Egypt, the land of sand, home to approximately 78,887,007 people on 1,001,450 sq km of land. That means 78 people per square kilometer, and 48 people per square mile of that desert sand.

If you move to Egypt, expect this:
~Every year your country grows at a rate of 1.75% (2006 estimate), which means 1,380,522 new citizens are either born or immigrate to your country each year.

~About 3 of every 100 babies born in your town are expected to die at birth (2006 estimate.)

~Your only expected to live 71 years

~Each of your friends has only one brother or sister

~12,000 people died from HIV/AIDS (2001 estimate)

~Less than 0.1% of the people in your country are currently living with AIDS/HIV

~Many of your neighbors are Muslims

The most pressing problem in Egypt, if you were to move there, is the country's growth rate. However, as early as 1966 the government had set up a nationwide birth control program aimed at reducing the annual population growth rate to 2.5 percent or less. This technique is usually effective, but often tends to be ineffective for the people living in the rural areas of Egypt. It is predicted that the population will grow to 103 million by 2025 and 27 million by 2050.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that rapid population growth was the cause of a whole array of economic and social problems, including poor education, unemployment, and population density.