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Culture & Society
Egypt's population has reached 109 million, adding one million people in just 267 days, with a new birth occurring every 15.9 seconds.
Egypt’s population has officially crossed the 109 million mark, with the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reporting a net increase of one million residents over a span of 267 days. The milestone, announced Saturday, follows the previous benchmark of 108 million recorded in August 2025, according to a formal statement on the agency’s website.
Statistical data reveals the country registers a newborn approximately every 15.9 seconds, underscoring a persistently high rate of natural population increase despite a relative decline in fertility rates in recent years. CAPMAS documented a shortening of the time needed to add each million: the latest million took 267 days, compared to 278 days for the prior million and 268 days for the one before that.
This acceleration is attributed to a rise in the average daily birth count to 5,439 newborns, up from 5,165 and 5,385 during the two previous million-person increments. Conversely, the average daily death count saw a slight uptick to 1,694 fatalities, versus 1,681 and 1,654 in earlier periods, highlighting a persistent and wide gap between birth and death rates.
Official figures show approximately 1.452 million births occurred between August 16, 2025, and May 9, 2026, equating to 227 children per hour and one birth every 15.9 seconds.
Preliminary indicators point to a drop in Egypt’s birth rate to 18.1 per 1,000 people in 2025, down from 18.5 per 1,000 in 2024, continuing a gradual downward trend. Observers attribute the fertility decline over the past five years to government policies and population awareness programs. The total fertility rate fell from 3.5 children per woman in 2014 to 2.85 in 2021, and further to 2.34 in 2025, signaling a gradual demographic shift even as overall population growth remains elevated.
