Urban population in Egypt

Urban population in Egypt: 31.4% in 1950 and 42.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2025: 42.9%
Since 1950: +11.5 percentage points
Rank, 2025: 174 of 229; counting from the highest
Projected, 2050: 49.6%; UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

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% of people · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 49.6% in 2050.
The highest was 44% in 1986, the lowest 31.4% in 1950.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Egypt
2025	42.9
2024	42.8
2023	42.7
2022	42.6
2021	42.6
2020	42.5
2019	42.5
2018	42.5
2017	42.5
2016	42.5
2015	42.6
2014	42.7
2013	42.8
2012	42.8
2011	42.9
2010	42.9
2009	42.9
2008	43
2007	43
2006	43
2005	43
2004	42.9
2003	42.9
2002	42.8
2001	42.8
2000	42.7
1999	42.7
1998	42.7
1997	42.6
1996	42.6
1995	42.7
1994	42.8
1993	43
1992	43.2
1991	43.4
1990	43.6
1989	43.7
1988	43.9
1987	44
1986	44
1985	44
1984	44
1983	43.9
1982	43.9
1981	43.9
1980	43.9
1979	43.9
1978	43.8
1977	43.8
1976	43.8
1975	43.7
1974	43.5
1973	43.4
1972	43.1
1971	42.9
1970	42.6
1969	42.3
1968	41.9
1967	41.6
1966	41.2
1965	40.8
1964	40.3
1963	39.7
1962	39.1
1961	38.4
1960	37.8
1959	37.2
1958	36.6
1957	35.9
1956	35.2
1955	34.6
1954	33.9
1953	33.2
1952	32.6
1951	32
1950	31.4

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Egypt
2026	43
2027	43.2
2028	43.3
2029	43.5
2030	43.6
2031	43.8
2032	44
2033	44.2
2034	44.4
2035	44.7
2036	44.9
2037	45.2
2038	45.4
2039	45.7
2040	46
2041	46.3
2042	46.6
2043	47
2044	47.3
2045	47.7
2046	48
2047	48.4
2048	48.8
2049	49.2
2050	49.6

Good to know

The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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