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Egypt: cities by population

Egypt has a population of 98,423,595, with Cairo as its capital. The 50 largest of its 249 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Cairo	Cairo	9,606,916
2	Alexandria	Alexandria	5,263,542
3	Giza	Giza	4,367,343
4	Shubrā al Khaymah	Qalyubia	1,240,289
5	Port Said	Port Said	780,515
6	Suez	Suez	699,541
7	Al Mansurah	Dakahlia	621,953
8	Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	Gharbia	592,573
9	Tanta	Gharbia	576,648
10	Assiut	Asyut	528,669
11	Al Fayyum	Faiyum	519,047
12	Al Khuşūş	Qalyubia	488,904
13	Esna	Qena	462,787
14	Zagazig	Sharqia	430,445
15	Ismailia	Ismailia	429,465
16	Luxor	Luxor	422,407
17	Kom Ombo	Aswan	409,311
18	Aswān	Aswan	379,774
19	6th of October City	Giza	368,650
20	Damanhur	Beheira	318,207
21	New Cairo	Cairo	313,139
22	Damietta	Damietta	305,920
23	Rosetta	Beheira	301,795
24	Minya	Minya	283,605
25	Banī Suwayf	Beni Suweif	273,151
26	Shibīn al Kawm	Monufia	267,945
27	Sohag	Sohag	266,944
28	Qina	Qena	252,883
29	Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān	Sharqia	246,148
30	Ḩalwān	Cairo	230,000
31	Mallawī	Minya	212,628
32	Hurghada	Red Sea	207,132
33	Arīsh	North Sinai	199,243
34	Kafr ash Shaykh	Kafr el-Sheikh	194,569
35	Bilbeis	Sharqia	185,237
36	Banhā	Qalyubia	182,254
37	Idkū	Beheira	177,152
38	Marsá Maţrūḩ	Matruh	176,498
39	Al Maţarīyah	Dakahlia	162,045
40	Qalyub	Qalyubia	156,363
41	Al Ḩawāmidīyah	Giza	155,055
42	Abū Kabīr	Sharqia	154,466
43	Mīt Ghamr	Dakahlia	153,754
44	Akhmīm	Sohag	151,430
45	Girga	Sohag	151,256
46	Disūq	Kafr el-Sheikh	149,291
47	Samālūţ	Minya	142,009
48	Al-'Ubūr	Qalyubia	138,987
49	Kirdāsah	Giza	137,588
50	Bilqās	Dakahlia	137,080

Twenty years earlier: Egypt in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 69,954,717.