File Photo: An Egyptian nurse monitors newborn septuplets at the hospital of the University of Alexandria. AFP
The milestone was recorded on 16 August 2025, just 287 days after the population passed 107 million on 2 November 2024. The figure excludes more than 11 million Egyptians living abroad.
Between November 2024 and August 2025, Egypt registered 1.48 million births—an average of 5,165 births per day, or one birth every 16.7 seconds, according to CAPMAS data.
Slowing growth
CAPMAS noted that population growth has slowed: the 287 days it took to add one million people is longer than the 268 days needed to reach 107 million, and the 250 days for 106 million.
The slowdown is linked to a decline in daily births, down to 5,165 compared with 5,385 in the previous period and 5,599 before that.
The agency reported that Egypt’s birth rate fell to 18.5 per 1,000 population in 2024, compared with 19.4 per 1,000 in 2023.
Fertility has dropped sharply over the past decade, from 3.5 children per woman in 2014 to 2.41 in 2024.
Regional disparities
Upper Egypt continues to record the highest birth rates: Assiut (23.8 per 1,000), Sohag (23.7), Qena (22.3), Minya (21.9), and Beni Suef (20.7).
The lowest rates are in coastal and Delta governorates, led by Port Said (11.8), Damietta (14.3), Dakahlia (15), Gharbia (15), and Alexandria (15.4).
Challenge ahead
Despite the slowdown, CAPMAS warned that population growth remains a “major challenge” across economic, social, and environmental sectors.
Overpopulation, it said, strains resources and hinders efforts to improve living standards.
Egypt, the 13th most populous country in the world, has expanded campaigns in recent years to curb population growth.
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