The People of Egypt - Basic Information

Access the demographics of Egypt, and learn about Egypt's population with the help of the CIA World Factbook.

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Population: 80,471,869 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 16

Age structure: 0-14 years: 33% (male 13,308,407/female 12,711,900) 15-64 years: 62.7% (male 25,138,546/female 24,342,230) 65 years and over: 4.3% (male 1,546,774/female 1,818,778) (2010 est.)

Median age: total: 24 years male: 23.8 years female: 24.3 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.997% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 58

Birth rate: 25.02 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 64

Death rate: 4.85 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 191

Net migration rate: -0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 130

Urbanization: urban population: 43.4% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 2.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Population of Major Cities: CAIRO (capital) 10.902 million; Alexandria 4.387 million (2009)

Sex ratio: 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 (2010 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 26.2 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 82 male: 27.84 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.4 years country comparison to the world: 122 male: 69.82 years female: 75.1 years (2010 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.01 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 66

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.) country comparison to the world: 163
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 9,200 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 108
HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 500 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 85

Major infectious diseases: 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)

Nationality: noun: Egyptian(s) adjective: Egyptian

Ethnic groups: Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census)

Religions: Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Languages: Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
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Literacy: 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): total: 11 years (2004)

Education expenditures: 3.8% of GDP (2008) country comparison to the world: 113

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