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Egyptians

This article is about the contemporary Nile Valley ethnic group. For other uses, see Egyptian (disambiguation). For information on the population of Egypt, see Demographics of Egypt.

Egyptians
المصريون
Total population
120 million (2017)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Egypt
117,673,994
(2025 estimate)[2]
 Saudi Arabia2,900,000[3]
 Libya~1,000,000[4]–2,000,000 (pre-2011)[5]
 United States1,000,000–1,500,000[6][7]
 Jordan600,000[3]–1,600,000[8]
 United Arab Emirates765,000[3]
 Kuwait500,000[3]
 Sudan500,000[9]
 Qatar300,000[10]
 Italy161,551[11]
 Canada99,140[12]
 Israel63,500[13][14]
 Oman56,000[9]
 Lebanon40,000[9]
 South Africa40,000[9]
 United Kingdom39,000[15]
 Australia43,213[16]
 Germany32,505[17]
 Netherlands29,483[18]
 Greece29,000[19]
 Palestine22,000[19]
  Switzerland15,939[20]
 France15,000[21]
 Iraq14,710[22]
 Sweden8,846[22]
 Yemen7,710[22]
 South Sudan5,000[19]
 Brazil3,183[23]
 Morocco2,000[19]
 Japan2,000[19]
 Tunisia1,000[19]
 Mali1,000[19]
Languages
Egyptian Arabic
Sa'idi Arabic
Religion
Related ethnic groups
Afroasiatic-speaking peoples

Egyptians (Arabic: مِصرِيُّون, romanized: Miṣriyyūn, IPA: [mɪsˤrɪjˈjuːn]; Egyptian Arabic: مَصرِيِّين, romanized: Maṣriyyīn, IPA: [mɑsˤɾɪjˈjiːn]; Coptic: ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, romanized: remenkhēmi) are an ethnic group[24] native to the Nile Valley in Egypt. Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population is concentrated in the Nile Valley, a small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. This unique geography has been the basis of the development of Egyptian society since antiquity.

The daily language of the Egyptians is a continuum of the local varieties of Arabic; the most famous dialect is known as Egyptian Arabic or Masri. Additionally, a sizable minority of Egyptians living in Upper Egypt speak Sa'idi Arabic. Egyptians are predominantly adherents of Sunni Islam with a small Shia minority[citation needed] and a significant proportion who follow native Sufi orders.[25] A considerable percentage of Egyptians are Coptic Christians who belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, whose liturgical language, Coptic, is the most recent stage of the ancient Egyptian language and is still used in prayers along with Egyptian Arabic.

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  3. ^ a b c d "9.5 million Egyptians live abroad, mostly in Saudi Arabia and Jordan". egyptindependent.com. Egypt Independent. 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
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  7. ^ 2015 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, archived from the original on 14 February 2020, retrieved 13 October 2018
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  11. ^ "Egiziani in Italia – statistiche e distribuzione per regione". Tuttitalia.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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  13. ^ "Jews, by Country of Origin and Age". Statistical Abstract of Israel (in English and Hebrew). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. 26 September 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  14. ^ Cohen, Edy (6 September 2020). "The Plight of Egyptians Living in Israel". Begin–Sadat Center for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Table 1.3: Overseas-born population in the United Kingdom, excluding some residents in communal establishments, by sex, by country of birth, January 2019 to December 2019". Office for National Statistics. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020. Figure given is the central estimate. See the source for 95% confidence intervals.
  16. ^ "2021 Census Country of birth QuickStats (Egypt)".
  17. ^ "Ausländer in Deutschland bis 2019: Herkunftsland". de.statista.com. Archived from the original on 30 January 2017. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  18. ^ "CBS Statline". Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g "Immigrant and Emigrant Populations by Country of Origin and Destination". migrationpolicy.org. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Bevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit/Geburtsland".
  21. ^ Présentation de l'Égypte – Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères Archived 21 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Diplomatie.gouv.fr. Retrieved on 2 June 2020.
  22. ^ a b c "Egypt – International emigrant stock". Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  23. ^ Immigrants in Brazil (2024, in Portuguese)
  24. ^ Goldschmidt, Arthur (2008). A Brief History of Egypt. Facts on File Inc. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-8160-6672-8. People: Ethnic groups: Egyptians (98%), Bedouins, Berbers, Nubians, Greeks.
  25. ^ Hoffman, Valerie J. Sufism, Mystics, and Saints in Modern Egypt. University of South Carolina Press, 1995. [1] Archived 29 August 2005 at the Wayback Machine

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