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A census is an enumeration of all the people of a nation or a registration region, a systematic and complete count of all who are living in specified places, usually on a specific date. 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.
[edit] Ancient censuses
[edit] Pharaonic Period, 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Landmark Censuses
- 1798 - Egypt's population was estimated at 3 million when Napoleon invaded the country.
- 1882 — The first census in Egypt had been carried out. The total population was 6.7 million.
- In 1947, a census indicated that Egypt's population was 19 million.
- A census in 1976 revealed that the population had risen to 36.6 million.
- 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.
- In 1996, the census found a population of 59.3 million.
[edit] 2006 census
- 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.
[edit] 2006 census details
[edit] Nationwide demographics
| Statement |
Total country |
بيـــــــان |
| Total Population Census 2006 |
72,579,030 |
تعداد الســكان لســـنة 2006 |
| %Change of Population compared with Census 1996 |
% 22 |
نسبة التغير في عدد السكان مقارنة بتعداد 1996 |
| Population Under 6 Years Old |
% 14 |
نسبة السكان اقل من 6 سنوات |
| Population Under 15 Years Old |
% 32 |
نسبة السكان اقل من 15 سنة |
| Population Over 45 Years Old |
% 20 |
نسبة لسكان اكبر من 45 سنة |
| No Of Households |
17,265,567 |
عدد الاسر |
| Household Population |
72,131,096 |
عدد الافراد بالاسر |
| Family average |
4.18 |
متوسط حجم الاسرة |
| No Bachelor's Graduates And Over |
5,476,704 |
عدد خريجو الجامعات |
| No Illiterates 2006 |
16,806,657 |
عدد الاميون |
| Raw Birth Rate |
26 |
معدل المواليد أحياء الخام |
| Raw Death Rate |
6 |
معدل الوفيات الخام |
[edit] Population by sex and residence
| Residence |
Males |
Females |
Total |
| Urban areas |
15,793,758 |
15,155,931 |
30,949,689 |
| Rural areas |
21,307,095 |
20,322,246 |
41,629,341 |
| Total Egypt |
37,100,855 |
35,478,177 |
72,579,030 |
[edit] 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% |
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