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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Tunisia	Egypt	Tunisia
1960	26,896,479	4,267,288	-	-
1961	27,600,898	4,316,278	2.62%	1.15%
1962	28,337,013	4,369,136	2.67%	1.22%
1963	29,091,869	4,427,131	2.66%	1.33%
1964	29,858,922	4,489,869	2.64%	1.42%
1965	30,629,174	4,561,385	2.58%	1.59%
1966	31,406,541	4,652,287	2.54%	1.99%
1967	32,196,360	4,760,970	2.51%	2.34%
1968	32,998,319	4,879,899	2.49%	2.5%
1969	33,811,615	5,004,697	2.46%	2.56%
1970	34,623,990	5,131,396	2.4%	2.53%
1971	35,433,368	5,261,658	2.34%	2.54%
1972	36,258,328	5,396,557	2.33%	2.56%
1973	37,102,043	5,537,242	2.33%	2.61%
1974	37,969,667	5,684,674	2.34%	2.66%
1975	38,875,327	5,839,262	2.39%	2.72%
1976	39,795,557	5,996,994	2.37%	2.7%
1977	40,748,870	6,155,931	2.4%	2.65%
1978	41,761,431	6,309,390	2.48%	2.49%
1979	42,818,628	6,456,419	2.53%	2.33%
1980	43,950,413	6,606,195	2.64%	2.32%
1981	45,147,224	6,758,284	2.72%	2.3%
1982	46,407,611	6,908,642	2.79%	2.22%
1983	47,786,402	7,053,800	2.97%	2.1%
1984	49,247,334	7,220,044	3.06%	2.36%
1985	50,734,968	7,409,903	3.02%	2.63%
1986	52,206,295	7,600,301	2.9%	2.57%
1987	53,674,435	7,789,987	2.81%	2.5%
1988	55,187,681	7,974,440	2.82%	2.37%
1989	56,710,642	8,151,660	2.76%	2.22%
1990	58,396,618	8,324,509	2.97%	2.12%
1991	60,028,997	8,501,827	2.8%	2.13%
1992	61,480,660	8,682,512	2.42%	2.13%
1993	62,915,681	8,857,910	2.33%	2.02%
1994	64,285,589	9,018,448	2.18%	1.81%
1995	65,652,622	9,161,258	2.13%	1.58%
1996	67,028,048	9,294,432	2.1%	1.45%
1997	68,431,740	9,421,270	2.09%	1.36%
1998	69,943,294	9,541,667	2.21%	1.28%
1999	71,520,954	9,655,963	2.26%	1.2%
2000	73,083,284	9,764,935	2.18%	1.13%
2001	74,652,029	9,869,677	2.15%	1.07%
2002	76,239,137	9,971,515	2.13%	1.03%
2003	77,853,548	10,071,632	2.12%	1%
2004	79,477,443	10,166,163	2.09%	0.94%
2005	81,101,004	10,255,472	2.04%	0.88%
2006	82,700,403	10,346,410	1.97%	0.89%
2007	84,276,225	10,441,702	1.91%	0.92%
2008	85,864,789	10,542,635	1.88%	0.97%
2009	87,501,636	10,650,681	1.91%	1.02%
2010	89,196,072	10,765,980	1.94%	1.08%
2011	91,093,059	10,886,035	2.13%	1.12%
2012	93,161,001	11,009,647	2.27%	1.14%
2013	95,333,553	11,141,361	2.33%	1.2%
2014	97,528,654	11,274,288	2.3%	1.19%
2015	99,597,342	11,402,264	2.12%	1.14%
2016	101,644,589	11,528,674	2.06%	1.11%
2017	103,696,057	11,650,498	2.02%	1.06%
2018	105,682,094	11,765,514	1.92%	0.99%
2019	107,553,158	11,875,081	1.77%	0.93%
2020	109,315,124	11,974,057	1.64%	0.83%
2021	110,957,008	12,048,622	1.5%	0.62%
2022	112,618,250	12,119,334	1.5%	0.59%
2023	114,535,772	12,200,431	1.7%	0.67%
2024	116,538,258	12,277,109	1.75%	0.63%
2025	118,365,997	12,348,580	1.57%	0.58%
2026	120,101,181	12,415,147	1.47%	0.54%
2027	121,847,622	12,476,105	1.45%	0.49%
2028	123,608,457	12,531,994	1.45%	0.45%
2029	125,373,058	12,582,709	1.43%	0.4%
2030	127,139,323	12,628,154	1.41%	0.36%
2031	128,912,256	12,669,925	1.39%	0.33%
2032	130,695,084	12,709,155	1.38%	0.31%
2033	132,485,612	12,746,538	1.37%	0.29%
2034	134,287,838	12,781,017	1.36%	0.27%
2035	136,097,214	12,812,275	1.35%	0.24%
2036	137,913,263	12,842,495	1.33%	0.24%
2037	139,738,699	12,872,063	1.32%	0.23%
2038	141,565,835	12,900,190	1.31%	0.22%
2039	143,393,267	12,927,314	1.29%	0.21%
2040	145,213,662	12,953,871	1.27%	0.21%
2041	147,018,554	12,979,696	1.24%	0.2%
2042	148,800,785	13,005,242	1.21%	0.2%
2043	150,547,655	13,030,307	1.17%	0.19%
2044	152,255,332	13,054,103	1.13%	0.18%
2045	153,919,190	13,076,097	1.09%	0.17%
2046	155,535,951	13,095,748	1.05%	0.15%
2047	157,114,404	13,113,228	1.01%	0.13%
2048	158,657,392	13,127,662	0.98%	0.11%
2049	160,161,615	13,138,151	0.95%	0.08%
2050	161,630,197	13,145,144	0.92%	0.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Tunisia gained 1,182,264 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Tunisia's population increased by 887,139 (a 7.7% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th in 2026. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2006 and ranked 81st 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.87% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 81st to 89th.