EGYPT

COUNTRY
PROFILE
By Sophia Turnbow
 STATISTICS
➢ 1,001,450 sq km (CIA)
➢ Arable land: 2.8% (CIA)
➢ Major resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore,
phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc,
asbestos, lead, rare earth elements, zinc (CIA)
➢ Major industries: textiles, food processing, tourism,
chemicals, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbons, construction,
cement, metals, light manufactures (CIA)
➢ GDP: $302.256 billion (nominal, 2019 est.) (Economy) (Population)
➢ Literacy rate: 71.2% (CIA)
➢ Size of Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF): approximately
438,000 total (CIA)

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 STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT

➢ Type of government: Presidential republic

➢ Egypt’s current government was established after the Egyptian
Revolution of 2011, there is opposition to their government
➢ There is no freedom of speech
➢ Egypt censors the internet and has unfree press/media

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 RELIGION

Muslim (90%) Christian (10%)

➢ Religious minorities are

discriminated against
➢ Egypt is officially a secular state,
but its laws and government are
influenced by Islamic principles
(Britannica)

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 ETHNIC GROUPS/CULTURE

➢ Egypt is mostly homogeneous

➢ There are equal rights for all ethnic groups, but some have
disagreements
➢ Egypt has good relations with the US, they both want peace and
security in the Middle East (State)
➢ The US has assisted them in economics and military (State)

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 ECONOMICS/NATURAL RESOURCES

Agriculture: 11.7% Industry: 34.3% Services: 54%

➢ Major trading partners: China, US, Italy, Germany, and Gulf Arab
countries
➢ Exports: crude oil and petroleum products, fruits and vegetables, cotton,
textiles, metal products, chemicals, processed food (CIA)
➢ Imports: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals, wood
products, fuels (CIA)
➢ Egypt has 4.4 billion bbl in oil reserves (CIA)
➢ The Nile River is Egypt’s main source of water

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FOREIGN POLICY/ INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

➢ Allies: Libya, Sudan, US, Armenia, Bangladesh, India, Cyprus, Greece, Italy
(Relations)
➢ Enemies: Israel?, Iran, Qatar, Yemen (Relations)
➢ War on Terror: supported the US after 9-11, but refused to participate in
Afghanistan and Iraq (Relations)
➢ Egypt is involved in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, promoting peace
negotiations (Relations)
➢ Muslims in Egypt are mostly Sunni (CultureGrams)
➢ Egypt is helping in the civil wars in Syria and Yemen

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 BIBLIOGRAPHY
➢ https://www.populationpyramid.net/egypt/2020/ (Population)
➢ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Egypt (Economy)
➢ https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/eg.
html (CIA)
➢ http://online.culturegrams.com/world/world_country.php?cid=46&cn=Egypt
(CultureGrams)
➢ https://www.state.gov/u-s-relations-with-egypt/ (State)
➢ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_Egypt#:~:text=The%20politics%20of%2
0Egypt%20is,resignation%20of%20President%20Hosni%20Mubarak. (Politics)
➢ https://www.britannica.com/place/Egypt/Trade#:~:text=Egypt's%20most%20imp
ortant%20trading%20partners,and%20the%20Gulf%20Arab%20countries.
(Britannica)
➢ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Egypt
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(Relations)
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