Egypt 
Facts
Population:
69,536,644 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
34.59% (male 12,313,585; female 11,739,072)
15-64 years:
61.6% (male 21,614,284; female 21,217,978)
65 years and over:
3.81% (male 1,160,967; female 1,490,758) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.69% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
24.89 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
60.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
63.69 years
male:
61.62 years
female:
65.85 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.02% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
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.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $247 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $3,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
17%
industry:
32%
services:
51% (1999)
Population below poverty line:
22.9% (FY95/96 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
4.4%
highest 10%:
25% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2000)
Labor force:
19.9 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 29%, services 49%, industry 22% (FY99)
Unemployment rate:
11.5% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$22.6 billion
expenditures:
$26.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (FY99)
Industries:
textiles, food processing, tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons, construction, cement, metals
Industrial production growth rate:
2.1% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
64.685 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
76.59%
hydro:
23.41%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
60.157 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
cotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans, fruits, vegetables; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats
Exports:
$7.3 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
Exports - partners:
EU 35%, Middle East 17%, Afro-Asian countries 14%, US 12% (1999)
Imports:
$17 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood products, fuels
Imports - partners:
EU 36%, US 14%, Afro-Asian countries 14%, Middle East 6% (1999)
Debt - external:
$31 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
ODA, $2.25 billion (1999)
Currency:
Egyptian pound (EGP)
Currency code:
EGP
Exchange rates:
Egyptian pounds per US dollar - market rate - 3.8400 (January 2001), 3.6900 (2000), 3.4050 (1999), 3.3880 (1998), 3.3880 (1997), 3.3880 (1996)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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(Sate-owned literary weekly), Cairo
http://www.akhbarelyom.org.eg/adab
Akhbar al-Yom
(Government-owned weekly), Cairo
(Government-owned weekly), Cairo
http://www.akhbarelyom.org.eg/akhersaa/issues...
Al-Ahali
(Left-wing weekly), Cairo
(Semi-official), Cairo
http://www.ahram.org.eg
(Semi-official), Cairo
http://www.ahram.org.eg/arabi
Al-Ahram al-Iqtissadi
(Government-owned business weekly), Cairo
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Hazem Saghiyeh, writing for London’s Pan-Arab Al-Hayat, here looks at the state of the Muslim Brotherhood at this crucial moment in its history
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Salama Ahmed Salama, a columnist for Cairo's flagship government-owned daily, Al-Ahram, offers his analysis of the French role in the Iraqi crisis.
A new radio station funded by the U.S. government seeks to influence the opinions of young Arabs.
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