| Towns* | ** | population 1882 | population 1897 | annual rate of increase | population 1907 | annual rate of increase | population 1917 | annual rate of increase |
| GOVERNORATE | ||||||||
| Alexandria | AL | 227,064 | 319,766 | 2.31% | 332,246 | 0.38% | 444,617 | 2.96% |
| Cairo | CA | 374,838 | 570,062 | 2.83% | 654,476 | 1.39% | 790,939 | 1.91% |
| Port Said | PS | 16,560 | 42,095 | 6.42% | 49,884 | 1.71% | 70,873 | 3.57% |
| Ismailia | IS | 3,364*1 | 6,886 | 4.89% | 10,373 | 4.18% | 15,507 | 4.10% |
| Damietta** | DM | 34,044 | 31,515 | -0.51% | 29,354 | -0.71% | 30,984 | 0.54% |
| Suez | SZ | 10,919 | 17,173 | 3.06% | 18,347 | 0.66% | 30,996 | 5.38% |
| MUDIRIYA | ||||||||
| Damanhur | BH | 23,353 | 32,122 | 2.15% | 38,752 | 1.89% | 47,867 | 2.13% |
| Rosetta **** | BH | 16,666 | 14,414 | -0.96% | 16,810 | 1.55% | 21,950 | 2.70% |
| Ramleh | BH | 19,724 | *7 | |||||
| Bilbeis | SQ | 11,267 | 13,485 | 1.81% | 15,624 | 1.48% | ||
| Zaqaziq | SQ | 19,815 | 35,715 | 4.01% | 34,999 | -0.20% | 41,741 | 1.78% |
| Mansura | DH | 26,942 | 36,131 | 1.98% | 40,279 | 1.09% | 49,238 | 2.03% |
| Mit Gamar | DH | 11,375 | 12,983 | 0.89% | 15,118 | 1.53% | 17,879 | 1.69% |
| Sinblawin | DH | 11,417 | 14,661 | 2.53% | ||||
| Disuq | GB | 11,878 | 14,837 | 2.25% | 18,520 | 2.24% | ||
| Fuwah | GB | 13,186 | 14,515 | 0.96% | 16,553 | 1.32% | ||
| Kafr Zayat | GB | 10,231 | 11,405 | 1.09% | 13,628 | 1.80% | ||
| Tanta | GB | 33,750 | 57,289 | 3.59% | 54,437 | -0.51% | 74,195 | 3.14% |
| Mahalla Kubra | GB | 27,823 | 31,791 | 0.89% | 33,547 | 0.54% | 38,088 | 1.28% |
| Bilqas | GB | 3,899*2 | 19,469 | 11.32% | 25,473 | 2.72% | 31,130 | 2.03% |
| Jifta | GB | 11,087 | 14,039 | 1.59% | 15,850 | 1.22% | 18,299 | 1.45% |
| Qalyub | QL | 14,648 | 16,798 | 1.38% | 19,312 | 1.40% | ||
| Benha | QL | 18,607 | ||||||
| Ashmun | MF | 11,991 | 13,900 | 1.49% | 16,893 | 1.97% | ||
| Menuf | MF | 16,293 | 20,683 | 1.60% | 22,316 | 0.76% | 24,253 | 0.84% |
| Shibin el Kom | MF | 16,250 | 20,705 | 1.63% | 21,567 | 0.41% | 24,604 | 1.33% |
| Tala | MF | 13,048 | 15,018 | 1.42% | 16,626 | 1.02% | ||
| Giza | GZ | 11,410 | 16,877 | 2.64% | 16,487 | -0.23% | 18,714 | 1.28% |
| Biba | BS | 12,750 | 10,156 | -2.25% | 12,642 | 2.21% | ||
| Beni Suef | BS | 10,085 | 18,229 | 4.03% | 23,357 | 2.51% | 31,986 | 3.19% |
| Fayum | FY | 25,799 | 33,069 | 1.67% | 37,320 | 1.22% | 44,400 | 1.75% |
| Sinuris | FY | 15,410 | 17,106 | 1.05% | 18,852 | 0.98% | ||
| Abu Qurqas | MN | 10,722 | *5 | 16,369 | ||||
| Beni Mazar | MN | 11,699 | ||||||
| Fashun | MN | 11,984 | 11,364 | -0.53% | 13,853 | 2.00% | ||
| Magaga | MN | 10,480 | ||||||
| Minya | MN | 15,900 | 24,235 | 2.85% | 27,221 | 1.17% | 34,945 | 2.53% |
| Abu Tij | AS | 10,770 | 11,183 | 0.25% | 12,024 | 0.73% | 14,276 | 1.73% |
| Mellawi | AS | 10,777 | 16,261 | 2.78% | 20,249 | 2.22% | 24,963 | 2.11% |
| Asyut | AS | 31,575 | 42,078 | 1.93% | 39,442 | -0.64% | 51,431 | 2.69% |
| Badari | AS | 10,198 | ||||||
| Dirut | AS | 10,184 | ||||||
| Manfalut | AS | 13,232 | 15,215 | 0.94% | 14,482 | -0.49% | 15,564 | 0.72% |
| Akhmim | JJ | 18,792*3 | 27,953 | 2.68% | 23,795 | -1.60% | 26,023 | 0.90% |
| Jirja | JJ | 14,819 | 17,913 | 1.27% | 19,893 | 1.05% | 21,642 | 0.85% |
| Suhaj | JJ | 14,512 | 17,514 | 1.90% | 20,760 | 1.71% | ||
| Tahta | JJ | 13,787 | 17,104 | 1.45% | 18,203 | 0.62% | 20,658 | 1.27% |
| Tuma | JJ | 11,635 | *6 | *8 | ||||
| Dishna | QN | 10,933 | 10,386 | -0.51% | 11,443 | 0.97% | ||
| Isna | QN | 15,826 | 19,103 | 1.90% | 17,316 | -0.98% | ||
| Qena | QN | 15,402 | 27,478 | 3.93% | 20,069 | -3.09% | 22,958 | 1.35% |
| Qus | QN | 14,196 | 14,355 | 0.11% | 15,045 | 0.47% | ||
| Aqsar (Luxor) | QN | 10,638 | 12,644 | 1.74% | 15,439 | 2.02% | ||
| Aswan | AW | 6,421*4 | 13,101 | 4.87% | 12,618 | -0.37% | 11,293 | -1.10% |
| Idfu | AW | 14,261 | 19,262 | 3.05% | 20,108 | 0.43% | ||
| Total Inhabitants of towns | 1,072,811 | 1,778,389 | 3.43% | 1,942,715 | 0.89% | 2,446,717 | 2.33% | |
| % of total population | 15.8 | 18.3 | 17.4 | 19.2 | ||||
| Total Population | 6,806,381 | 9,734,405 | 2.41% | 11,189,978 | 1.40% | 12,718,255 | 1.29% | |
| Rural Town*** population | 599,095 | 942,687 | 3.07% | 1,075,365 | 1.33% | 1,199,436 | 1.10% | |
| % of total population | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.4 | ||||
source : published census for each year listed at the end of this paper
*Towns (center of Markaz) of 10,000 inhabitants and more at the time of each census and principal towns selected by Baer, G.(1969)
** Abbreviation of names for Governorates and Mudiriyas
*** Rural Town...Center of markaz for 14 mudiriya. In 1907, Damietta was the center of markaz of mudiriya Daqahliya.
**** Roseta was a Govermorate in 1882.
*1 figure from 1897 census (Tome Premier p.xxxviii)
*2 figure from 1897 census (Tome Premier p.xxxvi)
*3 figure from 1897 census (Tome Premier p.xxxviii)
*4 figure from 1897 census (Tome Premier p.xxxviii)
*5 population in 1907 was, 6,855
*6 not the center of markaz in 1907
*7 not the center of markaz in 1917. Apart of Alexandria.
*8 not the center of markaz in 1917