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People
Population: 54,705,746 (July 1990), growth rate 2.5% (1990).
Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1990).
Death rate: 10 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
Net migration rate: NEGL migrants/1,000 population (1990).
Infant mortality rate: 90 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
Life expectancy at birth: 60 years male, 61 years female (1990).
Total fertility rate: 4.7 children born/woman (1990).
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.); 36% government, public
sector enterprises, and armed forces; 34% agriculture; 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.).