Egypt — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Egypt had an estimated population of 69,954,717 in 2005, with 153 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.
For current figures: Egypt today — population now 120,101,175, against 69,954,717 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 69,954,717 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 81,101,004 | 120,101,175 | +48% |
The two sources differ by 14% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Agglomerations, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | al-Qāhirah | 15,502,478 |
| 2 | al-Iskandarīyah | 4,269,105 |
| 3 | as-Suways | 590,112 |
| 4 | al-Manşūrah | 577,989 |
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo | Cairo | 7,734,614 | 9,606,916 now |
| 2 | Alexandria | Alexandria | 3,811,516 | 5,263,542 now |
| 3 | Gizeh | Gizeh | 2,443,203 | — |
| 4 | Shubra-El-Khema | al-Qalyūbiyah | 991,801 | — |
| 5 | Port Said | Port Said | 538,378 | 780,515 now |
| 6 | Suez | Suez | 488,125 | 699,541 now |
| 7 | El Mahalla el Kubra | Gharbia | 431,052 | — |
| 8 | Luxor | Luxor | 422,407 | 422,407 now |
| 9 | Asyut | Asyut | 420,585 | — |
| 10 | El Mansura | ad-Daqahlīyah | 420,195 | — |
| 11 | Tanta | Gharbia | 404,901 | 576,648 now |
| 12 | El Faiyum | El Faiyum | 306,393 | — |
| 13 | El Zagazig | Sharkia | 285,097 | — |
| 14 | Ismailia | Ismailia | 284,813 | 429,465 now |
| 15 | Kafr el Dauwar | Behera | 267,370 | — |
| 16 | Aswan | Aswan | 241,261 | 379,774 now |
| 17 | Qena | Qena | 235,362 | — |
| 18 | Damanhoor | Behera | 227,943 | — |
| 19 | Menia | Menia | 227,150 | — |
| 20 | Sohag | Sohag | 209,419 | 266,944 now |
| 21 | Beni Suef | Beni Suef | 189,624 | — |
| 22 | Shebin-El-Kom | Menufia | 184,097 | — |
| 23 | Benha | al-Qalyūbiyah | 167,029 | — |
| 24 | Edfo | Qena | 166,102 | — |
| 25 | Talkha | ad-Daqahlīyah | 157,737 | — |
| 26 | Kafr el Sheikh | Kafr el Sheikh | 143,970 | — |
| 27 | Melawi | Menia | 142,504 | — |
| 28 | Dekernes | ad-Daqahlīyah | 137,542 | — |
| 29 | Belbees | Sharkia | 129,211 | — |
| 30 | El Arish | North Sinai | 128,855 | — |
| 31 | Gerga | Sohag | 128,250 | — |
| 32 | Meet Ghamr | ad-Daqahlīyah | 109,603 | — |
| 33 | al-H̨awāmidiyah | Gizeh | 106,841 | 155,055 now |
| 34 | Edko | Behera | 105,599 | — |
| 35 | Belkas | ad-Daqahlīyah | 103,596 | — |
| 36 | Desuk | Kafr el Sheikh | 102,037 | — |
| 37 | Abo Kabir | Sharkia | 100,684 | — |
| 38 | Qalyūb | al-Qalyūbiyah | 100,495 | 156,363 now |
| 39 | Akhmim | Sohag | 99,446 | 151,430 now |
| 40 | Mataria | ad-Daqahlīyah | 99,357 | — |
| 41 | Hurghada | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 95,622 | 207,132 now |
| 42 | Zefta | Gharbia | 92,667 | — |
| 43 | Tahta | Sohag | 90,591 | — |
| 44 | Samaloot | Menia | 90,465 | — |
| 45 | Boosh | Beni Suef | 86,608 | — |
| 46 | El Senbelaween | ad-Daqahlīyah | 85,380 | — |
| 47 | Hosh Eisa | Behera | 85,352 | — |
| 48 | Menoof | Menufia | 83,651 | — |
| 49 | Ashmoon | Menufia | 82,507 | — |
| 50 | Sanoores | El Faiyum | 81,217 | — |
| 51 | Manfaloot | Asyut | 78,744 | — |
| 52 | Armant | Qena | 77,652 | — |
| 53 | Damietta | Damietta | 76,839 | — |
| 54 | Kafr el Zayat | Gharbia | 73,725 | — |
| 55 | Maghagheh | Menia | 71,367 | — |
| 56 | Abo Teeg | Asyut | 71,257 | — |
| 57 | Tema | Sohag | 70,063 | — |
| 58 | Esna | Qena | 69,335 | — |
| 59 | Abnub | Asyut | 68,749 | — |
| 60 | El Qoseyia | Asyut | 68,394 | — |
| 61 | El Gamalia | ad-Daqahlīyah | 68,381 | — |
| 62 | Dayroot | Asyut | 67,788 | — |
| 63 | Tookh | al-Qalyūbiyah | 67,599 | — |
| 64 | El Manzala | ad-Daqahlīyah | 67,486 | — |
| 65 | Meniat el Kamh | Sharkia | 66,338 | — |
| 66 | Rosetta | Behera | 64,481 | — |
| 67 | Beyla | Kafr el Sheikh | 64,249 | — |
| 68 | Oseem | Gizeh | 63,862 | — |
| 69 | al-Fašn | Beni Suef | 63,793 | — |
| 70 | Fowa | Kafr el Sheikh | 63,310 | — |
| 71 | Fakoos | Sharkia | 62,821 | — |
| 72 | El Khanka | al-Qalyūbiyah | 62,434 | — |
| 73 | Marsa Matruh | Matruh | 62,042 | 176,498 now |
| 74 | El Korin | Sharkia | 61,730 | — |
| 75 | Abo Korkas | Menia | 61,182 | — |
| 76 | El Mansha | Sohag | 61,134 | — |
| 77 | El Badrashin | Gizeh | 60,494 | — |
| 78 | Koos | Qena | 60,181 | — |
| 79 | Beba | Beni Suef | 59,938 | — |
| 80 | Koom Ombo | Aswan | 59,787 | — |
| 81 | El Harga | al-Wadi al-Jadid | 59,183 | — |
| 82 | Faraskoor | Damietta | 58,284 | — |
| 83 | Beni Mazar | Menia | 58,153 | — |
| 84 | El Asher men Ramadan | Sharkia | 57,008 | — |
| 85 | Meniat el Nasr | ad-Daqahlīyah | 56,951 | — |
| 86 | Shebin el Kanater | al-Qalyūbiyah | 56,872 | — |
| 87 | El Kanater el Khira | al-Qalyūbiyah | 56,302 | — |
| 88 | Basyoon | Gharbia | 55,523 | — |
| 89 | Samanood | Gharbia | 54,980 | — |
| 90 | Sherbeen | ad-Daqahlīyah | 54,676 | — |
| 91 | Deshna | Qena | 54,197 | — |
| 92 | Farshoot | Qena | 53,851 | — |
| 93 | Diyarb Najm | Sharkia | 51,841 | — |
| 94 | Sers el Mayan | Menufia | 51,814 | — |
| 95 | El Tal el Kebeer | Sharkia | 51,569 | — |
| 96 | Tala | Menufia | 51,498 | — |
| 97 | Ebshowai | El Faiyum | 51,173 | — |
| 98 | Kafr Saʿd | Damietta | 49,558 | — |
| 99 | El Balyana | Sohag | 48,801 | — |
| 100 | El Shoohada | Menufia | 48,060 | — |
| 101 | Sedi Salem | Kafr el Sheikh | 47,998 | — |
| 102 | al-Ġanāyim | Menia | 47,889 | — |
| 103 | Gohayna | Sohag | 47,821 | — |
| 104 | Tamia | El Faiyum | 46,866 | — |
| 105 | El Hamool | Kafr el Sheikh | 45,798 | — |
| 106 | Mashtool el Sook | Sharkia | 45,798 | — |
| 107 | Etsa | El Faiyum | 45,269 | — |
| 108 | Maţāy | Menia | 45,215 | — |
| 109 | El Badari | Asyut | 44,132 | — |
| 110 | Hihyā | Sharkia | 43,432 | — |
| 111 | El Qiniat | Sharkia | 42,912 | — |
| 112 | Qowesna | Menufia | 42,708 | — |
| 113 | Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar | Gizeh | 41,930 | — |
| 114 | Etay el Barood | Behera | 41,797 | — |
| 115 | Abo el Matamer | Behera | 41,302 | — |
| 116 | Nag Hammadi | Qena | 41,184 | — |
| 117 | Dir Mowas | Menia | 40,609 | — |
| 118 | El Delengat | Behera | 40,386 | — |
| 119 | El Zarka | Damietta | 40,010 | — |
| 120 | El Brulus | Kafr el Sheikh | 39,418 | — |
| 121 | El Maragheh | Sohag | 38,403 | — |
| 122 | El Saf | Gizeh | 38,213 | — |
| 123 | Ehnasia | Beni Suef | 38,195 | — |
| 124 | Ezbet el Borg | Damietta | 37,953 | — |
| 125 | El Wasta | Beni Suef | 37,453 | — |
| 126 | Somesta | Beni Suef | 37,260 | — |
| 127 | Koom Hamada | Behera | 36,751 | — |
| 128 | El Bagoor | Menufia | 36,633 | — |
| 129 | an-Nāşir | Aswan | 35,581 | — |
| 130 | Abū H̨ammād | Sharkia | 35,157 | — |
| 131 | Kafr Sakr | Sharkia | 34,967 | — |
| 132 | El Ayat | Gizeh | 34,796 | — |
| 133 | Ajā | ad-Daqahlīyah | 34,692 | — |
| 134 | El Ebrahemia | Sharkia | 34,638 | — |
| 135 | Mootbas | Kafr el Sheikh | 34,206 | — |
| 136 | Abo Homos | Behera | 34,182 | — |
| 137 | Birkat-as-Sabʿ | Menufia | 33,854 | — |
| 138 | Safaga | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 32,944 | — |
| 139 | Rafah̨ | North Sinai | 30,679 | — |
| 140 | El Rahmania | Behera | 29,961 | — |
| 141 | al-Wāh̨āt-al-Bah̨rīyah | Gizeh | 29,681 | — |
| 142 | Sāh̨īl Salim | Asyut | 29,481 | — |
| 143 | El Hessenia | Sharkia | 28,782 | — |
| 144 | Shabrakhit | Behera | 28,696 | — |
| 145 | Qullīn | Kafr el Sheikh | 28,560 | — |
| 146 | Ras Gharib | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 28,236 | — |
| 147 | Dar-as-Salām | Sohag | 28,074 | — |
| 148 | El Daba | Matruh | 27,128 | — |
| 149 | El Mahmoodia | Behera | 25,575 | — |
| 150 | El Qusir | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 24,653 | — |
| 151 | Kotoor | Gharbia | 23,842 | — |
| 152 | Faʿid | Ismailia | 19,188 | — |
| 153 | El Tur | Janūb Sīna | 14,972 | — |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
Administrative divisions, 2005
| # | Name | Population (2005) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cairo | 7,734,614 |
| 2 | Gizeh | 5,649,352 |
| 3 | Sharkia | 5,109,642 |
| 4 | ad-Daqahlīyah | 4,923,285 |
| 5 | Behera | 4,689,632 |
| 6 | Menia | 4,047,988 |
| 7 | Gharbia | 3,920,800 |
| 8 | al-Qalyūbiyah | 3,881,462 |
| 9 | Sohag | 3,815,478 |
| 10 | Alexandria | 3,811,516 |
| 11 | Asyut | 3,425,572 |
| 12 | Menufia | 3,228,928 |
| 13 | Qena | 2,936,607 |
| 14 | Kafr el Sheikh | 2,585,869 |
| 15 | El Faiyum | 2,425,245 |
| 16 | Beni Suef | 2,256,564 |
| 17 | Aswan | 1,116,662 |
| 18 | Damietta | 1,076,132 |
| 19 | Ismailia | 863,315 |
| 20 | Port Said | 538,378 |
| 21 | Suez | 488,125 |
| 22 | Luxor | 422,407 |
| 23 | North Sinai | 314,258 |
| 24 | Matruh | 269,227 |
| 25 | al-Bah̨r-al-Ah̨mar | 187,553 |
| 26 | al-Wadi al-Jadid | 169,598 |
| 27 | Janūb Sīna | 66,508 |
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.