| People | Egypt |
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Population:
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83,082,869 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 43% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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84 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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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:
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total: 24.8 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 25.2 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.642% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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21.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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5.09 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 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: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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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:
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total population: 72.12 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 74.81 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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2.66 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,200 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
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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void |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.2% of GDP (2006) |
People - note:
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void |
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