span class="large"There are more than 92 million Egyptians, most of which are native Egyptians who make up about 91% of the population. /spanspan class="large"It is estimated that between 84-90% of the population of Egypt are Muslim, about 10ndash;15% are Christian Coptic, and about 1% are considered to be quot;other Christianquot;. Most Egyptians live near the banks of the Nile River. Close to half of the Egyptian people today live in or very near to cities. /span