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
Total population
120 million (2017)[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Egypt
116,538,258
(2024 estimate)[2]
 Saudi Arabia2,900,000[3]
 United States1,000,000–1,500,000[4][5]
 Libya~1,000,000[6]–2,000,000 (pre-2011)[7]
 United Arab Emirates750,000[3]
 Jordan600,000[3]–1,600,000[8]
 Kuwait500,000[3]
 Sudan500,000[9]
 Qatar230,000[3]
 Italy140,322[10]
 Canada73,250[11]
 Israel57,500[12]
 Oman56,000[9]
 Lebanon40,000[9]
 South Africa40,000[9]
 United Kingdom39,000[13]
 Australia36,532[14]
 Germany32,505[15]
 Greece29,000[16]
 Netherlands28,400[17]
 Palestine22,000[16]
  Switzerland15,939[18]
 France15,000[19]
 Iraq14,710[20]
 Sweden8,846[20]
 Yemen7,710[20]
 South Sudan5,000[16]
 Brazil2,786[21]
 Morocco2,000[16]
 Japan2,000[16]
 Tunisia1,000[16]
 Mali1,000[16]
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[22] 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.[23] 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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