Egyptians crossed the 93 mn citizen mark at 6 PM CLT on Monday, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics’ (CAPMAS) counter. Egypt’s population growth rates are still among the highest in the world, CAPMAS’ second in command Mohamed Abdel Gelil tells AMAY, claiming that Egyptians are multiplying in number 5x faster than the Chinese at 2.3% in 2016.
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