Egypt: Greater Cairo
Contents: Districts
The population of the districts of Greater Cairo according to census results and latest official estimates.
icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure (gender, urbanization).| Name | Status | Native | Governorate | Population Census 1996-11-19 | Population Census 2006-11-11 | Population Estimate 2017-07-01 | Population Estimate 2021-07-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Māyū [15th of May City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم 15 مايو | Al-Qāhirah | 65,560 | 90,740 | 93,879 | 98,521 | → |
| 'Ābidīn | Kism (fully urban) | قسم عابدين | Al-Qāhirah | 48,704 | 42,223 | 40,450 | 42,477 | → |
| Ad-Darb al-Aḥmar | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الدرب الأحمر | Al-Qāhirah | 78,375 | 60,488 | 58,677 | 61,588 | → |
| Ad-Duqqī | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الدقي | Al-Jīzah | ... | 83,430 | 71,161 | 74,964 | → |
| 'Ain Schams | Kism (fully urban) | قسم عين شمس | Al-Qāhirah | 469,030 | 525,034 | 616,374 | 646,982 | → |
| Al-Ahrām | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الأهرام | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 661,478 | 696,696 | → |
| Al-'Ajūzah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم العجوزة | Al-Jīzah | ... | 258,511 | 279,400 | 294,299 | → |
| Al-Amīriīah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الاميريه | Al-Qāhirah | 164,211 | 165,407 | 153,046 | 160,658 | → |
| Al-Azbakiyah [Azbakeya] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الأزبكية | Al-Qāhirah | 30,375 | 28,033 | 19,826 | 20,816 | → |
| Al-Badrashayn [Badrshein] | Markaz | مركز البدرشين | Al-Jīzah | 285,858 | 383,610 | 539,656 | 584,885 | → |
| Al-Basātīn | Kism (fully urban) | قسم البساتين | Al-Qāhirah | 326,220 | 390,894 | 497,041 | 521,642 | → |
| Al-Ḥawāmidiyah | Kism (urban and rural parts) | قسم الحوامدية | Al-Jīzah | 115,376 | 140,408 | 191,552 | 203,371 | → |
| Al-Jamāliyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الجمالية | Al-Qāhirah | 59,159 | 49,834 | 36,485 | 38,299 | → |
| Al-Jīzah [Giza] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 238,567 | 251,596 | 286,668 | 301,967 | → |
| Al-Jīzah [Giza] | Markaz | مركز الجيزة | Al-Jīzah | 180,568 | 241,506 | 369,351 | 399,467 | → |
| Al-Khalīfah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الخليفة | Al-Qāhirah | ... | ... | 105,578 | 110,815 | → |
| Al-Khānkah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الخانكه | Al-Qalyūbyah | 55,013 | 59,077 | 76,744 | 81,646 | → |
| Al-Khānkah | Markaz | مركز الخانكة | Al-Qalyūbyah | ... | 377,014 | 574,569 | 606,693 | → |
| Al-Khuṣūṣ | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الخصوص | Al-Qalyūbyah | ... | 291,242 | 459,586 | 488,904 | → |
| Al-Ma'ādī [Maadi] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المعادي | Al-Qāhirah | 70,415 | 78,122 | 88,869 | 93,291 | → |
| Al-Marj [El Marg] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المرج | Al-Qāhirah | 251,589 | 507,035 | 801,222 | 840,978 | → |
| Al-Ma'ṣarah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المعصره | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 252,780 | 270,907 | 284,370 | → |
| Al-Maṭariyah [Matariyyah] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المطرية | Al-Qāhirah | 498,670 | 498,663 | 604,428 | 634,405 | → |
| Al-Muqaṭṭam | Kism (fully urban) | قسم المقطم | Al-Qāhirah | ... | ... | 224,860 | 236,015 | → |
| Al-Mūskī | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الموسكي | Al-Qāhirah | 28,582 | 22,294 | 16,715 | 17,550 | → |
| Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 1 [New Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول القاهرة الجديدة | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 27,990 | 136,271 | 143,025 | → |
| Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 2 [New Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان القاهرة الجديدة | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 40,005 | 90,960 | 95,482 | → |
| Al-Qāhirah al-Jadīdah 3 [New Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثالث القاهره الجديده | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 54,344 | 71,112 | 74,632 | → |
| Al-Qanāṭir al-Khayriyah | Markaz | مركز القناطر الخيرية | Al-Qalyūbyah | 296,731 | 383,102 | 507,179 | 536,164 | → |
| Al-'Ubūr [El Ubour] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم العبور | Al-Qalyūbyah | ... | 43,600 | 130,654 | 138,987 | → |
| Al-'Umrāniyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم العمرانية | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 367,274 | 386,844 | → |
| Al-Warrāq | Kism (urban and rural parts) | قسم الوراق | Al-Jīzah | 395,258 | 509,129 | 724,963 | 774,581 | → |
| Al-Waylī | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الوايلي | Al-Qāhirah | 89,758 | 77,649 | 79,548 | 83,515 | → |
| An-Nuzhah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم النزهة | Al-Qāhirah | 154,969 | 161,946 | 231,987 | 243,517 | → |
| Ash-Sharābiyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الشرابية | Al-Qāhirah | 247,433 | 215,595 | 187,806 | 197,146 | → |
| Ash-Shaykh Zāyid [Sheikh Zayed City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الشيخ زايد | Al-Jīzah | 0 | 29,422 | 90,997 | 95,854 | → |
| Ash-Shurūq | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الشروق | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 22,570 | 87,565 | 91,899 | → |
| As-Sāḥil | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الساحل | Al-Qāhirah | 333,929 | 305,322 | 317,442 | 333,210 | → |
| As-Salām 1 | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول السلام | Al-Qāhirah | 304,553 | 441,000 | 482,271 | 506,185 | → |
| As-Salām 2 | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان السلام | Al-Qāhirah | 52,329 | 108,000 | 154,267 | 161,909 | → |
| As-Sayyidah Zaynab | Kism (fully urban) | قسم السيدة زينب | Al-Qāhirah | 156,142 | 132,249 | 136,722 | 143,525 | → |
| Aṭ-Ṭālbīah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الطالبيه | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 459,178 | 483,690 | → |
| At-Tibbīn | Kism (fully urban) | قسم التبين | Al-Qāhirah | 59,366 | 68,897 | 72,276 | 75,872 | → |
| Awsīm [Ossim] | Markaz | مركز أوسيم | Al-Jīzah | 193,751 | 275,059 | 384,527 | 415,735 | → |
| Aẓ-Ẓāhir | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الظاهر | Al-Qāhirah | 67,031 | 64,009 | 72,101 | 75,695 | → |
| Az-Zamālik [Zamalek] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الزمالك | Al-Qāhirah | 15,343 | 17,365 | 14,993 | 15,742 | → |
| Az-Zāwiyah al-Ḥamrā' | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الزاوية الحمراء | Al-Qāhirah | 306,165 | 315,465 | 319,198 | 335,060 | → |
| Az-Zaytūn [Zeitoun] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم الزيتون | Al-Qāhirah | 159,172 | 156,910 | 174,738 | 183,443 | → |
| Bāb ash-Sha'riyah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم باب الشعرية | Al-Qāhirah | 59,956 | 54,084 | 46,823 | 49,145 | → |
| Būlāq | Kism (fully urban) | قسم بولاق | Al-Qāhirah | 75,098 | 62,470 | 48,301 | 50,709 | → |
| Būlāq al-Dakrūr | Kism (fully urban) | قسم بولاق الدكرور | Al-Jīzah | ... | 701,655 | 963,201 | 1,014,537 | → |
| Dār as-Salām | Kism (fully urban) | قسم دار السلام | Al-Qāhirah | 340,708 | 430,763 | 527,335 | 553,472 | → |
| Hada'iq al-Qubbah | Kism (fully urban) | قسم حدائق القبة | Al-Qāhirah | 304,478 | 289,758 | 317,092 | 332,851 | → |
| Ḥulwān [Helwan] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم حلوان | Al-Qāhirah | ... | 396,791 | 522,927 | 548,919 | → |
| Imbābah [Imbaba] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم امبابة | Al-Jīzah | 523,265 | 598,882 | 634,686 | 668,471 | → |
| Kirdāsah | Markaz | مركز كرداسة | Al-Jīzah | ... | ... | 449,596 | 485,132 | → |
| Madīnat an-Naṣr 1 [Nasr City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مدينة نصر أول | Al-Qāhirah | 291,571 | 501,597 | 636,864 | 668,413 | → |
| Madīnat an-Naṣr 2 [Nasr City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثانى مدينه نصر | Al-Qāhirah | 68,156 | 75,917 | 72,414 | 75,994 | → |
| Madīnat 'Ashirh min-Ramaḍān 1 [10th of Ramadan City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول مدينة عشرة رمضان | Ash-Sharqiyah | ... | 58,986 | 74,164 | 83,191 | → |
| Madīnat 'Ashirh min-Ramaḍān 2 [10th of Ramadan City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان مدينة عشرة رمضان | Ash-Sharqiyah | ... | 66,934 | 145,278 | 162,957 | → |
| Madīnat Badr | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مدينة بدر | Al-Qāhirah | 248 | 17,158 | 31,398 | 32,940 | → |
| Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 2 [6th of October City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان 6 أكتوبر | Al-Jīzah | ... | 115,302 | 197,019 | 207,505 | → |
| Madīnat Sittah Uktūbar 1 & 3 [6th of October City] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول 6 أكتوبر / قسم ثالث 6 أكتوبر | Al-Jīzah | ... | 38,791 | 152,999 | 161,145 | → |
| Miṣr al-Jādidah [Heliopolis] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مصر الجديدة | Al-Qāhirah | 120,977 | 113,611 | 134,549 | 141,237 | → |
| Miṣr al-Qadīmah [Old Cairo] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم مصر القديمة | Al-Qāhirah | 228,683 | 217,390 | 251,125 | 263,577 | → |
| Munsha'āt Nāṣr [Manshiyat Naser] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم منشأة ناصر | Al-Qāhirah | 168,425 | 262,050 | 259,205 | 272,062 | → |
| Qalyūb | Kism (fully urban) | قسم قليوب | Al-Qalyūbyah | 77,081 | 107,303 | 146,987 | 156,363 | → |
| Qalyūb | Markaz | مركز قليوب | Al-Qalyūbyah | 264,375 | 365,892 | 561,254 | 592,638 | → |
| Qaṣr an-Nīl | Kism (fully urban) | قسم قصر النيل | Al-Qāhirah | 12,935 | 10,035 | 10,596 | 11,130 | → |
| Rūd al-Faraj [Rod El Farag] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم روض الفرج | Al-Qāhirah | 178,145 | 144,510 | 146,102 | 153,382 | → |
| Shubrā | Kism (fully urban) | قسم شبرا | Al-Qāhirah | 83,753 | 71,118 | 76,942 | 80,777 | → |
| Shubrā al-Khaymah 1 [Shubra el-Kheima] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم أول شبرا الخيمة | Al-Qalyūbyah | 416,812 | 461,689 | 483,762 | 514,637 | → |
| Shubrā al-Khaymah 2 [Shubra el-Kheima] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم ثان شبرا الخيمة | Al-Qalyūbyah | 453,963 | 563,880 | 682,152 | 725,652 | → |
| Ṭurah [Tura] | Kism (fully urban) | قسم طره | Al-Qāhirah | 67,270 | 94,107 | 231,154 | 242,022 | → |
| Al-Qāhirah al-Kubrā [Greater Cairo] | Metropolitan Area | القاهرة الكبرى | 12,600,000 | 15,628,325 | 20,236,476 | 21,381,869 |
Source: Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt (web).
Explanation: The tabulated estimates are based on the results of the 2018 census. Some figures for 2006 are computed using preliminary census results. Area figures of districts are derived from geospatial data.