Egypt March 16, 2020 Africa , Alexandrie , Ancient Egypt , Arab League , Arab Spring , Arabic , Arabic language , Asia , Assouan , Aswan Dam , attentat , British colony , CEN-SAD , colony , COMESA , Community of Sahel-Saharan States , conflicts , Egypt , excision , FPEG , Francophonie , Gas Exporting Countries Forum , Golfe d'Aqaba , Gulf of Suez , human rights , Isthmus of Suez , Le Caire , Lower Egypt , Mediterranean Sea , Middle East , Middle Egypt , Near East , Nile , Nile Delta , Nile River , North Africa , Nubie , oil , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Ottoman Empire , pharaons , Pyramide , Pyramides , Red Sea , rising waters , Sinaï , Sphinx de Gizeh , Strait of Tiran , Suez , Suez Canal , tourism , Upper Egypt , Western Asia Official name Arab Republic of Egypt Name in local language جمهوريّة مصر العربيّة (ar) Continent Africa Subcontinent North Africa Population (ranking: 14e ) 100,004,225 inhabitants (2020) Population growth 1.96 % / year Area 1,010,408 km² Density 98.97 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 46e )250.895 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 2,549 $USD (2018) GDP growth 5.30 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 71.80 years (2018) Birth rate 27.80 ‰ (2014) Fertility rate 3.34 children / woman (2014) Death rate (ranking ) 6.13 ‰ (2014) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 20.30 ‰ (2015) Literacy rate 73.75 % (2015) Official languages Arabic (French and English often spoken) Currency Egyptian pound (£ EGP) HDI (ranking: 154e )0.700 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )61.21 (2018) Government Republic (authoritarian, close to a dictatorship) Head of State President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi National Day 23 July (Revolution of 1952) ISO Codes EG, EGY Demonym Egyptian Tourists (ranking ) 8,157,000 people (2017)
100 million inhabitants Egypt is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. it is also a Mediterranean country bordered by the Palestine (Gaza Strip) and Israel to the northeast, the Gulf of Aqaba to the east, the Red Sea to the east and south, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. Across the Gulf of Aqaba lies Jordan , and across from the Sinai Peninsula lies Saudi Arabia , although Jordan and Saudi Arabia do not share a land border with Egypt.
Pyramid and Sphinx of Giza, Cairo, Egypt Cairo, capital of Egypt. Photo: Raduasandei Urban areas (2018) Urban areas Population Cairo 24,439,785 inhabitants Alexandria 5,278,745 inhabitants Damietta 1,535,860 inhabitants Luxor 1,291,530 inhabitants Ismaïlia 766,669 inhabitants Port Said 762,179 inhabitants Suez 747,610 inhabitants Mansourah 632,900 inhabitants El-Mahalla El-Koubra 535,278 inhabitants Tanta 437,793 inhabitants Assiout 403,202 inhabitants Médinet el-Fayoum 349,883 inhabitants Zagazig 319,707 inhabitants Assouan 290,327 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Governorates Population Area Alexandria 5,278,745 inhabitants 2,300 km² Aswan 1,530,214 inhabitants 62,726 km² Asyut 4,564,216 inhabitants 13,720 km² Beheira 6,386,281 inhabitants 9,826 km² Beni Suef 3,282,678 inhabitants 10,954 km² Cairo 9,771,217 inhabitants 3,085 km² Dakahlia 6,673,808 inhabitants 3,538 km² Damietta 1,535,860 inhabitants 910 km² Faiyum 3,736,394 inhabitants 6,068 km² Gharbia 5,141,966 inhabitants 1,942 km² Giza 8,888,401 inhabitants 13,184 km² Ismailia 1,345,255 inhabitants 5,067 km² Kafr El Sheik 3,472,224 inhabitants 3,467 km² Luxor 1,291,530 inhabitants 55 km² Matruh 453,802 inhabitants 166,563 km² Minya 5,721,511 inhabitants 32,279 km² Monufia 4,433,135 inhabitants 2,499 km² New Valley 249,156 inhabitants 440,098 km² North Sinai 462,854 inhabitants 27,564 km² Port Said 762,179 inhabitants 1,345 km² Qalyubia 5,780,167 inhabitants 1,124 km² Qena 3,295,256 inhabitants 10,798 km² Red Sea 371,861 inhabitants 119,099 km² Sharqia 7,378,550 inhabitants 4,911 km² Sohag 5,176,178 inhabitants 11,218 km²
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