Egyptian Copts
Copts in Egypt refers to Coptic Christians born in or residing in Egypt. Demographics As of 2019, Copts were generally estimated to comprise approximately 10 percent of Egypt's population.Michael Wahid HannaExcluded and Unequal: Copts on the Margins of the Egyptian Security State The Century Foundation (May 9, 2019). Estimates of the Coptic population vary: the Wall Street Journal reported a figure of 9.5 million in 2017, while the Associated Press cited an estimate of 10 million in 2019. Broader estimates have ranged between 6 and 18 percent of the population, with lower figures typically cited by state institutions and higher ones by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Reliable demographic data on Egypt's religious composition remains scarce, and official statistics are often contested. Historical census records indicate a decline in the proportion of non-Muslims in urban areas: in the 1897 census, non-Muslims comprised 14.7% of the urban population (13.2% Christians and 1.4% Jews), w ...
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Coptic People
Copts (; ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to Northeast Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity. They are, like the broader Egyptian population, descended from the ancient Egyptians. Copts predominantly follow the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria. They are the largest Christian denomination in Egypt and the Middle East, as well as in Sudan and Libya.Coptic Orthodox Church Listings for Libya, p. 136
account for roughly 5 to 15 percent of the population of Egypt.
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