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Egypt
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UNFPA Representative
P.O. Box 982, Post Code: 11599, Cairo
Tel: (202) 5772253 – 5770115
Fax: (202) 5794808
 
Demographic, Social & Economic Indicators
Total Population (millions) (2000) 68.5
Projected population (millions) (2025) 95.6
Avg. pop. growth rate (%) (1995-2000) 1.9
% Urban (1995) 45
Urban growth rate (1995-2000) 2.6
Population/ ha arable and perm. crop land 7.6
Total fertility rate (1995-2000) 3.40
% births with skilled attendants 46
GNP per capita PPP$ (1998) 3,146
Per capita central govt. expenditures (PPP$) Education 150.7
Health      54.7
External population assistance (US$,000) 36,092
Under-5 mortality M/F M  65
F  64
Per capita energy consumption 638
Access to safe water 84
   
Monitoring ICPD Goals: Selected Indicators
Infant mortality Total per 1,000 live births 51
Life expectancy M 64.7
F 67.9
Maternal mortality ratio 170
Primary enrolment (gross) M 108
F 94
Proportion reaching grade 5 M 95
F 93
Secondary enrolment (gross) M 83
F 73
% Illiterate (>15 years) M 34
F 57
Contraceptive knowledge % knowing method 100

% knowing source 93
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 65
Contraceptive prevalence Any method 47
Modern methods 46
   

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