| Land area (sq. km) |
995,450.00 |
WDI |
| Arable land (% of land area) |
2.94 |
WDI |
| Population, total |
72,642,224.00 |
WDI |
| Population growth (annual %) |
1.91 |
WDI |
| Population density (people per sq. km) |
72.97 |
WDI |
| Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) |
71.41 |
WDI/UN/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
70.22 |
WDI |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
26.40 |
WDI |
| Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)** |
20.0 (2005 est.) |
WDI/CIA/UNICEF |
| Urban population (% of total) |
42.74 |
WDI |
| Ethnic breakdown |
Egyptian 98%, Berber, Nubian, Bedouin, and Beja 1%, Greek, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1% |
CIA |
| Religious breakdown |
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1% |
CIA |
| Language |
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes |
CIA |
| Capital City |
Cairo |
CIA |
| Character of government |
Republic; Administrative Division: 26 governorates ; Independence day: 28 February 1922 (from UK) |
CIA* |
| Current President/Prime Minister |
President Mohammed Hosni MUBARAK (since 14 October 1981) and Prime Minister Ahmed NAZIF (since 9 July 2004) |
CIA* |
| Executive branch description |
President is the chief of state and Prime Minister is the head of government; cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president ; elections: president elected by popular vote for six-year term (no term limits) |
CIA* |
| Legislative branch description |
bicameral system consists of the People's Assembly or Majlis al-Sha'b (454 seats; 444 elected by popular vote, 10 appointed by the president; members serve five-year terms) and the Advisory Council or Majlis al-Shura - which functions only in a consultation |
CIA* |
| Judicial branch description |
Supreme Constitutional Court |
CIA |
| Women in national parliament (% of total) |
2.00 |
WDI |
| Foreign aid per capita (current US$) |
20.07 |
WDI |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflow (BoP, current US$ bn) ** |
1.25 |
WDI |
| GDP growth (annual %) |
4.20 |
WDI |
| GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) |
1,614.65 |
WDI |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |
11.27 |
WDI |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
2.78 |
WDI/CIA/WRI |
| Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) |
12.4 (1997) |
WDI/WRI/Dept of State/UNICEF |
| Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
2.20 |
WDI/WRI |
| Education expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
2.20 |
WDI/WRI |
| Main export |
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals |
CIA |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) |
10.70 |
WDI/CIA |
| External debt, total (DOD, current US$) |
30,291,499,008.00 |
WDI/CIA |
| Currency |
Egyptian Pound (EGP) |
CIA |
| Local Currency Rate, per US$ |
6.20 |
CIA |
| Internet users (per 1,000 people) |
53.69 |
WDI/Comp Industry Almanac |
| Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) |
105.22 |
WDI |
| Personal computers (per 1,000 people) |
31.66 |
WDI |
| Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) |
130.28 |
WDI |
