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Geography

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya andthe Gaza Strip

Area:
total area: 1,001,450 sq km
land area: 995,450 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico

Land boundaries: total 2,689 km, Gaza Strip 11 km, Israel 255 km, Libya 1,150 km, Sudan 1,273 km

Coastline: 2,450 km


People

Population: 62,359,623 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 37% (female 11,380,668; male 11,872,728)
15-64 years: 59% (female 18,250,706; male 18,641,830)
65 years and over: 4% (female 1,204,477; male 1,009,214)

Population growth rate: 1.95% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 28.69 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 8.86 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: -0.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 74.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 61.12 years
male: 59.22 years
female: 63.12 years

Total fertility rate: 3.67 children born/woman

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

Religions: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94% (official estimate), Coptic Christian andother 6% (official estimate)

Languages: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educatedclasses

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 48%
male: 63%
female: 34%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Arab Republic of Egypt
conventional short form: Egypt

Type: republic

Capital: Cairo

Independence: 28 February 1922 (from UK)

Constitution: 11 September 1971


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $151.5 billion

National product real growth rate: 1.5%

National product per capita: $2,490

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8%

Unemployment rate: 20%

Electricity:
capacity: 11,830,000 kW
production: 44.5 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 695 kWh



Olympic Factoid
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