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Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Egypt

Rural population share in Egypt in 2025 — 57.1%. Ranked 51 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 5.1 pp.

2025 57.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 51of 217
Period maximum 62.2%1960
Period minimum 56%1986

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Egypt, 1960–2025565860626419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 62.2%1962: 61%1964: 59.7%1966: 58.8%1968: 58.1%1970: 57.4%1972: 56.9%1974: 56.5%1976: 56.2%1978: 56.2%1980: 56.1%1982: 56.1%1984: 56%1986: 56%1988: 56.1%1990: 56.4%1992: 56.8%1994: 57.2%1996: 57.4%1998: 57.3%2000: 57.3%2002: 57.2%2004: 57.1%2006: 57%2008: 57%2010: 57.1%2012: 57.2%2014: 57.3%2016: 57.5%2018: 57.5%2020: 57.5%2022: 57.4%2024: 57.2%2025: 57.1%
Change over the period: −5.1 pp Annual average: -0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Egypt

Egypt 57.1%
World 42.2%
Middle East & North Africa 44%
Northern Africa computed 47.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 56.6%
Rural population share — Egypt, by year Egypt All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 57.1 −0.1 pp
2024 57.2 −0.1 pp
2023 57.3 −0.1 pp
2022 57.4 −0.1 pp
2021 57.4 −0.1 pp
2020 57.5 −0 pp
2019 57.5 −0 pp
2018 57.5 −0 pp
2017 57.6 +0.1 pp
2016 57.5 +0.1 pp
2015 57.4 +0.1 pp
2014 57.3 +0.1 pp
2013 57.2 +0.1 pp
2012 57.2 +0.1 pp
2011 57.1 +0 pp
2010 57.1 +0 pp
2009 57.1 +0 pp
2008 57 +0 pp
2007 57 +0 pp
2006 57 −0 pp
2005 57 −0 pp
2004 57.1 −0 pp
2003 57.1 −0 pp
2002 57.2 −0.1 pp
2001 57.2 −0 pp
2000 57.3 −0 pp
1999 57.3 −0 pp
1998 57.3 −0 pp
1997 57.4 +0 pp
1996 57.4 +0.1 pp
1995 57.3 +0.1 pp
1994 57.2 +0.2 pp
1993 57 +0.2 pp
1992 56.8 +0.2 pp
1991 56.6 +0.2 pp
1990 56.4 +0.2 pp
1989 56.3 +0.1 pp
1988 56.1 +0.1 pp
1987 56 +0 pp
1986 56 −0 pp
1985 56 −0 pp
1984 56 −0 pp
1983 56.1 −0 pp
1982 56.1 −0 pp
1981 56.1 −0 pp
1980 56.1 −0 pp
1979 56.1 −0 pp
1978 56.2 −0 pp
1977 56.2 −0 pp
1976 56.2 −0.1 pp
1975 56.3 −0.1 pp
1974 56.5 −0.2 pp
1973 56.6 −0.2 pp
1972 56.9 −0.3 pp
1971 57.1 −0.3 pp
1970 57.4 −0.3 pp
1969 57.7 −0.3 pp
1968 58.1 −0.4 pp
1967 58.4 −0.4 pp
1966 58.8 −0.4 pp
1965 59.2 −0.5 pp
1964 59.7 −0.6 pp
1963 60.3 −0.6 pp
1962 61 −0.6 pp
1961 61.6 −0.6 pp
1960 62.2 —

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SD Sudan 65.1 EG Egypt 57.1 MA Morocco 36.9 TN Tunisia 29.3 DZ Algeria 24.2 LY Libya 12.1
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About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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