The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, headed by Major General Khairat Barakat, announced that Egypt will register a marriage every 34 seconds, a birth every 14 seconds, and a divorce every 117 seconds in 2022.
Marriage cases in Egypt increased to reach 929.4 thousand marriages in 2022, compared to 880 thousand marriages in 2021, an increase of 5.6%. The average number of marriages per month reached 77.5 thousand in 2022, 2546 cases per day, and 106 cases per hour. There are 1.8 cases per minute, and one marriage every 34 seconds.
Top 10 governorates in terms of the number of marriages during 2022:
1. Cairo, 150.3 thousand cases.
2. Eastern Province, 61 thousand cases.
3. Lake 58.9 thousand cases.
4. Dakahlia, 57.1 thousand cases.
5. Minya, 56.6 thousand cases.
6. Sohag, 52 thousand cases.
7. Western 51 thousand cases.
8. Alexandria, 50 thousand cases.
9. Giza, 48.8 thousand cases.
10. Assiut, 43.6 thousand cases.
The number of births in Egypt reached two million and 193 thousand in 2022, compared to 2 million and 185 thousand in 2021, an increase of 0.4%. The average number of births per month was 182.8 thousand in 2022, 6008 per day, 250 per hour, and 4.2 per minute. One birth, and one birth every 14 seconds.
The top 10 governorates in terms of the number of births during 2022
1. Giza 201.5 thousand births.
2. Cairo, 180.3 thousand births.
3. Minya, 161.5 thousand births.
4. Eastern Province, 154.5 thousand births.
5. Sohag, 150.6 thousand births.
6. Beheira, 141.8 thousand births.
7. Assiut, 134.7 thousand births.
8. Dakahlia, 121.9 thousand births.
9. Qalyubia, 115,000 births.
10. Alexandria, 97.1 thousand births.
And the number of divorce cases in Egypt recorded 269.8 thousand divorce cases in 2022 compared to 254.8 thousand divorce cases in 2021, an increase of 5.9%. every 117 seconds, i.e. less than two minutes.
The top ten governorates in terms of the number of divorce cases during 2022
1. Cairo, 57.2 thousand cases.
2. Alexandria, 26.3 thousand cases.
3. Giza, 24.1 thousand cases.
4. Eastern Province, 19 thousand cases.
5. Dakahlia, 17.7 thousand cases.
6. Qalyubia, 14.2 thousand cases.
7. Western 13.5 thousand cases.
8. Lake 13 thousand cases.
9. Menoufia, 8.4 thousand cases.
10. Minya, 8 thousand cases.