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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Morocco	Egypt	Morocco
1960	26,896,479	11,624,933	-	-
1961	27,600,898	11,931,085	2.62%	2.63%
1962	28,337,013	12,253,092	2.67%	2.7%
1963	29,091,869	12,577,502	2.66%	2.65%
1964	29,858,922	12,898,886	2.64%	2.56%
1965	30,629,174	13,239,171	2.58%	2.64%
1966	31,406,541	13,597,065	2.54%	2.7%
1967	32,196,360	13,968,175	2.51%	2.73%
1968	32,998,319	14,347,899	2.49%	2.72%
1969	33,811,615	14,734,255	2.46%	2.69%
1970	34,623,990	15,129,449	2.4%	2.68%
1971	35,433,368	15,527,225	2.34%	2.63%
1972	36,258,328	15,924,692	2.33%	2.56%
1973	37,102,043	16,326,269	2.33%	2.52%
1974	37,969,667	16,733,842	2.34%	2.5%
1975	38,875,327	17,150,786	2.39%	2.49%
1976	39,795,557	17,574,182	2.37%	2.47%
1977	40,748,870	18,014,756	2.4%	2.51%
1978	41,761,431	18,477,385	2.48%	2.57%
1979	42,818,628	18,955,589	2.53%	2.59%
1980	43,950,413	19,459,943	2.64%	2.66%
1981	45,147,224	19,985,401	2.72%	2.7%
1982	46,407,611	20,520,318	2.79%	2.68%
1983	47,786,402	21,060,696	2.97%	2.63%
1984	49,247,334	21,593,778	3.06%	2.53%
1985	50,734,968	22,113,953	3.02%	2.41%
1986	52,206,295	22,600,803	2.9%	2.2%
1987	53,674,435	23,054,392	2.81%	2.01%
1988	55,187,681	23,500,524	2.82%	1.94%
1989	56,710,642	23,939,414	2.76%	1.87%
1990	58,396,618	24,375,551	2.97%	1.82%
1991	60,028,997	24,799,014	2.8%	1.74%
1992	61,480,660	25,212,468	2.42%	1.67%
1993	62,915,681	25,614,586	2.33%	1.59%
1994	64,285,589	26,000,822	2.18%	1.51%
1995	65,652,622	26,399,429	2.13%	1.53%
1996	67,028,048	26,808,107	2.1%	1.55%
1997	68,431,740	27,213,337	2.09%	1.51%
1998	69,943,294	27,621,648	2.21%	1.5%
1999	71,520,954	28,027,179	2.26%	1.47%
2000	73,083,284	28,423,435	2.18%	1.41%
2001	74,652,029	28,814,643	2.15%	1.38%
2002	76,239,137	29,198,142	2.13%	1.33%
2003	77,853,548	29,571,415	2.12%	1.28%
2004	79,477,443	29,953,018	2.09%	1.29%
2005	81,101,004	30,358,144	2.04%	1.35%
2006	82,700,403	30,771,178	1.97%	1.36%
2007	84,276,225	31,186,468	1.91%	1.35%
2008	85,864,789	31,606,767	1.88%	1.35%
2009	87,501,636	32,030,778	1.91%	1.34%
2010	89,196,072	32,467,016	1.94%	1.36%
2011	91,093,059	32,912,588	2.13%	1.37%
2012	93,161,001	33,355,241	2.27%	1.34%
2013	95,333,553	33,787,571	2.33%	1.3%
2014	97,528,654	34,204,780	2.3%	1.23%
2015	99,597,342	34,607,588	2.12%	1.18%
2016	101,644,589	35,023,457	2.06%	1.2%
2017	103,696,057	35,446,392	2.02%	1.21%
2018	105,682,094	35,839,760	1.92%	1.11%
2019	107,553,158	36,210,898	1.77%	1.04%
2020	109,315,124	36,584,208	1.64%	1.03%
2021	110,957,008	36,954,442	1.5%	1.01%
2022	112,618,250	37,329,064	1.5%	1.01%
2023	114,535,772	37,712,505	1.7%	1.03%
2024	116,538,258	38,081,173	1.75%	0.98%
2025	118,365,997	38,430,771	1.57%	0.92%
2026	120,101,181	38,762,439	1.47%	0.86%
2027	121,847,622	39,080,092	1.45%	0.82%
2028	123,608,457	39,384,122	1.45%	0.78%
2029	125,373,058	39,674,554	1.43%	0.74%
2030	127,139,323	39,953,461	1.41%	0.7%
2031	128,912,256	40,221,736	1.39%	0.67%
2032	130,695,084	40,477,986	1.38%	0.64%
2033	132,485,612	40,722,975	1.37%	0.61%
2034	134,287,838	40,957,241	1.36%	0.58%
2035	136,097,214	41,182,092	1.35%	0.55%
2036	137,913,263	41,398,224	1.33%	0.52%
2037	139,738,699	41,604,025	1.32%	0.5%
2038	141,565,835	41,802,267	1.31%	0.48%
2039	143,393,267	41,990,437	1.29%	0.45%
2040	145,213,662	42,168,202	1.27%	0.42%
2041	147,018,554	42,339,039	1.24%	0.41%
2042	148,800,785	42,500,324	1.21%	0.38%
2043	150,547,655	42,650,491	1.17%	0.35%
2044	152,255,332	42,792,499	1.13%	0.33%
2045	153,919,190	42,925,305	1.09%	0.31%
2046	155,535,951	43,046,175	1.05%	0.28%
2047	157,114,404	43,158,165	1.01%	0.26%
2048	158,657,392	43,262,402	0.98%	0.24%
2049	160,161,615	43,355,724	0.95%	0.22%
2050	161,630,197	43,440,428	0.92%	0.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Morocco gained 4,252,279 people (a 13.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 3,742,453 (a 10.7% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2006 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.1% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.