Largest Cities in Egypt 2026: Population Ranking

Egypt's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Cairo in orange

Egypt has 4 cities with more than a million inhabitants and 58 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Cairo with 9,606,916 people, followed by Alexandria (5,263,542) and Giza (4,367,343). The three largest cities together hold about 16% of the country's 120.6 million people.

The capital, Cairo, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Dakahlia (8), Qalyubia (5), Asyut (5).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Egypt population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Egypt atlas.

Egypt cities by population

58 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Egypt
1	CairoCapital	Cairo	9,606,916	8%
2	Alexandria	Alexandria	5,263,542	4.4%
3	Giza	Giza	4,367,343	3.6%
4	Shubrā al Khaymah	Qalyubia	1,240,289	1%
5	Port Said	Port Said	780,515	0.6%
6	Suez	Suez	699,541	0.6%
7	Al Mansurah	Dakahlia	621,953	0.5%
8	Al Maḩallah al Kubrá	Gharbia	592,573	0.5%
9	Tanta	Gharbia	576,648	0.5%
10	Assiut	Asyut	528,669	0.4%
11	Al Fayyum	Faiyum	519,047	0.4%
12	Al Khuşūş	Qalyubia	488,904	0.4%
13	Esna	Qena	462,787	0.4%
14	Zagazig	Sharqia	430,445	0.4%
15	Ismailia	Ismailia	429,465	0.4%
16	Luxor	Luxor	422,407	0.4%
17	Kom Ombo	Aswan	409,311	0.3%
18	Aswān	Aswan	379,774	0.3%
19	Damanhur	Beheira	318,207	0.3%
20	Damietta	Damietta	305,920	0.3%
21	Rosetta	Beheira	301,795	0.3%
22	Minya	Minya	283,605	0.2%
23	Banī Suwayf	Beni Suweif	273,151	0.2%
24	Shibīn al Kawm	Monufia	267,945	0.2%
25	Sohag	Sohag	266,944	0.2%
26	Qina	Qena	252,883	0.2%
27	Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān	Sharqia	246,148	0.2%
28	Hurghada	Red Sea	207,132	0.2%
29	Arīsh	North Sinai	199,243	0.2%
30	Kafr ash Shaykh	Kafr el-Sheikh	194,569	0.2%
31	Bilbeis	Sharqia	185,237	0.2%
32	Banhā	Qalyubia	182,254	0.2%
33	Idkū	Beheira	177,152	0.1%
34	Marsá Maţrūḩ	Matruh	176,498	0.1%
35	Al Maţarīyah	Dakahlia	162,045	0.1%
36	Qalyub	Qalyubia	156,363	0.1%
37	Abū Kabīr	Sharqia	154,466	0.1%
38	Mīt Ghamr	Dakahlia	153,754	0.1%
39	Disūq	Kafr el-Sheikh	149,291	0.1%
40	Al-'Ubūr	Qalyubia	138,987	0.1%
41	Bilqās	Dakahlia	137,080	0.1%
42	Būsh	Beni Suweif	136,441	0.1%
43	Sinnūris	Faiyum	133,532	0.1%
44	Kafr ad Dawwār	Beheira	128,539	0.1%
45	Al Manzalah	Dakahlia	127,394	0.1%
46	Munūf	Monufia	125,707	0.1%
47	Ashmūn	Monufia	124,483	0.1%
48	As Sinbillāwayn	Dakahlia	124,020	0.1%
49	Maghāghah	Minya	118,223	0.1%
50	Manfalūţ	Asyut	117,925	0.1%
51	Fāqūs	Sharqia	116,945	0.1%
52	Al Fashn	Beni Suweif	112,999	0.1%
53	Ţalkhā	Dakahlia	112,851	0.1%
54	Abnūb	Asyut	111,785	0.1%
55	Zefta	Gharbia	111,700	0.1%
56	Abū Tīj	Asyut	105,418	0.1%
57	Dayrūţ	Asyut	102,570	0.1%
58	Dikirnis	Dakahlia	101,082	0.1%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Egypt?

Cairo, with about 9,606,916 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Egypt?

Cairo — population 9,606,916, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Egypt have over one million people?

4: Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Shubrā al Khaymah.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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