Largest cities in Egypt

The largest cities in Egypt, ranked by population.

The total population of Egypt is 98,722,400 as of 27-May-19 , which represents 1.28% of global population and ranks Egypt # 13 worldwide.

Numbers generally reflect the city population, rather than the urban areas, municipality, or urban agglomeration. Note that double listings may reflect different spellings or definitions of urban agglomerations.

List: the biggest cities in Egypt

CityCountryPopulationLast updateTime zone
  • Cairo
  • Egypt 7,734,614 6/3/15Africa/Cairo
  • Alexandria
  • Egypt 3,811,516 11/10/17Africa/Cairo
  • Giza
  • Egypt 2,443,203 2/25/19Africa/Cairo
  • Port Said
  • Egypt 538,378 7/6/16Africa/Cairo
  • Suez
  • Egypt 488,125 12/1/13Africa/Cairo
  • Al Maḩallah al Kubrá
  • Egypt 431,052 6/5/14Africa/Cairo
  • Luxor
  • Egypt 422,407 1/28/16Africa/Cairo
  • Asyūţ
  • Egypt 420,585 1/28/16Africa/Cairo
  • Al Manşūrah
  • Egypt 420,195 6/5/13Africa/Cairo
  • Tanda
  • Egypt 404,901 7/6/13Africa/Cairo
  • Al Fayyūm
  • Egypt 306,393 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Zagazig
  • Egypt 285,097 4/21/13Africa/Cairo
  • Ismailia
  • Egypt 284,813 5/12/14Africa/Cairo
  • Kafr ad Dawwār
  • Egypt 267,370 8/7/15Africa/Cairo
  • Aswan
  • Egypt 241,261 6/3/15Africa/Cairo
  • Qinā
  • Egypt 235,362 2/28/19Africa/Cairo
  • Ḩalwān
  • Egypt 230,000 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Damanhūr
  • Egypt 227,943 3/8/14Africa/Cairo
  • Al Minyā
  • Egypt 227,150 4/11/17Africa/Cairo
  • Idkū
  • Egypt 210,678 4/21/18Africa/Cairo
  • Sohag
  • Egypt 209,419 1/28/16Africa/Cairo
  • New Cairo
  • Egypt 200,000 12/6/17Africa/Cairo
  • Banī Suwayf
  • Egypt 189,624 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Shibīn al Kawm
  • Egypt 186,345 8/4/13Africa/Cairo
  • Banhā
  • Egypt 167,029 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Ţalkhā
  • Egypt 157,737 6/5/13Africa/Cairo
  • Kafr ash Shaykh
  • Egypt 143,970 5/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Mallawī
  • Egypt 142,504 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Dikirnis
  • Egypt 137,542 7/6/13Africa/Cairo
  • Idfū
  • Egypt 133,000 8/6/15Africa/Cairo
  • Bilbays
  • Egypt 129,211 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Arish
  • Egypt 128,855 11/10/17Africa/Cairo
  • Jirjā
  • Egypt 128,250 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Ḩawāmidīyah
  • Egypt 106,841 4/6/18Africa/Cairo
  • Bilqās
  • Egypt 103,596 6/5/13Africa/Cairo
  • Disūq
  • Egypt 102,037 9/6/15Africa/Cairo
  • Abū Kabīr
  • Egypt 100,684 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Qalyūb
  • Egypt 100,495 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Akhmīm
  • Egypt 99,446 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Maţarīyah
  • Egypt 99,357 2/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Hurghada
  • Egypt 95,622 7/15/14Africa/Cairo
  • Zefta
  • Egypt 92,667 3/26/18Africa/Cairo
  • Ţahţā
  • Egypt 90,591 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Samālūţ
  • Egypt 90,465 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Būsh
  • Egypt 86,608 4/19/11Africa/Cairo
  • Ḩawsh ‘Īsá
  • Egypt 85,352 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Munūf
  • Egypt 83,651 5/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Ashmūn
  • Egypt 82,507 5/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Manfalūţ
  • Egypt 78,744 7/12/17Africa/Cairo
  • Damietta
  • Egypt 76,839 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Kafr az Zayyāt
  • Egypt 73,725 7/12/17Africa/Cairo
  • Abū Tīj
  • Egypt 71,257 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Isnā
  • Egypt 69,335 10/17/17Africa/Cairo
  • Abnūb
  • Egypt 68,749 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Qūşīyah
  • Egypt 68,394 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Jammālīyah
  • Egypt 68,381 5/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Dayrūţ
  • Egypt 67,788 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Khārijah
  • Egypt 67,700 4/11/17Africa/Cairo
  • Toukh
  • Egypt 67,599 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Al Manzalah
  • Egypt 67,486 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Rosetta
  • Egypt 64,481 4/1/19Africa/Cairo
  • Awsīm
  • Egypt 63,862 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Fashn
  • Egypt 63,793 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Fuwwah
  • Egypt 63,310 9/6/15Africa/Cairo
  • Fāqūs
  • Egypt 62,821 5/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Al Khānkah
  • Egypt 62,434 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Mersa Matruh
  • Egypt 62,042 5/28/14Africa/Cairo
  • Al Qurayn
  • Egypt 61,730 4/6/18Africa/Cairo
  • Abū Qurqāş
  • Egypt 61,182 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Manshāh
  • Egypt 61,134 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Kousa
  • Egypt 60,181 7/14/17Africa/Cairo
  • Kawm Umbū
  • Egypt 59,787 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Fāraskūr
  • Egypt 58,284 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Banī Mazār
  • Egypt 58,153 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Minyat an Naşr
  • Egypt 56,951 7/6/13Africa/Cairo
  • Shibīn al Qanāṭir
  • Egypt 56,872 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Al Qanāţir al Khayrīyah
  • Egypt 56,302 4/13/18Africa/Cairo
  • Basyūn
  • Egypt 55,523 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Samannūd
  • Egypt 54,980 7/6/13Africa/Cairo
  • Shirbīn
  • Egypt 54,676 2/8/17Africa/Cairo
  • Dishnā
  • Egypt 54,197 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Farshūţ
  • Egypt 53,851 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Diyarb Najm
  • Egypt 51,841 7/6/13Africa/Cairo
  • At Tall al Kabīr
  • Egypt 51,569 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Talā
  • Egypt 51,498 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Ibshawāy
  • Egypt 51,173 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Al Balyanā
  • Egypt 48,801 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Ash Shuhadā’
  • Egypt 48,060 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Sīdī Sālim
  • Egypt 47,998 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Juhaynah
  • Egypt 47,821 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Ţāmiyah
  • Egypt 46,866 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Mashtūl as Sūq
  • Egypt 45,798 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Ḩāmūl
  • Egypt 45,798 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Ain Sukhna
  • Egypt 45,552 9/20/16Africa/Cairo
  • Iţsā
  • Egypt 45,269 12/5/18Africa/Cairo
  • Maţāy
  • Egypt 45,215 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Badārī
  • Egypt 44,132 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Hihyā
  • Egypt 43,432 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al Qanāyāt
  • Egypt 42,912 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Quwaysinā
  • Egypt 42,708 2/28/12Africa/Cairo
  • Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar
  • Egypt 41,930 4/19/11Africa/Cairo
  • Abū al Maţāmīr
  • Egypt 41,302 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Naja' Ḥammādī
  • Egypt 41,184 7/10/17Africa/Cairo
  • Dayr Mawās
  • Egypt 40,609 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Ad Dilinjāt
  • Egypt 40,386 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Az Zarqā
  • Egypt 40,010 7/7/13Africa/Cairo
  • Aş Şaff
  • Egypt 38,213 7/16/17Africa/Cairo
  • ‘Izbat al Burj
  • Egypt 37,953 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Al Wāsiţah
  • Egypt 37,453 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Sumusţā as Sulţānī
  • Egypt 37,260 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Kawm Ḩamādah
  • Egypt 36,751 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Al Bājūr
  • Egypt 36,633 1/10/19Africa/Cairo
  • Kafr Şaqr
  • Egypt 34,967 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Al ‘Ayyāţ
  • Egypt 34,796 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Ajā
  • Egypt 34,692 3/15/18Africa/Cairo
  • Al Ibrāhīmīyah
  • Egypt 34,638 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Safaga
  • Egypt 32,944 4/21/17Africa/Cairo
  • Ras Gharib
  • Egypt 32,000 8/6/15Africa/Cairo
  • Al Quşayr
  • Egypt 24,653 10/19/18Africa/Cairo
  • Quţūr
  • Egypt 23,842 7/14/17Africa/Cairo
  • Al Bawīţī
  • Egypt 20,000 7/11/17Africa/Cairo
  • El Gouna
  • Egypt 15,000 9/23/16Africa/Cairo
  • El-Tor
  • Egypt 14,972 4/11/17Africa/Cairo
  • Sharm el-Sheikh
  • Egypt 12,000 1/11/14Africa/Cairo
  • Marsa Alam
  • Egypt 10,000 7/16/14Africa/Cairo
  • Dahab
  • Egypt 8,000 11/24/17Africa/Cairo
  • Al ‘Alamayn
  • Egypt 7,400 12/1/13Africa/Cairo
  • Siwa Oasis
  • Egypt 7,000 8/19/14Africa/Cairo
  • Qaşr al Farāfirah
  • Egypt 5,000 1/19/12Africa/Cairo
  • Nuwaybi‘a
  • Egypt 5,000 9/26/16Africa/Cairo
  • Abu Simbel
  • Egypt 5,000 12/24/16Africa/Cairo
  • Saint Catherine
  • Egypt 4,603 5/9/13Africa/Cairo
  • Makadi Bay
  • Egypt 4,000 11/26/13Africa/Cairo
  • Munshāt ‘Alī Āghā
  • Egypt 3,847 7/10/17Africa/Cairo

     

     



    Country codes for Egypt

    • 2 digit ISO country code (A2) for Egypt : EG
    • 3 digit UN country code (A3) for Egypt : EGY
    • Numeric U.N. country code for Egypt : 818

    DIALING CODE for Egypt : 20

    Flag of Egypt (when applicable):

     

    The population data for this list of cities and towns in Egypt was derived from several sources, including GeoNames and Wikipedia.