Egypt

Population: 70,712,345 (July 2002 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 33.96% (male 12,292,185; female 11,721,469)
15-64 years: 62.18% (male 22,190,637; female 21,775,504)
65 years and over: 3.86% (male 1,191,091; female 1,541,459) (2002 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.66% (2002 est.)
Birth rate:
24.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Death rate:
7.58 deaths/1,000 population (2002 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002 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: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2002 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
58.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2002 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 64.05 years
female: 66.24 years (2002 est.)
male: 61.96 years

Total fertility rate:
2.99 children born/woman (2002 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.02% (1999 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS: Not available
Deaths from HIV/AIDS: Not available

Nationality:
noun: Egyptian(s)
adjective: Egyptian

Ethnic groups:
Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%, Greek, Nubian, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%

Religions:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%

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

Literacy:
(Definition: age 15 and over can read and write)
total population: 51.4%
male: 63.6%
female: 38.8% (1995 est.)

This document was last updated on Sunday, January 22, 2006