What is the population of Al Fayyum?
Al Fayyum has a city population of 519,047. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Al Fayyum
The city holds a population of 519,047 and sits 93 km from Cairo. Three cities exceed 70,000 within 26 km: Sinnūris at 12 km with 133,532 people, Iţsā at 10 km with 74,357, and Ibshawāy at 17 km with 86,186. It ranks eleventh among Egypt's 235 listed cities and accounts for 0.4% of the national population.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 7
Elevation
29 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Cairo
Coordinates
29.310, 30.842
Record updated
2023-11-29
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 235 in EgyptClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Al Fayyum | 519K |
Al Fayyum Population FAQ
Where is Al Fayyum?
Al Fayyum is in Faiyum, Egypt, 93 km from the capital, Cairo. Its coordinates are 29.310, 30.842.
How big is Al Fayyum compared with other cities in Egypt?
It is the 11th largest of the 235 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Egypt, holding 0.4% of the national population.