Population:
78,866,635 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 31.4% (male 13,345,500/female 12,743,878)
15-64 years: 63.8% (male 26,823,127/female 26,169,421)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 1,701,068/female 2,299,875) (2009 est.)

Median age:
total: 24.8 years
male: 24.4 years
female: 25.2 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:
2.033% (2009 est.)

Birth rate:
25.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate:
4.88 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate:
-0.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization:
urban population: 43% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.8% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.74 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 27.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.93 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 72.12 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 74.81 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.05 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
9,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: Rift Valley fever
water contact disease: schistosomiasis
note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009)

Nationality:
noun: Egyptian(s)
adjective: Egyptian

Ethnic groups:
Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census)

Religions:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%

Languages:
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 71.4%
male: 83%
female: 59.4% (2005 est.)

Education expenditures:
4.2% of GDP (2006)