Egypt's population reaches 100mn next week: CAPMAS

CAIRO, Feb 1 (MENA) - Egypt's population will hit 100 million people in the coming week, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Saturday.

The country's population reached 99.945 million at 10 a.m. (local time) on Saturday, CAPMAS added.

Cairo is ranked Egypt's most populated governorate with 9.924 million persons, followed by Giza with 9.75 million people then Sharqia with 7.536 million, CAPMAS pointed out.

South Sinai governorate got the last place in terms of Egypt's population with about 108,742 persons, followed by North Sinai with 450,528 people and then Matrouh with 477,172, it noted.