Egypt is the most populous country in the Arabic speaking world and the third-most populous on the African continent (after Nigeria and Ethiopia). About 95 % of the country 's 93 million people (2017) live along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. These regions are among the world 's most densely populated, containing an average of over 1,540 per km2, as compared to 96 persons per km2 for the country as a whole.
where does most of egypt's population live
along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta