Egypt's official statistics agency reported that at about 5,000 births a day, the population of the nation has officially reached 100 million, a massive increase from 57 million in 1990. This is a 7 million increase since the publication of the latest census results in 2017, and the total population is now triple what it was in 1960. The United Nations Population Fund estimates that roughly 62% of the population are under 29 years-old, with a vast majority of the population living in urban areas around the Nile River.

In an effort to combat overcrowding, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi announced in 2015 that a new administrative capital will be built east of Cairo. Last week, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that overpopulation is the single largest challenge that Egypt faces. Recently, authorities have attempted to encourage citizens to have smaller families.

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