<P> Egypt is the most populous country in the Arabic speaking world and the third-most populous on the African continent ( after Nigeria and Ethiopia ) . About 95 % of the country 's 93 million people ( 2017 ) live along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta , which fans out north of Cairo ; and along the Suez Canal . These regions are among the world 's most densely populated , containing an average of over 1,540 per km2 , as compared to 96 persons per km2 for the country as a whole . </P>
where does most of egypt 's population live
along the banks of the Nile and in the Nile Delta