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Current account balance : $3.874 billion (2003) . HIV Al Qahirah Cairo : less than 0.1% (2001 est.) Population below poverty line : 16.7% (2000 est.) . Literacy : 57,70% House hold income lowest than 10% : 3,70% House hold income highest than 10% : 29.5% (1999) Inflation : 4.3% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate : 9.9% (2003 est.) . Internet Users : 2.7 million (2003) . Location Al Qahirah Cairo : Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula . Geographic Coordinates : 27 00 N, 30 00 E . Religion : Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, Coptic Christian and other 6% . Administrative region : 26 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); Ad Daqahliyah, Al Bahr al Ahmar, Al Buhayrah, Al Fayyum, Al Gharbiyah, Al Iskandariyah, Al Isma'iliyah, Al Jizah, Al Minufiyah, Al Minya, Al Qahirah, Al Qalyubiyah, Al Wadi al Jadid, Ash Sharqiyah, As Suways, Aswan, Asyut, Bani Suwayf, Bur Sa'id, Dumyat, Janub Sina', Kafr ash Shaykh, Matruh, Qina, Shamal Sina', Suhaj . Terrain : vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta . Elevation extremes lowest : Qattara Depression -133 m . Elevation extremes highest : Mount Catherine 2,629 m . Natural resources : petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, zinc . Land use arable land : 2,87%. Land use permanentcrops : 0,48%. Irrigated land : 33,000 sq km (1998 est.) . Natural hazards : periodic droughts; frequent earthquakes, flash floods, landslides; hot, driving windstorm called khamsin occurs in spring; dust storms, sandstorms . Environment current issues : agricultural land being lost to urbanization and windblown sands; increasing soil salination below Aswan High Dam; desertification; oil pollution threatening coral reefs, beaches, and marine habitats; other water pollution from agricultural pesticides, raw sewage, and industrial effluents; very limited natural fresh water resources away from the Nile which is the only perennial water source; rapid growth in population overstraining the Nile and natural resources . Geography note : controls Sinai Peninsula, only land bridge between Africa and remainder of Eastern Hemisphere; controls Suez Canal, a sea link between Indian Ocean and Mediterranean Sea; size, and juxtaposition to Israel, establish its major role in Middle Eastern geopolitics; dependence on upstream neighbors; dominance of Nile basin issues; prone to influxes of refugees . Population : 76,117,421 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 33,40%. age -14 men : 13 038 369. age -14 ladies : 12 418 254. age 15/64 p : 62,20%. age 15/64 men : 23 953 949. age 15/64 ladies : 23 419 418. age +65 p : 4,30%. age +65 men : 1 407 248. age +65 ladies : 1 880 183. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 23.4 years . median age male : 23 years . median age female : 23.8 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 1.83% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 23.84 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 5.3 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : -0.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1.02 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.75 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 34.64 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 33.12 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 70.71 years . life expectancy at birth male : 68.22 years . life expectancy at birth female : 73.31 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 2.95 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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