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🇪🇬 Egypt

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3EGY
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2EG
UN M49 numeric818
IOC codeEGY
Official nameArab Republic of Egypt
Native name(s)ara: official: جمهورية مصر العربية; common: مصر
Alt spellingsEG, Arab Republic of Egypt
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionNorthern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalCairo
Area (km²)1,002,450
Lat / Lng27.0000, 30.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)ISR, LBY, PSE, SDN
Top-level domain.eg, .مصر
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 0

Demographics

Population (World Bank)118,365,995 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)71.806 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Egyptian; m: Egyptian; fra: f: Égyptienne; m: Égyptien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)365,254,630,179.737 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,085.807 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)6.781 (2025)
CurrenciesEGP: name: Egyptian pound; symbol: £

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
195021,148,164
195121,605,918
195222,104,945
195322,644,142
195423,212,560
195523,795,229
195624,387,343
195724,994,408
195825,600,321
195926,226,857
196026,896,479
196127,600,898
196228,337,013
196329,091,869
196429,858,922
196530,629,174
196631,406,541
196732,196,360
196832,998,319
196933,811,615
197034,623,990
197135,433,368
197236,258,328
197337,102,043
197437,969,667
197538,875,327
197639,795,557
197740,748,870
197841,761,431
197942,818,628
198043,950,413
198145,147,224
198246,407,611
198347,786,402
198449,247,334
198550,734,968
198652,206,295
198753,674,435
198855,187,681
198956,710,642
199058,396,618
199160,028,997
199261,480,660
199362,915,681
199464,285,589
199565,652,622
199667,028,048
199768,431,740
199869,943,294
199971,520,954
200073,083,284
200174,652,029
200276,239,137
200377,853,548
200479,477,443
200581,101,004
200682,700,403
200784,276,225
200885,864,789
200987,501,636
201089,196,072
201191,093,059
201293,161,001
201395,333,553
201497,528,654
201599,597,342
2016101,644,589
2017103,696,057
2018105,682,094
2019107,553,158
2020109,315,124
2021110,957,008
2022112,618,250
2023114,535,772

Full raw record (JSON)

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