Age Structure
0-14 years: 34.59% (male 12,313,585; female 11,739,072) 15-64 years: 61.6% (male 21,614,284; female 21,217,978) 65 years and over: 3.81% (male 1,160,967; female 1,490,758) (2001 est.)
Population Growth Rate
1.69% (2001 est.)
Birth rate
24.89 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate
7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex Ratio
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate
60.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 63.69 years male: 61.62 years female: 65.85 years (2001 est)
Total fertility rate
3.07 children born/woman (2001 est.)
Ethnic Groups
Eastern Hamitic Egyptians, Bedouins and Berbers representing 99%, Greek, Nubian, Armenian, and other European primarily Italian and French representing 1%. Today, there are approximately 10,000 Americans, 3,500 British, 3000 French, 3000 Germans and thousands of other Europeans and Africans living and working in Egypt . There are also many Latin Americans and larger number of Middle Easterns, who maintain residences and do business in Cairo , plus Asians from India to the Philippines .
Religions
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6%
Language
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes. The Egyptian dialect is the most widely understood of all other Arabic dialects.
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 51.4% male: 63.6% female: 38.8% (1995 est.)
Human Resources
With a population of over 60 million, Egypt has the largest single market in the region. It is rich in human resources; its businessmen are experienced in the markets of its neighbor countries, and it possesses a good mix of semi-skilled, skilled and highly qualified labor force.Egypt's workforce, close to 16 million, is an excellent source for productive inexpensive labor. The growth of Egypt 's labor force has averaged about 2.7% annually in recent years.
The number of employees is 17,434 thousand employees with an annual growth rate of 3.3%.Low prevailing wages have encouraged the use of labor-intensive technologies. Foreign companies frequently pay higher wages and attract workers with higher than average skills, however, many foreign companies have expressed the need for skilled managers in Egypt . Unemployment remains a significant problem, as Egypt has a surplus of both skilled and unskilled labor. Hundreds of thousands of workers from both categories seek employment abroad on both temporary and permanent bases. Gulf countries have attracted most of the departuring labor over the past two decades, however, this trend started to fade away after the Gulf war and the subsequent policies of foreign employment reduction adopted by these countries.
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