91% |
| 1993 | 62,915,681 | 87,653,807 | 2.33% | 1.87% |
| 1994 | 64,285,589 | 89,259,205 | 2.18% | 1.83% |
| 1995 | 65,652,622 | 90,862,455 | 2.13% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 67,028,048 | 92,452,702 | 2.1% | 1.75% |
| 1997 | 68,431,740 | 94,021,207 | 2.09% | 1.7% |
| 1998 | 69,943,294 | 95,575,245 | 2.21% | 1.65% |
| 1999 | 71,520,954 | 97,115,707 | 2.26% | 1.61% |
| 2000 | 73,083,284 | 98,625,552 | 2.18% | 1.55% |
| 2001 | 74,652,029 | 100,099,099 | 2.15% | 1.49% |
| 2002 | 76,239,137 | 101,548,624 | 2.13% | 1.45% |
| 2003 | 77,853,548 | 102,978,515 | 2.12% | 1.41% |
| 2004 | 79,477,443 | 104,394,131 | 2.09% | 1.37% |
| 2005 | 81,101,004 | 105,811,504 | 2.04% | 1.36% |
| 2006 | 82,700,403 | 107,253,666 | 1.97% | 1.36% |
| 2007 | 84,276,225 | 108,774,360 | 1.91% | 1.42% |
| 2008 | 85,864,789 | 110,374,288 | 1.88% | 1.47% |
| 2009 | 87,501,636 | 111,999,721 | 1.91% | 1.47% |
| 2010 | 89,196,072 | 113,623,895 | 1.94% | 1.45% |
| 2011 | 91,093,059 | 115,243,504 | 2.13% | 1.43% |
| 2012 | 93,161,001 | 116,818,208 | 2.27% | 1.37% |
| 2013 | 95,333,553 | 118,343,573 | 2.33% | 1.31% |
| 2014 | 97,528,654 | 119,784,261 | 2.3% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 99,597,342 | 121,072,306 | 2.12% | 1.08% |
| 2016 | 101,644,589 | 122,251,351 | 2.06% | 0.97% |
| 2017 | 103,696,057 | 123,400,057 | 2.02% | 0.94% |
| 2018 | 105,682,094 | 124,573,711 | 1.92% | 0.95% |
| 2019 | 107,553,158 | 125,762,982 | 1.77% | 0.95% |
| 2020 | 109,315,124 | 126,799,054 | 1.64% | 0.82% |
| 2021 | 110,957,008 | 127,648,148 | 1.5% | 0.67% |
| 2022 | 112,618,250 | 128,613,117 | 1.5% | 0.76% |
| 2023 | 114,535,772 | 129,739,759 | 1.7% | 0.88% |
| 2024 | 116,538,258 | 130,861,007 | 1.75% | 0.86% |
| 2025 | 118,365,997 | 131,946,905 | 1.57% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 120,101,181 | 132,997,664 | 1.47% | 0.8% |
| 2027 | 121,847,622 | 134,017,711 | 1.45% | 0.77% |
| 2028 | 123,608,457 | 135,008,697 | 1.45% | 0.74% |
| 2029 | 125,373,058 | 135,970,893 | 1.43% | 0.71% |
| 2030 | 127,139,323 | 136,904,747 | 1.41% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 128,912,256 | 137,811,068 | 1.39% | 0.66% |
| 2032 | 130,695,084 | 138,690,189 | 1.38% | 0.64% |
| 2033 | 132,485,612 | 139,542,087 | 1.37% | 0.61% |
| 2034 | 134,287,838 | 140,362,026 | 1.36% | 0.59% |
| 2035 | 136,097,214 | 141,150,818 | 1.35% | 0.56% |
| 2036 | 137,913,263 | 141,909,168 | 1.33% | 0.54% |
| 2037 | 139,738,699 | 142,637,546 | 1.32% | 0.51% |
| 2038 | 141,565,835 | 143,336,222 | 1.31% | 0.49% |
| 2039 | 143,393,267 | 143,998,296 | 1.29% | 0.46% |
| 2040 | 145,213,662 | 144,624,328 | 1.27% | 0.43% |
| 2041 | 147,018,554 | 145,217,780 | 1.24% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 148,800,785 | 145,777,459 | 1.21% | 0.39% |
| 2043 | 150,547,655 | 146,300,011 | 1.17% | 0.36% |
| 2044 | 152,255,332 | 146,787,722 | 1.13% | 0.33% |
| 2045 | 153,919,190 | 147,240,096 | 1.09% | 0.31% |
| 2046 | 155,535,951 | 147,654,160 | 1.05% | 0.28% |
| 2047 | 157,114,404 | 148,030,153 | 1.01% | 0.25% |
| 2048 | 158,657,392 | 148,372,233 | 0.98% | 0.23% |
| 2049 | 160,161,615 | 148,677,894 | 0.95% | 0.21% |
| 2050 | 161,630,197 | 148,946,272 | 0.92% | 0.18% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).
Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.
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 |
| Mexico | 9.21M |
| Tijuana | 1.96M |
| Ecatepec de Morelos | 1.93M |
| Leon | 1.58M |
| Zapopan | 1.48M |
| Guadalajara | 1.46M |
| Puebla | 1.43M |
| Ciudad Juarez | 1.32M |
| Monterrey | 1.14M |
| Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl | 1.07M |
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Population differences between Egypt and Mexico
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| Life expectancy | 72.2 years | 75.6 years |
| Average age | 28.5 years | 32.7 years |
| Median age | 25.3 years | 30.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.5:49.5 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 2.75 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 303 ppl/mi² | 174.4 ppl/mi² |
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