The total population, they say, was of old about 7 million and the number has remained no less down to our day.РІР‚в„ўР”Вiodorus Siculus, Historical LibraryР’В I: 31.8, 1st century BC РІР‚ВIn density of population far surpassed of old all known regions of the inhabited world, and even in our own day is thought to be second to none other for in ancient times it had over 18,000 important villages and cities, as can be seen entered in their sacred records, while under Ptolemy these were reckoned at over 30,000, this great number continuing down to our time. The total number of inhabited towns, they say, was 20,000.РІР‚в„ў РІР‚ВIt is said that the reign of Amasis was a time of unexampled material prosperity for Egypt the river gave its riches to the earth and the earth to the people. The clearest statements of the population of Egypt come from Classical historians writing about the country: However, because of the variability of the available evidence, estimates of the total population of Egypt at different periods vary quite dramatically.

With a lack of such direct evidence, various estimates of population have been made on the basis of different types of evidence. Despite its documentation-rich bureaucracy, dynastic Egypt has not left us anything like a national census that would tell us how many people lived in the Nile Valley and Delta, nor one for any of its major population centres. Working out how many people lived in ancient Egypt is far from an easy task.

Tomb of Rekhmire the vizier, the highest ranking official under the pharaohs Tuthmosis III and Amenophis II (New Kingdom).

Population of ancient cities