Genetik
RU
Genetik/Peoples/Egyptians

Egyptians

Египтяне

language area per Glottologcensus counts
72,613,352
Egypt, census 2006 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
72,630,187
sum of censuses in 4 countries, 2006-2023
Afro-Asiatic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Egypt: 72,613,352 people in the 2006 census.

Official figures exist for 4 countries; together they add up to 72,630,187. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2006-2023) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

Main language: Egyptian Arabic. Glottolog classifies it in the Afro-Asiatic family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Egypt2006 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Egyptian» · [1]
72,613,352
Albania2023 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Egyptian» · [2]
12,375
North Macedonia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Egyptian» · [3]
2,406
Montenegro2011 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Egyptian» · [4]
2,054
Sum across 4 countries72,630,187

Languages and their lineage

Egyptian Arabic

  1. Afro-Asiaticafro1255
  2. Semiticsemi1276
  3. West Semiticwest2786
  4. Central Semiticcent2236
  5. Arabianarab1394
  6. Arabicarab1395
  7. Egyptic Arabicegyp1251
  8. Egypto-Sudanic Arabicegyp1254
  9. Egyptian Arabicegyp1253

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

MoroccansOromoAmharaSaudisJordaniansHausaLibyansSomalisTigray peopleOmanisGurage peoplePalestiniansAfar peopleTuareg AmazighsEmiratisBahrainisQatarisJewish peopleArabsIraqisAssyriansLebaneseAlgeriansMauritanians

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Egypt, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Albania, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  3. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. North Macedonia, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  4. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Montenegro, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  5. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)