page_title: Demographics of Egypt
section_title: Population Density by Governorate
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Egypt / Demographics by Governorate / Population Density by Governorate
caption_attribution_description: English: Population Distribution of Egypt
context_page_description: Egypt is the most populous country in the entire Middle East and the third-most populous on the African continent. About 95% of the country's 100 million people live along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. These regions are among the world's most densely populated, containing an average of over 1,540 per km², as compared to 96 persons per km² for the country as a whole.
  Small communities spread throughout the desert regions of Egypt are clustered around historic trade and transportation routes. The government has tried with mixed success to encourage migration to newly irrigated land reclaimed from the desert. However, the proportion of the population living in rural areas has continued to decrease as people move to the megacities in search of employment and a higher standard of living.
context_section_description: Data taken from CAPMAS:. Information for population is in thousands, pop density – persons/km² and area is in km².
caption: Egyptian Population Density in pre-2013 administrative divisions[needs update]
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