The Pew Research Center often receives questions from visitors to its sites and users of its studies about findings and how the research behind them is carried out. In a PewResearch.org feature, “Ask the Expert,” senior research staff answers questions relating to the areas covered by the Pew Research Center’s seven projects. Below is an answer from a Pew Forum staff member to a question from the public. View all the “Ask the Expert” answers at PewResearch.org. 

Q: I keep hearing different estimates being cited about how many Christians there are in Egypt. What are the facts? 

A: The numbers are debated. Media reports, sometimes citing officials of the Coptic Orthodox Church, frequently say that Christians make up 10% or more of the country's approximately 80 million people. But researchers at the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life have been unable to find any Egyptian census or large-scale survey that substantiates such claims.

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