| People | Egypt |
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Population:
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82,079,636 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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83 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 43.4% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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CAIRO (capital) 10.902 million; Alexandria 4.387 million (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 32.7% (male 13,725,282/female 13,112,157)
15-64 years: 62.8% (male 26,187,921/female 25,353,947)
65 years and over: 4.5% (male 1,669,313/female 2,031,016) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 24.3 years
male: 24 years
female: 24.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.96% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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24.63 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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82 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 25.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.66 years
male: 70.07 years
female: 75.38 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.97 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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6.4% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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2.83 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.7 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 98% of population
total: 99% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 4% of population
total: 1% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 97% of population
rural: 92% of population
total: 94% of population
unimproved:
urban: 3% of population
rural: 8% of population
total: 6% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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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) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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less than 0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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11,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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6.8% (2008) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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30.3% (2006) |
Nationality:
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noun: Egyptian(s)
adjective: Egyptian |
Ethnic groups:
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Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census) |
Religions:
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Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1% |
Languages:
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Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.4%
male: 83%
female: 59.4% (2005 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 11 years
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2004) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.8% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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