Undid revision 1379425117 by No fabrications (talk) rv sock← Previous revisionRevision as of 03:05, 10 October 2026 Line 11: Line 11: == Demographics == == Demographics == The vast majority of Egyptian Christians are [[Copts]] who belong to the [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria]], an [[Oriental Orthodoxy|Oriental Orthodox]] Church.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xrGL7o69KBIC|title=Who are the Christians in the Middle East?|date=June 18, 2009|publisher=Betty Jane Bailey|pages=144–145|isbn=978-0-8028-1020-5}}{{cite web|title=US Dept of State 2018 report on Egypt|url=https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/egypt/|website=United States Department of State|quote=The U.S. government estimates the population at 99.4 million (July 2018 estimate). Most experts and media sources state that approximately 90 percent of the population is officially designated as Sunni Muslims and approximately 10 percent is recognized as Christian (estimates range from 5 to 15 percent). Approximately 90 percent of Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, according to Christian leaders.|access-date=2020-04-17|archive-date=2021-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205040321/https://www.state.gov/reports/2018-report-on-international-religious-freedom/egypt/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Who are the Coptic Christians of Egypt? |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/story/who-are-the-coptic-christians-of-egypt/OwURxfFc2NC4uA |access-date=2026-10-06 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}} A 2025 estimate based on data from national surveys conducted in 2006 put the Coptic population in 2020 at 4.8% of the population (roughly 5 million).{{Cite web |date=2025-06-09 |title=Religious Composition by Country, 2010-2020 |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/feature/religious-composition-by-country-2010-2020/ |access-date=2026-10-04 |website=[[Pew Research Center]] |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Hackett |first=Conrad |last2=Stonawski |first2=Marcin |last3=Tong |first3=Yunping |last4=Kramer |first4=Stephanie |last5=Shi |first5=Anne |last6=Fahmy |first6=Dalia |date=2025-06-09 |title=Methodology |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2025/06/09/global-religious-change-methodology/ |access-date=2026-10-07 |website=[[Pew Research Center]] |language=en-US}} Other estimates have been higher, up to 9.5 million (figure cited in the ''Wall Street Journal'', 2017)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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926155454/https://www.wsj.com/articles/pope-francis-calls-on-egypts-catholics-to-embrace-forgiveness-1493464066 |date=2021-09-26 }}, ''Wall Street Journal'' (April 29, 2017). or 10 million (figure cited in the [[Associated Press]], 2019).Noha Elhennawy, [https://apnews.com/a115f4d4a86c4f9b8cdb0802ccf3e5e5 Egyptian woman fights unequal Islamic inheritance laws] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828212046/https://apnews.com/a115f4d4a86c4f9b8cdb0802ccf3e5e5 |date=2021-08-28 }}, Associated Press (November 15, 2019). In 2017, Egyptian state media [[Al-Ahram]] estimated Christians at 10–15% out of 104 million, with the vast majority being Coptic Orhodox Christians.{{Cite web |title=Egypt's Sisi meets world Evangelical churches delegation in Cairo |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/281789/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-Sisi-meets-world-Evangelical-churches-deleg.aspx |access-date=2026-10-06 |website=[[Al-Ahram]]|date=2017-11-19}} Other figures have also been cited, in the range of somewhere between 6% and 18% of the population,{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/02/16/5-five-things-to-know-about-egypts-coptic-christians/|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=February 16, 2015|title=Five Things to Know About Egypt's Coptic Christians|access-date=August 24, 2021|archive-date=August 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815174755/https://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/02/16/5-five-things-to-know-about-egypts-coptic-christians/|url-status=live}} with the Egyptian government estimating lower numbers and the Coptic Orthodox Church claiming 15 million Christians living in Egypt.{{Cite web |title=H.H. Pope Tawadros II in a word of thanks and love in the VIP register, in memory of His Holiness's visit to the Pontifical Ethiopian College: The world is in the utmost need of love - Coptic Orthodox Church |url=https://copticorthodox.church/en/2023/05/09/h-h-pope-tawadros-ii-in-a-word-of-thanks-and-love-in-the-vip-register-in-memory-of-his-holinesss-visit-to-the-pontifical-ethiopian-college-the-world-is-in-the-utmost-need-of-love/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240627165528/https://copticorthodox.church/en/2023/05/09/h-h-pope-tawadros-ii-in-a-word-of-thanks-and-love-in-the-vip-register-in-memory-of-his-holinesss-visit-to-the-pontifical-ethiopian-college-the-world-is-in-the-utmost-need-of-love/ |url-status=live }}Michael Wahid Hanna, [https://tcf.org/content/report/christian-exclusion-from-egypts-security-state/ Excluded and Unequal: Copts on the Margins of the Egyptian Security State] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200531122319/https://tcf.org/content/report/christian-exclusion-from-egypts-security-state/ |date=2020-05-31 }}, [[The Century Foundation]] (May 9, 2019). Some claimed that a lack of definite, reliable demographic data renders all estimates uncertain. Other than the Coptic Orthodox Church, two other [[Oriental Orthodox churches]] have members in Egypt: the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]] and [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] churches. Other than the Coptic Orthodox Church, two other [[Oriental Orthodox churches]] have members in Egypt: the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]] and [[Syriac Orthodox Church|Syriac Orthodox]] churches.