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Population of Egypt |
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The people of Egypt are considered fairly homogeneous people who have a Hamitic origin. The population of Egypt has influences from the north that is Mediterranean and Arab. It also has people from the south who have origins from northern Sudan and add to the population of Egypt. The Egypt population has also been added by the Ethnic minorities who are actually the Bedouin Arab nomads. These nomads have come from Sinai and the eastern and western deserts. There are about 50,000-100,000 Nubians living along the banks of Nile river in the upper part of Egypt.
According to the recent surveys of 2007, the population of Egypt has been estimated to be 80,335,036. The growth rate of the population of Egypt in North Africa has been estimated to be 1.721%. In the whole continent of Africa, Egypt is the country with maximum population. The sex ratio in the population of Egypt is 1.017 males per female. According the geography of Egypt, the total land area occupied by the country is 1,001,450 square kilometers.
The population of Egypt is mainly dense around the basin of Nile. The fertile plains of the Nile river plains have attracted a lot of human settlements. It is interesting to note that that these plains have attracted both the local inhabitants as well as the immigrants to settle there. The population of Egypt comprise of people from different ethnic groups. The Egyptians comprise 98% of the population and the remaining 2% is constituted by people of different origin. 1% of the population comprises of Nubian, Bedouin and Beja and the other 1% comprise of Europeans who are mainly of Italian or French origin. The Greeks and Armenians also add to the population.
The most part of the population of Egypt follow the religion Islam. The Muslim community form 90% of the total Egypt population and out of them the ratio of Sunni Muslims is higher. A small part of the population also follows Christianity. 9% of the population is Coptic.
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The vast regions of the Sahara Desert have sparse population. The major part of the urban population dwells in the regions of Alexandria, greater Cairo, Alexandria and the Deltaic regions of Nile.
The rapid growth in the population of Egypt has become a growing concern for the problems related to environment. Cairo, Al Miny?, Alexandria and Asw?n, which are some of the most populated cities that are majorly affected by population from industrialization and the increasing the number of vehicles.
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