People (Egypt)
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     Population:
         56,368,950 (July 1992), growth rate 2.3% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         33 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         9 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         80 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         58 years male, 62 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         4.4 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Egyptian(s); adjective - Egyptian
     Ethnic divisions:
         Eastern Hamitic stock 90%; Greek, Italian, Syro-Lebanese 10%
     Religions:
         (official estimate) Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%; Coptic Christian and other 6%
     Languages:
         Arabic (official); English and French widely understood by educated classes
     Literacy:
         48% (male 63%, female 34%) age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
     Labor force:
         15,000,000 (1989 est.); government, public sector enterprises, and armed
         forces 36%; agriculture 34%; privately owned service and manufacturing
         enterprises 20% (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.)