How many people live in the Cairo metropolitan area?
Cities hard Data from 2023
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The answer
22,000,000 people
Roughly 22M.
Greater Cairo holds about 22 million people, the largest city in Africa and the Arab world. Egypt is currently building an entirely new administrative capital in the desert nearby, partly because Cairo has run out of room.
Where this number comes from
| Source | United Nations World Urbanization Prospects |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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