Census in Egypt
Appearance
The practice of conducting a periodic census began in Egypt in the second millennium BC, where it was used for tax gathering and to determine fitness for military services.
Pre-modern censuses
Pharaonic era (3050 BC)
Egypt is one of the first world countries to conduct a census. This is ensured by papyrus manuscripts, ancient monuments in Pharaonic temples, marking that the first census in Egypt was carried out in 3340 BC and in 3050 BC.[citation needed]
Islamic era (600 AD)
A census also took place in the era of Hesham Abdel Malek ben Marwan in the year 600 AD including the number of people, their ages and residences.
Napoleonic era (1798)
- 1798 - Egypt's population was estimated at 3 million when Napoleon invaded the country.
Muhammad Ali era (1848)
- 1848 — After preliminary enumerations in some urban areas and villages the first countrywide census was carried out. [1]
Modern censuses
Census Year |
Population[2] (in thousands) |
Arithmetic Density[3] (inhabitants/km2) |
---|---|---|
1882 | 6,712 | 6.65 |
1897 | 9,669 | 9.58 |
1907 | 11,190 | 11.09 |
1917 | 12,718 | 12.60 |
1927 | 14,178 | 14.05 |
1937 | 15,921 | 15.78 |
1947 | 18,967 | 18.79 |
1960 | 26,085 | 25.84 |
1966 | 30,076 | 29.79 |
1976 | 36,626 | 36.28 |
1986 | 48,254 | 47.80 |
1996 | 59,312 | 58.76 |
2006 | 72,798 | 70.70 |
1882
- 1882 — The first census in Egypt had been carried out. The total population was 6.7 million.
1947
- According to the 1947 census, Egypt's population had reached 19 million inhabitants.[4]
Province or governorate | Population (1947 census) |
---|---|
Alexandria | 928,237 |
Aswan | 285,551 |
Asyut | 1,379,875 |
Beheira | 1,242,478 |
Beni Suef | 613,365 |
Cairo | 2,100,486 |
Dakahlia | 1,366,085 |
Damietta | 124,104 |
Faiyum | 671,885 |
Frontiers | 216,872 |
Gharbia | 2,316,619 |
Girga (currently Sohag Governorate) | 1,288,425 |
Giza | 822,424 |
Ismailia | 132,810 |
Minya | 1,061,417 |
Monufia | 1,168,777 |
Port Said | 178,432 |
Qalyubia | 687,169 |
Qena | 1,106,296 |
Sharqia | 1,290,890 |
Suez | 108,250 |
Total population | 19,090,447 |
1976
- A census in 1976 revealed that the population had risen to 36.6 million.
1986
- In 1986, a census indicated that the population of Egypt reached a total of 50.4 million, including about 2.3 million Egyptians working in other countries.
1996
- In 1996, the census found a population of 59.3 million.
2006
- In 2006, the thirteenth census in the Egyptian census series revealed that the Egypt's population hit 76.5 million inside and outside the country.
Latest census details (2006)
Nationwide demographics
Statement | Total country | بيـــــــان |
---|---|---|
Total Population Census 2006 | 72,579,030 | تعداد الســكان لســـنة 2006 |
% Change in Population compared with Census 1996 | % 22 | نسبة التغير في عدد السكان مقارنة بتعداد 1996 |
% Change in Population Under 6 Years Old | % 168 | نسبة السكان اقل من 6 سنوات |
% Change in Population Under 15 Years Old | % 256+ | نسبة السكان اقل من 45سنة |
% Change in Population Over 45 Years Old | % 289 نسبة لسكان اكبر من 105سنة | |
Number of Households | 17,265,567 | عدد الاسر |
Household Population | 72,131,096 | عدد الافراد بالاسر |
Family average | 4.18 | متوسط حجم الاسرة |
Number of university graduates | 5,476,704 | عدد خريجو الجامعات |
Number of Illiterates 2006 | 16,806,657 | عدد الاميون |
Raw Birth Rate | 26 | معدل المواليد أحياء الخام |
Raw Death Rate | 6 | معدل الوفيات الخام |
Population by sex and residence
Residence | Males | Females | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Urban areas | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rural areas | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Total Egypt | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Population by governorate
Governorate | 1996 | 2006 | Change % |
---|---|---|---|
Cairo | 6,800,991 | 7,786,640 | 14.49 |
Giza | 4,784,095 | 6,272,571 | 31.11 |
Sharqia | 4,281,068 | 5,340,058 | 24.74 |
Dakahlia | 4,223,338 | 4,985,187 | 18.04 |
Beheira | 3,994,297 | 4,737,129 | 18.6 |
Gharbia | 3,404,339 | 4,010,298 | 17.8 |
Alexandria | 3,339,076 | 4,110,015 | 23.09 |
Minya | 3,310,129 | 4,179,309 | 26.26 |
Qalyubia | 3,281,135 | 4,237,003 | 29.13 |
Sohag | 3,123,114 | 3,746,377 | 19.96 |
Asyut | 2,802,334 | 3,441,597 | 22.81 |
Monufia | 2,760,429 | 3,270,404 | 18.47 |
Qena | 2,442,016 | 3,001,494 | 22.91 |
Kafr el-Sheikh | 2,223,383 | 2,618,111 | 17.75 |
Faiyum | 1,989,772 | 2,512,792 | 26.29 |
Beni Suef | 1,859,213 | 2,290,527 | 23.2 |
Aswan | 960,510 | 1,184,432 | 23.31 |
Damietta | 913,555 | 1,092,316 | 19.57 |
Ismailia | 714,828 | 942,832 | 31.9 |
Port Said | 472,331 | 570,768 | 20.84 |
Suez | 417,526 | 510,935 | 22.37 |
Luxor | 361,138 | 451,318 | 24.97 |
North Sinai | 252,160 | 339,752 | 34.74 |
Matruh | 212,001 | 322,341 | 52.05 |
Red Sea | 157,314 | 288,233 | 83.22 |
New Valley | 141,774 | 187,256 | 32.08 |
South Sinai | 54,806 | 149,335 | 172.48 |
Total Egypt | 59,276,672 | 72,579,030 | 22.44% |
See also
- Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics
- Demographics of Egypt
- Population history of Egypt
References
- General
- http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001038.htm
- http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/EgyptOnline/Miscellaneous/000002/0207000000000000001446.htm
- http://countrystudies.us/egypt/55.htm
- http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Pub/yearbook/yearbook2006/110104000000000001.htm
- http://www.citypopulation.de/Egypt.html
- http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/papyrus/records/971r.html
- CAPMAS website
- Specific
- ^ Cuno, Kenneth M., and Reimer, Michael J. (1997). "The Census Registers of Nineteenth-Century Egypt: A New Source for Social Historians". Taylor & Francis, Ltd. pp. 193–216. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
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- ^ Osman, Maged (11–17 May 2006). "No strength in numbers". Al-Ahram Weekly (794). Retrieved 2011-04-17.
- ^ Shousha, Aly Tewfik (1947). "Cholera Epidemic in Egypt: A Preliminary Report" (PDF). National Center for Biotechnology Information. p. 371. Retrieved 2010-08-07.