Egypt Demographics Profile 2012

Population

82,079,636 (July 2011 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 32.7% (male 13,725,282/female 13,112,157)
15-64 years: 62.8% (male 26,187,921/female 25,353,947)
65 years and over: 4.5% (male 1,669,313/female 2,031,016) (2011 est.)

Median age

total: 24.3 years
male: 24 years
female: 24.6 years (2011 est.)

Population growth rate

1.96% (2011 est.)

Birth rate

24.63 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Death rate

4.82 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Urbanization

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

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 (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 25.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 72.66 years
male: 70.07 years
female: 75.38 years (2011 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.97 children born/woman (2011 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

less than 0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

11,000 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 500 (2009 est.)

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

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
male: 11 years
female: 11 years (2004)

Education expenditures

3.8% of GDP (2008)

Maternal mortality rate

82 deaths/100,000 live births (2008)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

6.8% (2008)

Health expenditures

6.4% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

2.83 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital bed density

1.7 beds/1,000 population (2009)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

30.3% (2006)