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Egypt: Statistics

Economy 
Budget Expenditures $69.28 billion (2011 est.)
Budget revenues $50.95 billion (2009 )
Debt - external $37.28 billion (2011 est.)
Distribution Of Family Income - GINI Index 34.4% (2001 )
Electricity Consumption 109.1 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity Exports 1.022 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity Imports 896 million kWh (2008 est.)
Electricity Production 123.9 billion kWh (2008 est.)
Exports $27.96 billion (2011 est.)
GDP - purchasing power parity $515.40 billion (2011 est.)
Note: data are in 2011 US dollars
GDP - real growth rate 1.2% (2011 est.)
Imports $57.41 billion (2011 est.)
Industrial production growth rate 5.7% (2011 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 13.3% (2011 est.)
Labor force 27.74 million (2011 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption 44.37 billion cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Exports 18.32 billion cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Imports 0 cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Production 62.69 billion cu m (2009 est.)
Natural Gas Proved Reserves 2.186 trillion cu m (2011 est.)
Oil Consumption 740 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Exports 163 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Imports 177.2 thousand bbl/day (2009 est.)
Oil Production 662.6 thousand bbl/day (2010 est.)
Oil Proved Reserves 4.4 billion bbl (2011 est.)
Unemployment rate 12.2% (2011 est.)
People 
HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate 0.1% (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate 24.23 deaths per 1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Population 83,688,164 (2012 est.)
Population Below Poverty Line 20% (2005 est.)
Population growth rate 1.922% (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate 2.94 children per woman (2012 est.)
Ethnic Groups:
Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4% (2006 census)
Nationality:
noun: Egyptian(s) adjective: Egyptian
Religions:
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
Languages:
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
Geography 
Location:
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
Area
Total:1,001,450 sq. km
Land:995,450 sq. km
Water:6,000 sq. km
Coastline: 2,450 km
Climate:
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
Terrain:
vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point:Qattara Depression -133 m
Highest Point: Mount Catherine 2,629 m
Environment - International Agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
International Organization Participation:
ABEDA, ACCT, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AU, BSEC (observer), CAEU, COMESA, EBRD, FAO, G-15, G-24, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, MINURCAT, MINURSO, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OSCE (partner), PCA, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNMIL, UNMIS, UNOCI, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Technology 
Airports 86 (2010 )
Cellular Telephones 70,661,000 (2010 )
Highways 65,050 (2009 )
Internet Hosts 200,336 (2011 )
Internet Users 20,136,000 (2009 )
Railways 5,083 (2010 )
Telephones 9,618,000 (2010 )

Sources:

CIA World Factbook

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