Population history of Egypt

This article is about the population history of Egypt. For discussion of the scientific evidence relating to the race of the ancient Egyptians, see Genetic history of Egypt. For the history of the controversy, see Ancient Egyptian race controversy.

Egypt has a long and involved demographic history. This is partly due to the territory's geographical location at the crossroads of several major cultural areas: North Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan Africa. In addition, Egypt has experienced several invasions and being part of many regional empires during its long history, including by the Canaanites, the Ancient Libyans, the Assyrians, the Kushites (a Nubian civilization), the Persians, the Greeks, the Romans, and the Arabs.

However, invasions mostly involved the governing elite class and did not have a significant impact on the majority of the Egyptian population. Other scholars have suggested there may have been a gradual period of demographic change from Syria-Palestine, via the eastern Delta region.

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