Egypt Facts - Population

Population:

83,082,869 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 31.4% (male 13,345,500/female 12,743,878)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 26,823,127/female 26,169,421)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 1,701,068/female 2,299,875) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 24.8 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 25.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.642% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:

21.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:

5.09 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:

urban population: 43% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 27.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 72.12 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 74.81 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.66 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

9,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases:

degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: Rift Valley fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Nationality:

noun: Egyptian(s)
adjective: Egyptian

Ethnic groups:

Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census)

Religions:

Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Languages:

Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.4%
male: 83%
female: 59.4% (2005 est.)

Education expenditures:

4.2% of GDP (2006)

Source: CIA World Fact Book Egypt

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Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East and the second-most populous on the African continent (after Nigeria). Nearly 100% of the country's 83,082,869 (2009 est.) people live in three major regions of the country: Cairo and Alexandria and elsewhere along the banks of the Nile; throughout the Nile delta, which fans out north of Cairo; and along the Suez Canal. These regions are among the world's most densely populated, containing an average of over 3,820 persons per square mile (1,540 per km2.), as compared to 181 persons per sq. mi. for the country as a whole.

Small communities spread throughout the desert regions of Egypt are clustered around oases and historic trade and transportation routes. The government has tried with mixed success to encourage migration to newly irrigated land reclaimed from the desert. However, the proportion of the population living in rural areas has continued to decrease as people move to the cities in search of employment and a higher standard of living.

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