What is population, age 16, female in Egypt?

Population, age 16, female in Egypt was 791,346 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 16, female recorded in Egypt?

The highest recorded value was 793,240 in 2005.

What is the lowest population, age 16, female recorded in Egypt?

The lowest recorded value was 588,259 in 1990.

How does Egypt rank for population, age 16, female?

Egypt ranks 13th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 16, female rising or falling in Egypt?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Egypt data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 16, female in Egypt

Name: Population, age 16, female in Egypt
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Egypt: Population, age 16, female was 791,346 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

791,346

Change on year

up 3.3%

World rank

13th

of 191 countries

All-time high

793,240

in 2005

All-time low

588,259

in 1990

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 16, female in Egypt, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

In 2015, population, age 16, female in Egypt stood at 791,346.

The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 16, female in Egypt peaked at 793,240 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 588,259, in 1990.

That places Egypt 13th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	658,430	588,259	730,498	10
2000s	772,801	745,796	793,240	10
2010s	760,958	745,485	791,346	5

Countries ranked near Egypt

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12 Democratic Republic of Congo 878,528 compare
14 Vietnam 739,763 compare
15 Turkey 684,653 compare
16 Russia 621,904 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Egypt

Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
Population ages 15-64 63.2% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 31.6% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 96.7% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 483,053 (2024)
Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 2.73 (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 96.7% (2024)

All data for Egypt →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 16, female in Egypt?: Population, age 16, female in Egypt was 791,346 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 16, female recorded in Egypt?: The highest recorded value was 793,240 in 2005.
What is the lowest population, age 16, female recorded in Egypt?: The lowest recorded value was 588,259 in 1990.
How does Egypt rank for population, age 16, female?: Egypt ranks 13th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 16, female rising or falling in Egypt?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 16, female
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,605 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Age population, female refers to female population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.