As a result of the increased violence against Christians in Egypt since 2010, a significant number of Christians have fled Egypt in the last few years, making current estimates difficult. In 2010, there were approximately 8 million Egyptian Christians. Various groups estimate that between 1-2 million of those have since left.
The majority of the population in Egypt is Muslim, with approximately 90% of the population adhering to Islam. Christians make up a minority group in Egypt, constituting around 10% of the population.
Approx. 99 %.
Answer 1Egypt is mainly an Islamic country. The percentage religion wise for Egypt is that there are almost about 80 to 90 percent Muslims mainly who are Sunni. And for Christians they are about 15 to 20 percent.Answer 2Per Pew Forum Study as of October 2009, Percent Muslims in Egypt are 91% and the rest are almost Christians
Approximately 65-70% of the population in Brazil identifies as Christian, with Catholicism being the largest denomination followed by various Protestant denominations. The country also has a growing number of Evangelical Christians.
Approximately 60% of Egypt's population lives in rural areas.
Islam is Egypt's main religion although there are some Christians
Christians in Egypt were minority and were under the excessive aggression and control of the Byzantine rulers who were opposing their faith. They asked rescue of the Muslim Caliph Omar for their knowing of his justice. Then Muslims invaded Egypt and conquered the Romans and give freedom to the Christians to practice their religion rituals in public and not secretly as it was during the Roman occupation to Egypt. Through hundreds of years, many Egyptians converted to Islamic faith and till now you find many families partly Muslims and partly Christians.
It is estimated that about 10% of the population of Egypt is Christians. Most of these belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church. This Church is very old, and can reasonably date its history back to the first century AD, although only the second century is well attested. There are also Catholics and Protestant congregations in Egypt as well. Both the percentage and the total number are difficult to establish; however, at 10% that would make about 8 million Christians in Egypt.
For the whole of Egypt... Coptic Christian and other - 6-10%.
Although Egypt is a Muslim country, it does have a substantial minority of Christians, known as Coptic Christians, who make up roughly 10% of the Egyptian population, and who, naturally, celebrate Christmas, as Christians normally do.
Egypt
There is no specific religion for most countries. Egypt has mostly muslims and christians
Christmas isn't very big in Egypt, given that Christians only make up a small fraction of the country's population.
The majority of the population in Egypt is Muslim, with approximately 90% of the population adhering to Islam. Christians make up a minority group in Egypt, constituting around 10% of the population.
They are Coptic Christians (Copts).
94% are Muslims and 6% are Christians.
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