Editing Demographics of Egypt (section)

==Religions==
{{main|Religion in Egypt|Islam in Egypt|Christianity in Egypt}}
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|label1 = [[Islam in Egypt|Islam]]
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According to the [[CIA World Factbook]], 90% of the population is Muslim and 10% is Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican).{{Efn|name=CopticPopulation|In 2017, the ''Wall Street Journal'' reported that "the vast majority of Egypt's estimated 9.5 million Christians, approximately 10% of the country's population, are Orthodox Copts."<ref name="RoccaKholaif">Francis X. Rocca & Dahlia Kholaif, [https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-calls-on-egypts-catholics-to-embrace-forgiveness-1493464066 Pope Francis Calls on Egypt’s Catholics to Embrace Forgiveness], ''Wall Street Journal'' (April 29, 2017).</ref> In 2019, the Associated Press cited an estimate of 10 million Copts in Egypt.<ref name="Elhennawy">Noha Elhennawy, [https://apnews.com/a115f4d4a86c4f9b8cdb0802ccf3e5e5 Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws], Associated Press (November 15, 2019).</ref> In 2015, the ''Wall Street Journal'' reported: "The Egyptian government estimates about 5 million Copts, but the Coptic Orthodox Church says 15–18 million. Reliable numbers are hard to find but estimates suggest they make up somewhere between 6% and 18% of the population."<ref name="WSJ2015">{{Cite news |date=February 16, 2015 |title=Five Things to Know About Egypt's Coptic Christians |work=Wall Street Journal |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/02/16/5-five-things-to-know-about-egypts-coptic-christians/}}</ref> In 2004, BBC News reported that Copts were 5–10% of the Egyptian population.<ref name="2004Egypt">{{Cite news |date=22 December 2004 |title=Egyptian Coptic protesters freed |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4117831.stm}}</ref> The ''[[CIA World Factbook]]'' reported a 2015 estimate that 10% of the Egyptian population is Christian (including both Copts and non-Copts).<ref name="CIA2015">{{Cite web |date=14 December 2021 |title=Egypt |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/egypt/ |website=The World Factbook |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]]}}</ref>}}

<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2006 – Egypt |date=15 September 2006 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71420.htm}}</ref><ref name="religiousfreedom2007">{{Cite web |title=International Religious Freedom Report 2007 – Egypt |date=14 September 2007 |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2007/90209.htm}}</ref><ref name="CIA2015" />
*[[Islam in Egypt|Muslim]] 90%<ref name="CIA2015" /> (mostly Sunni)
*[[Christianity in Egypt|Christianity]] 10%{{Efn|name=CopticPopulation}}
*[[Baháʼí Faith|Baháʼí]]: fewer than 2,000 individuals (< 0.003%)
*[[Judaism in Egypt|Judaism]]: fewer than 500 individuals<ref name="religiousfreedom2007" />