Egypt
DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
Egypt, located in Africa, is positioned on the Mediterranean Sea between the Gaza Strip and Libya.
It has a population of a little over 71 million people.
They have a birth rate of 27 per 1,000 people, 2% increase per year.
At this rate their population should more than double by the year 2050 to over 115 million people.
Egypt has about 157 people per square mile, with 40% of the population urban.
Egypt is a young country, with 34% of the population aged 14 or younger (CIA, 2002).
Egypt's population is growing more rapidly than any other country in the Arab world (CIA, 2002).
This is a potentially serious problem for Egypt in the future, because the country has limited farmable land, only 3%, to support its present population (CIA, 2002).
Egypt uses water from the Nile to irrigate some land.
Most people live in the Nile Valley or the delta.
The rest of the country, about 96%, has few inhabitants (Columbia, 2002).
One result of the pressure from Egypt's growing population is that some of the country's precious arable land has been urbanized.
The Nile River is the country's only dependable water source, and the country's water demands are already straining available water supply (CIA, 2002).
The population growth has also brought urban management problems such as sewage treatment, which requires large amounts of water.
INCOME/MONEY
The Gross National Income, per capita, is $3,580.
By Egyptian standards, 22% live below the poverty line (CIA, 2002).
The inflation rate in 2001 was 2.3% (CIA, 2002).
Egypt received advice from the International Money Fund over the last decade regarding economic management.
Following this advice, Egypt was able to curb inflation, reduce budget deficits, and attract foreign businesses for investment.
However, government spending has increased in the last three years, especially on the country's infrastructure (CIA, 2002).
This seems prudent given their growing population, but it has increased their budget deficit.
In the year 2001, Egypt had expenditures of $26.2 billion, but revenues of only $21.5 billion, thus illustrating their current budget deficit problems (CIA, 2002).
The country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product) grew by 2.5% during 2001 (CIA, 2002), In 1999, the country received over $2 billion in economic aid, mostly from the United States.
Egypt's economy was also negatively affected by the Al-Queda attacks on the United States last year; tourism, a major industry, dropped off significantly...
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