1. PopulationEgypt

   Egypt: the IMF counts 9.94M fewer people than the UN

   UNIMF

   How many people lived in Egypt in 2024? The IMF (April 2026) says 107M, the UN projection says 117M. Both are official; the gap is 9% of the UN figure. Why the counts differ, these data do not say.

   Source: IMF World Economic Outlook; UN World Population Prospects 2024Open on the chart →

More findings

• Egypt now has more people than Italy
• Egypt: 297 thousand more people died than usual in 2020–2021; officially 22 thousand died of COVID
• Egypt: the undernourished share is 1.8 times what it was in 2010
• Egypt: 44% of adults are obese, yet 31% of people lack adequate food
• Goals to lower fertility: 2 of 4 came true on time. Ethiopia: 4.27 children per woman against a target of 3
• Renewables’ share of electricity: 8 targets, 4 reached by the deadline. Germany: 55.1% against a target of 40%

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