The total Egyptian population counts 70,712,345 people. 33.96% are below 14 years of age; 12,292,185 boys, and 11,721,469 girls. The adult population is 62.18% of the total Egyptian population. Most of them are male; 22,190,637 against 21,775,504 females. The lowest number of people are the 65 years and over, only 3,86% of the total population. Most of them are females; 1,541,459.
Other facts:
Total birth rate is 24.41 births per 1,000 population (2002 est.)
Total death rate is 7.58 deaths per 1,000 population (2002 est.)
Drinking water availability in % is 97% (2000)
Most Ethnic groups are Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) with 99%, Greek, Nubian, Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%
Average gender development is 0.628
Average gender empowerment is 0.260
The nationality is Egyptian
Net migration rate is -0.24 migrant(s) per 1,000 population (2002 est.)
Average persons per room is 1.3 (1996)
Growth of population rate is 1.66% (2002 est.)
Population in 2015 will be 84.4 million.
Projected population growth is 64.26%
Total refugees are 8,500
Total Refugee outflow are 4,000
Sex ratio under 15 years is 1.05 male(s) per female
Sex ratio from 15 to 64 years is 1.02 male(s) per female
Sex ratio at 65 years and over is 0.77 male(s) per female
Sex ratio at birth is 1.05 male(s) per female
Sex ratio at total population is 1.02 male(s) per female (2002 est.)
Total fertility rate is 2.99 children born per woman (2002 est.)
Total urbanization is 43% (2001)
Total urbanization in 1975 was 43.5%
Total urbanization in 2015 will be 45.8%