Population: 54,777,615 (July 1989), growth rate 2.6% (1989)

Birth rate: 37 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 93 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 59 years male, 60 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 5.1 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Egyptian(s); adjective--Egyptian

Ethnic divisions: 90% Eastern Hamitic stock; 10% Greek, Italian, Syro-Lebanese

Religion: (official estimate) 94% Muslim (mostly Sunni), 6% Coptic Christian and other

Language: Arabic (official); English and French widely understood by educated classes

Literacy: 45%

Labor force: 15,000,000 (1989 est.); 44% agriculture; 36% government, public sector enterprises, and armed forces; 20% privately owned service and manufacturing enterprises (1984); shortage of skilled labor; 2,500,000 Egyptians work abroad, mostly in Iraq and the Gulf Arab states (1988 est.)

Organized labor: 2,500,000 (est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Egypt on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Egypt People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Egypt People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.