Total  Population

72,536,644 (July 2005 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years:  34.59% (male 12,313,585; female 11,739,072)
15-64 years:  61.6% (male 21,614,284; female 21,217,978)
65 years and over:  3.81% (male 1,160,967; female 1,490,758) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate

1.69% (2005 est.)

24.89 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

7.7 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

-0.24 migrant (s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

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:  0.78 male (s)/female
total population:  1.02 male (s)/female (2005 est.)

60.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

total population:  63.69 years
male:  61.62 years
female:  65.85 years (2005 est.)

3.07 children born/woman (2005 est.)

0.02% (2002 est.)

Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians, Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%, Greek, Nubian , Armenian, other European (primarily Italian and French) 1%

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write
total population:  51.4%
male:  63.6%
female:  38.8% (2002 est.)