Behera · Population

Question: What is the population of Behera? Answer: Behera (البحيرة), Egypt (capital: Damanhūr) - last known population is ≈ 5 959 100 (year 2016). This was 6.381% of total Egypt population. In this year, Behera population density was 606.5 p/km². If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2016 (+2.47%/year), Behera population in 2024 would be: 7 244 194*.

Population history [1]

Annual population change

[1976-1986] +2.61 %/year
[1986-1996] +2.06 %/year
[1996-2006] +1.74 %/year
[2006-2011] +2.13 %/year
[2011-2016] +2.47 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 30.848099, 30.343551

Behera on city and population density map

City density [2]population density [3]Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Sources, Notices

1976c, 1986c, 1996c, 2006c, 2011e, 2016e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, Egypt
Statistic Yearbook, populations 2004-2016 Governorates, 1990-2016 Egypt p. 6-12, ret. 2017-06-06
• Rand McNally Intenational Atlas 1994.
UNdata - record view - City population by sex, city and city type Data.un.org. Ret. 2017-06-06
Open data for Africa, Egypt census
• Huizinga. Internationaal aardrijkskundig woordenboek (1958)
World Gazetteer - Egypt: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population Archived data. yr. 2012. Ret.2017-06-07
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).