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Egypt’s population reached 100 million people on Tuesday, according to the country’s official statistics agency.

The new statistics were announced by the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) at a news conference, Middle East Eye reported.

Nearly 10 million people live in the capital Cairo, and nine million in Giza across the Nile, according to new figures announced Tuesday.

The census tracks the growing population in Egypt since 1996, when it was only 59 million.

By 2030 the population will reach more than 145 million people, the agency predicted. Last year, the agency said that nearly one in three Egyptians live below the poverty line.

With the new census, Egypt retains its ranking as the most populous nation in the Arab world, and the third in Africa, behind Ethiopia and Nigeria.

According to CAPMAS, a new baby is born in Egypt roughly every 17.9 seconds.

The number of people today is over 40 times more than the Egyptian population 200 years ago, the agency said.