Egypt Demographics Profile 2014
Egypt Demographics Profile 2014
- Population 86,895,099 (July 2014 est.)
- Age structure 0-14 years: 32.1% (male 14,272,494/female 13,639,550)
- 15-24 years: 17.8% (male 7,913,351/female 7,536,925)
- 25-54 years: 38.4% (male 16,942,145/female 16,398,524)
- 55-64 years: 6.7% (male 2,888,193/female 2,973,531)
- 65 years and over: 5% (male 1,949,145/female 2,381,241) (2014 est.)
- Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 58.3 %
- youth dependency ratio: 49.1 %
- elderly dependency ratio: 9.3 %
- potential support ratio: 10.8 (2014 est.)
- Median age total: 25.1 years
- male: 24.7 years
- female: 25.4 years (2014 est.)
- Population growth rate 1.84% (2014 est.)
- Birth rate 23.35 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
- Death rate 4.77 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
- Net migration rate -0.19 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
- Urbanization urban population: 43.5% of total population (2011)
- rate of urbanization: 2.04% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
- Major cities - population CAIRO (capital) 11.169 million; Alexandria 4.494 million (2011)
- Sex ratio at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
- 55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
- total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
- Mother's mean age at first birth 22.9
- note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2008 est.)
- Infant mortality rate total: 22.41 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 23.9 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 20.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
- Life expectancy at birth total population: 73.45 years
- male: 70.82 years
- female: 76.2 years (2014 est.)
- Total fertility rate 2.87 children born/woman (2014 est.)
- Contraceptive prevalence rate 60.3% (2008)
- HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.1% (2012 est.)
- HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 6,500 (2012 est.)
- HIV/AIDS - deaths 300 (2012 est.)
- Drinking water source improved:
- urban: 100% of population
- rural: 98.8% of population
- total: 99.3% of population
- unimproved:
- urban: 0% of population
- rural: 1.2% of population
- total: 0.7% of population (2012 est.)
- Sanitation facility access improved:
- urban: 97.8% of population
- rural: 94.4% of population
- total: 95.9% of population
- unimproved:
- urban: 2.2% of population
- rural: 5.6% of population
- total: 4.1% of population (2012 est.)
- Major infectious diseases degree of risk: intermediate
- food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid 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 (2013)
- Nationality noun: Egyptian(s)
- adjective: Egyptian
- Ethnic groups Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census)
- Religions Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10% (2012 est.)
- Languages Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
- Literacy definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 73.9%
- male: 81.7%
- female: 65.8% (2012 est.)
- School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 13 years
- male: 13 years
- female: 13 years (2011)
- Child labor - children ages 5-14 total number: 1,066,526
- percentage: 7 % (2005 est.)
- Education expenditures 3.8% of GDP (2008)
- Maternal mortality rate 66 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
- Children under the age of 5 years underweight 6.8% (2008)
- Health expenditures 4.9% of GDP (2011)
- Physicians density 2.83 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
- Hospital bed density 1.7 beds/1,000 population (2010)
- Obesity - adult prevalence rate 33.1% (2008)
Source: CIA World Factbook وهو منتج للحكومة الأمريكية وبالتالي مفتوح المصدر. This page was last updated on June 30, 2015
