OFFICIAL NAME

Jumhūriyyat Miṣr al-ʿArabiyyah (Arab Republic of Egypt)

FORM OF GOVERNMENT

multiparty republic with unicameral legislative body (House of Representatives [596])1

HEAD OF STATE

President: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

HEAD OF GOVERNMENT

Prime Minister: Mostafa Madbouli

CAPITAL

Cairo

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE

Arabic

OFFICIAL RELIGION

Islam

MONETARY UNIT

Egyptian pound (LE)

POPULATION

(2019 est.) 38,976,000

POPULATION RANK

(2018) 13

POPULATION PROJECTION 2030

117,151,000

TOTAL AREA (SQ MI)

390,121

TOTAL AREA (SQ KM)

1,010,408

DENSITY: PERSONS PER SQ MI

(2019) 253.7

DENSITY: PERSONS PER SQ KM

(2019) 98

URBAN-RURAL POPULATION

Urban: (2018) 42.5%

Rural: (2018) 57.5%

LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH

Male: (2018) 71.2 years

Female: (2018) 74 years

LITERACY: PERCENTAGE OF POPULATION AGE 15 AND OVER LITERATE

Male: (2017) 86.5%

Female: (2017) 75%

GNI (U.S.$ ’000,000)

(2017) 293,380

GNI PER CAPITA (U.S.$)

(2017) 3,010