Editing Demographics of Egypt (section)

==Ethnic groups==

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The [[The World Factbook|CIA World Factbook]] lists Egyptians as 99.7%, and "other" as 0.3% (2006 census).<ref name="CIA2015" /> "Other" refers to people who are not [[Egyptian nationality law|citizens of Egypt]], who come to Egypt to work for international companies, diplomats, etc.
[[File:Three Egyptian Men in Cairo.jpg|thumb|192x192px|Local Egyptian men from Cairo, in northern Egypt]]
The vast majority of the population of Egypt consists of [[Egyptians]] including [[Copts]], the native Egyptians make up 95% of the population.<ref name="CIA2015" /> The vast majority of Egyptians are speakers of the [[Egyptian Arabic]] dialect.

Minorities in Egypt include the [[Berbers in Egypt|Berber]]-speaking community of the [[Siwa Oasis]] (Siwis) and the [[Nubian people]] clustered along the Nile in the southernmost part of [[Egypt]]. There are also sizable minorities of [[Beja people|Beja]] and [[Romani people in Egypt|Dom]].

[[File:Flickr - DavidDennisPhotos.com - Boy in Luxor next to the Nile River.jpg|thumb|230x230px|[[Sa'idi people|Sa'idi]] Upper Egyptian boy from the Luxor Governate]]The country was also host to many different communities during the European occupation period, including [[Greeks in Egypt|Greeks]], [[Italians in Egypt|Italians]], and also from war-torn areas; the [[Lebanese people in Egypt|Lebanese]], [[Syro-Lebanese in Egypt|Syro-Lebanese]], and other minority groups like [[History of the Jews in Egypt|Jews]], [[Armenians in Egypt|Armenians]], [[Turks in Egypt|Turks]] and [[Albanians in Egypt|Albanians]], though most either left or were compelled to leave after political developments in the 1950s. The country still hosts some 90,000 refugees and asylum seekers, mostly [[Palestinians in Egypt|Palestinians]] and [[Sudanese refugees in Egypt|Sudanese]].

Other sources{{citation needed|date=December 2010}} give more detailed statistics, including the [[Beja people|Beja]]<ref>{{Citation |title=2.2 million and extend into Egypt, Sudan and Eritrea |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/49749ca632.html |work=refworld.com}}</ref> (ca. 88,000), the [[Nubians]] (ca. 300,000 in 1996), [[Romani people in Egypt|Dom]] (ca. 230,000 in 1996), [[Berbers in Egypt|Berbers]] (Siwis) (ca. 5,000).