Cairo — governorate population
Cairo has a recorded base population of 10,203,693 for the governorate definition (Population reference date not supplied in local record). GeoNames administrative-unit record; the moving counter uses World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth, not new population observations.
At a glance
Separate UN urban-centre definition
Cairo UN urban centre: 25,566,102 people (2025), larger than the displayed governorate figure of 10,203,693. Separate GeoNames settlement record: 9,606,916; the UN value is larger (different boundaries; GeoNames population date unavailable). UN WUP 2025 Degree of Urbanisation; not a municipal/province boundary. Association: name/country/coordinates matched; boundary relationship unverified. No containment claim is made.
Administrative units of Cairo
4 administrative records listed; completeness not established. 4 of 4 population values available; population values and dates not independently verified.
Available-value subtotal: 1,372,905; not a reconciled total. Shares use the displayed governorate denominator 10,203,693; mixed/unknown dates are not comparable. An em dash means missing, not zero.
| Unit | Population | Share | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madīnat an Naşr | 668,413 | 6.55% | Not independently verified |
| Ḩadā’iq al Qubbah | 339,612 | 3.33% | Not independently verified |
| New Cairo | 313,139 | 3.07% | Not independently verified |
| Būlāq Abū al ‘Ilā | 51,741 | 0.51% | Not independently verified |
Comparable database records
Same definition label: governorate. Dates/boundaries may still differ; this is not a harmonised international city ranking. Ratios use 10,203,693 as denominator.
| Place | Population | vs Cairo |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 5,599,387 | −45.1% |
| Suez | 843,385 | −91.7% |
| Port Said | 789,241 | −92.3% |
About these numbers
Source: GeoNames administrative-unit record. Reference: Population reference date not supplied in local record; GeoNames record modified 2026-04-16 (not the population date). Live method: exponential projection from modelling anchor 2025-07-01 using World Bank national growth (2025); not measured local growth (+1.56% per year). This anchor is a modelling convention, not an observed population date. Tiles, ranks and comparisons use the recorded base figure 10,203,693, not the ticking estimate. Country/world denominators are World Bank values and can differ in date and method from local/UN values. Ranks cover only records with the same definition label in this database, not all cities in the world.
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