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toc =//**__EGYPT__**//=

Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia, via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is the world's only contiguous Eurafrasian nation. Most of Egypt's territory of 1,010,408 square kilometres lies within the Nile Valley. Egypt is a Mediterranean country. It is bordered by the Gaza Strip and Israel in the Northt, the Gulf of Aqaba in the East, the Red Sea in the SouthEast, Sudan in the South and Libya in the West.



**(Giza's pyramids - Egypt, 2,500 B.C.)** //__**EGYPT IN THE UN**__//

Egypt came into the United Nations the 24th of October, 1945. It was one of the founding members of this organization.



The Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1991 to 1996.



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 * 1-./ How many inhabitants does the country have? **

Egypt has a population of 88.8 million inhabitants


 * 2-./ Population density. **

The population density in Egypt is 83 people per Km2

**3-./ Birth rate. Reasons.**

Actual birth rate in Egypt is about 23.35 births/1,000 population.
 * Early Marriage System : Early marriages are commonly seen in our country. It is generally in the case of women. Maximum number of girls are married between 16 to 18 years. Early marriage prolongs the childbearing period and this leads to a high rate of growth of population.
 * Universal Marriage : Marriage is universal practice.
 * Joint Family System : Thought the importance of jointly family system has considerably declined in my country the system has no disappeared till now. In a joint family system the children are looked after by all the earning members of the family. The system acts a protection against economic hardship. A member may not be in a position to earn something but when he gets married he gets more children. The birth rate as a result of which population increases.
 * Poverty : Poverty is another factor which is mostly responsible for the rapid growth of population. Small children in poor families are put to work and this helps to increase the family income. Children in poor families are considered as assets.
 * Illiteracy, ignorance and superstitions : A majority of population in my country are illiterates. When illiteracy is combined with poverty it leads to firm belief a superstition. Children are considered as the gifts of God. They know nothing about the birth control measures. All those account of a higher birth rate in Egypt's population.
 * Attitude towards male child : Every Egyptians wants to have a male child. A male child is considered as an asset for the poor, a dowry earner for the greedy, and liberator for the God fearing, a life insurance for the middle man and a matter of pride for the mother.

**4-./Death rate. Reasons.**

Actual birth rate in Egypt is about 4.77 deaths/1,000 population. The availability of healthcare, proper hygiene, availability of fresh drinking water, political stability, technology, cures, social security, medicine and proper diets are the most important facts that makes a country to have a smaller Death Rate.


 * 5-./Natural growth. Reasons. **

Actual natural growth in Egypt is about 18.58% per year. As Egypt isn't such a developed country, they do not have the ideas we have in developed countries, so if here, we do not have our children till we have a good job, for maintein the baby, in Egypt they have children before, for get more money to the family.