ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · EGYPT
Capital of Egypt
The capital of Egypt is Cairo. The largest, Cairo, has around 9,801,536 residents in the city proper — a giant capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALCairo
POPULATION9,801,536
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Cairo9,801,536 people
In context
Where Cairosits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10MCairo is here
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250k
<50k
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