Largest Cities in Egypt

73 cities with population over 100,000

Egypt has 73 cities with a population over 100,000. The largest city is Cairo with 9,606,916 people. The capital city is Cairo.

Country Population

107.3M

Major Cities

Largest City

Cairo

Capital

Cairo

Top 10 Cities

Cairo

9.6M

Alexandria

5.3M

Giza

4.4M

Shubrā al Khaymah

1.2M

Port Said

780,515

Suez

699,541

Madīnat an Naşr

668,413

Al Mansurah

621,953

Al Maḩallah al Kubrá

592,573

Tanta

576,648

All Cities in Egypt

Cities in Egypt ranked by population
#	City	Population	% of Country
1	CairoCapital	9,606,916	8.96%
2	Alexandria	5,263,542	4.91%
3	Giza	4,367,343	4.07%
4	Shubrā al Khaymah	1,240,289	1.16%
5	Port Said	780,515	0.73%
6	Suez	699,541	0.65%
7	Madīnat an Naşr	668,413	0.62%
8	Al Mansurah	621,953	0.58%
9	Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	592,573	0.55%
10	Tanta	576,648	0.54%
11	Assiut	528,669	0.49%
12	Al Fayyum	519,047	0.48%
13	Al Khuşūş	488,904	0.46%
14	Esna	462,787	0.43%
15	Zagazig	430,445	0.40%
16	Ismailia	429,465	0.40%
17	Luxor	422,407	0.39%
18	Kom Ombo	409,311	0.38%
19	Aswān	379,774	0.35%
20	6th of October City	368,650	0.34%
21	Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah	339,612	0.32%
22	Damanhur	318,207	0.30%
23	New Cairo	313,139	0.29%
24	Al Qāhirah al Jadīdah	313,139	0.29%
25	Damietta	305,920	0.29%
26	Rosetta	301,795	0.28%
27	Minya	283,605	0.26%
28	Banī Suwayf	273,151	0.25%
29	Shibīn al Kawm	267,945	0.25%
30	Sohag	266,944	0.25%
31	Qina	252,883	0.24%
32	Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān	246,148	0.23%
33	Ḩalwān	230,000	0.21%
34	Mallawī	212,628	0.20%
35	Hurghada	207,132	0.19%
36	Arīsh	199,243	0.19%
37	Kafr ash Shaykh	194,569	0.18%
38	Bilbeis	185,237	0.17%
39	Banhā	182,254	0.17%
40	Idkū	177,152	0.17%
41	Marsá Maţrūḩ	176,498	0.16%
42	Al Maţarīyah	162,045	0.15%
43	Qalyub	156,363	0.15%
44	Al Ḩawāmidīyah	155,055	0.14%
45	Abū Kabīr	154,466	0.14%
46	Mīt Ghamr	153,754	0.14%
47	Akhmīm	151,430	0.14%
48	Girga	151,256	0.14%
49	Disūq	149,291	0.14%
50	Samālūţ	142,009	0.13%
51	Al-'Ubūr	138,987	0.13%
52	Kirdāsah	137,588	0.13%
53	Bilqās	137,080	0.13%
54	Būsh	136,441	0.13%
55	Ţahţā	134,314	0.13%
56	Sinnūris	133,532	0.12%
57	Kafr ad Dawwār	128,539	0.12%
58	Al Manzalah	127,394	0.12%
59	Munūf	125,707	0.12%
60	Ashmūn	124,483	0.12%
61	As Sinbillāwayn	124,020	0.12%
62	Maghāghah	118,223	0.11%
63	Manfalūţ	117,925	0.11%
64	Fāqūs	116,945	0.11%
65	Banī Mazār	115,759	0.11%
66	Al Fashn	112,999	0.11%
67	Ţalkhā	112,851	0.11%
68	Abnūb	111,785	0.10%
69	Zefta	111,700	0.10%
70	Abū Tīj	105,418	0.10%
71	Dayrūţ	102,570	0.10%
72	Ţimā	101,130	0.09%
73	Dikirnis	101,082	0.09%

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