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POPULATIONTerms:Definitions and Explanation:Death rate:This entry gives the average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only arough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affectedby age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overalldeath rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.Net migration rate:This entry includes the figure for the difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyearpopulation). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving thecountry as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of populationchange. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in thelabor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).Sex ratio:This entry includes the number of males for each female in five age groups: atbirth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sexdiscrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in someAsian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due toa strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertilitypatterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.Infant mortality rate:This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given yearper 1,000 live births in the same year. This rate is often used as an indicator of thelevel of health in a country.Life expectancy rate:This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of peopleborn in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Theentry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Lifeexpectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country andsummarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating thepotential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculationof various actuarial measures.Total fertility rate:This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born perwoman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore childrenaccording to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more directmeasure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births perwoman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country.STATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS25

POPULATIONTerms:Definitions and Explanation:Total fertility rate:High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates forwomen. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes thatmight limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.HIV/AIDS–adultprevalence rate:This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living withHIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population atyearend.HIV/AIDS–people livingwith HIV/AIDS:HIV/AIDS–deaths:Nationality:Ethnic groups:Religions:Languages:Literacy:People note:This entry gives an estimate of all people (adults and children) aliveat yearend with HIV infection, whether or not they have developedsymptoms of AIDS.This entry gives an estimate of the number of adults and childrenwho died of AIDS during a given calendar year.This entry provides the identifying terms for citizens: noun and adjective.This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting withthe largest and normally includes the percent of total population.This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with thelargest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with thelargest and sometimes includes the percent of total populationspeaking that language.This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages forthe total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions andstandards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the mostcommon definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing thestandards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write isbeyond the scope of the Factbook. Information on literacy, while not a perfectmeasure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid forinternational comparisons. Low levels of literacy, and education in general, canimpede the economic development of a country in the current rapidly changing,technology-driven world.This entry includes miscellaneous demographic information ofsignificance not included elsewhere.STATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS26

EGYPT AND THE UNITED STATESECONOMIC STATISTICSGDP:GDP—real growthrate:GDP—per capita:GDP—compositionby sector:Population belowpoverty line:Labor force:Labor forceby occupation:Unemployment NITED STATESpurchasing power parity – 289.8 billion (2002 est.)purchasing power parity – 10.4 trillion (2002 est.)3.2% (2002 est.)2.45% (2002 est.)purchasing power parity - 4,000(2002 est.)purchasing power parity - 37,600(2002 est.)agriculture: 17%industry: 34%services: 49% (2001)agriculture: 2%industry: 18%services: 80% (2002)22.9% (FY 95/96 est.)12.7% (2001 est.)20.6 million (2001 est.)141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2001)agriculture: 29%industry: 22%services: 49%(2000 est.)managerial and professional 31%,technical, sales and administrativesupport: 28.9% services: 13.6%manufacturing, mining, transportation,and crafts: 24.1% farming, forestry,and fishing: 2.4%note: figures exclude the unemployed (2001)12% (2001 est.)5.8% (2002)revenues: 21.5 billionexpenditures: 26.2 billion,including capital expendituresof 5.9 billion (2001)revenues: 1.946 trillionexpenditures: 2.052 trillion, includingcapital expenditures of NA(2002 est.)textiles, food processing,tourism, chemicals, hydrocarbons,construction, cement, metalsleading industrial power in the world,highly diversified and technologicallyadvanced; petroleum, steel, motor vehicles,aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals,electronics, food processing, consumer goods,lumber, miningcotton, rice, corn, wheat, beans,fruits, vegetables; cattle, waterbuffalo, sheep, goatswheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables,cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products;forest products; fishSTATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS27

EGYPTUNITED STATES 7 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.) 687 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.)crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicalscapital goods, automobiles, industrialsupplies and raw materials, consumer goods,agricultural productsU.S. 18.3%, Italy 13.7%, UK 8.4%(2002)Canada 22.4%, Mexico 13.9%, Japan 7.9%,UK 5.6%, Germany 4.1%, France,Netherlands (2001) 15.2 billion f.o.b. (2002 est.) 1.165 trillion f.o.b. (2002 est.)machinery and equipment,foodstuffs, chemicals, woodproducts, fuelscrude oil and refined petroleum products,machinery, automobiles, consumer goods,industrial raw materials, food and beveragesU.S. 16.9%, Germany 7.9%,Italy 6.7%, France 6.5%, China 5%,UK 4.1% (2002)Canada 19%, Mexico 11.5%, Japan 11.1%,China 8.9%, Germany 5.2%, UK, Taiwan(2001)Debt—external: 30.5 billion (2002 est.) 862 billion (1995 est.)Economic aid—recipient:ODA, 2.25 billion (1999)ODA, 6.9 billion (1997)Egyptian pound (EGP)U.S. dollar (USD)Egyptian pounds per U.S. dollar 4.5 (2002), 3.97 (2001), 3.47 (2000),3.4 (1999), 3.39 (1998British pounds per U.S. dollar 0.6661 (2002), 0.6944 (2001), 0.6596 (2000),0.6180 (1999), 0.6037 (1998),Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar 1.5693 (2002), 1.5488 (2001), 1.4851 (2000),1.4857 (1999), 1.4835 (1998),Japanese yen per U.S. dollar 125.39 (2002), 121.53 (2001), 107.77 (2000),113.91 (1999), 130.91 (1998),euros per US dollar 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001), 1.08540 (2000),0.93863 ers:Currency:Exchange rates:influencenote: financial institutions in France, Italy,and Germany and eight other European countries started using the euro on 1 January 1999with the euro replacing the local currency inconsenting countries for all transactionsin 2002STATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS28

EGYPT AND THE UNITED STATESGEOGRAPHY STATISTICSEGYPTUNITED STATESNorthern Africa, bordering theMediterranean Sea, between Libyaand the Gaza Strip, and the Red Seanorth of Sudan, and includes theAsian Sinai PeninsulaNorth America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, betweenCanada and Mexico27 00 N, 30 00 E38 00 N, 97 00 Wtotal: 1,001,450 sq kmland: 995,450 sq kmwater: 6,000 sq kmtotal: 9,629,091 sq kmland: 9,158,960 sq kmwater: 470,131 sq kmnote: includes only the 50 states andDistrict of Columbiaslightly more than three timesthe size of New Mexicoabout half the size of Russia; aboutthree-tenths the size of Africa; abouthalf the size of South America (or slightlylarger than Brazil); slightly larger thanChina; about two and a half times thesize of Western Europetotal: 2,665 kmborder countries: Gaza Strip 11 km,Israel 266 km, Libya 1,115 km,Sudan 1,273 kmtotal: 12,034 kmborder countries: Canada 8,893 km(including 2,477 km with Alaska),Mexico 3,141 kmnote: US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay,Cuba is leased by the U.S. and thus remainspart of Cuba; the base boundary is 29 km2,450 km19,924 kmClimate:desert; hot, dry summerswith moderate wintersmostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii andFlorida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the greatplains west of the Mississippi River, and aridin the Great Basin of the southwest; low wintertemperatures in the northwest are amelioratedoccasionally in January and February by warmchinook winds from the eastern slopes of theRocky MountainsTerrain:vast desert plateau interrupted byNile valley and deltavast central plain, mountains in west, hills andlow mountains in east; rugged mountains andbroad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanictopography in HawaiiLocation:Geographiccoordinates:Area:Area comparative:Land boundaries:Coastline:STATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS29

Elevation extremes:Natural resources:Land use:Irrigated land:Natural hazards:Environment:current issuesEGYPTUNITED STATESlowest point:Qattara Depression -133 mhighest point:Mount Catherine 2,629 mlowest point:Death Valley -86 mhighest point:Mount McKinley 6,194 mpetroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum,talc, asbestos, lead, zinccoal, copper, lead, molybdenum,phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron,mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten,zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timberarable land: 2.85%permanent crops: 0.47%other: 96.68% (1998 est.)arable land: 19.32%other: 80.46% (1998 est.)permanent crops: 0.22%33,000 sq km (1998 est.)214,000 sq km (1998 est.)periodic droughts; frequentearthquakes, flash floods, landslides;hot, driving windstorm calledkhamsin occurs in spring;dust storms, sandstormsair pollution resulting in acid rain inboth the U.S. and Canada; the U.S. is thelargest single emitter of carbon dioxidefrom the burning of fossil fuels; waterpollution from runoff of pesticides andfertilizers; very limited natural freshwater resources in much of the westernpart of the country require carefulmanagement; desertificationagricultural land being lost tourbanization and windblown sands;increasing soil salination belowAswan High Dam; desertification;oil pollution threatening coral reefs,beaches, and marine habitats; otherwater pollution from agriculturalpesticides, raw sewage, and industrialeffluents; very limited natural freshwater resources away from the Nilewhich is the only perennial watersource; rapid growth in populationoverstraining the Nile and naturalresourcesparty to: Air Pollution, Air PollutionNitrogen Oxides, Antarctic-EnvironmentalProtocol, Antarctic-Marine LivingResources, Antarctic Seals, AntarcticTreaty, Climate Change, Desertification,Endangered Species, EnvironmentalModification, Marine Dumping, MarineLife Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban,Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94,Wetlands, Whalingsigned, but not ratified:Air Pollution-Persistent OrganicPollutants, Air Pollution-Volatile OrganicCompounds, Biodiversity, Climate ChangeKyoto Protocol, Hazardous WastesSTATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS30

EGYPTUNITED STATESEnvironment:internationalagreementsparty to: Biodiversity, Climate Change,Desertification, Endangered Species,Environmental Modification, HazardousWastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlandssigned, but not ratified: ClimateChange-Kyoto Protocolparty to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-NitrogenOxides, Antarctic-EnvironmentalProtocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources,Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, ClimateChange, Desertification, EndangeredSpecies, Environmental Modification,Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation,Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, ShipPollution, Tropical Timber 83,Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, WhalingGeography note:controls Sinai Peninsula, only landbridge between Africa and remainderof Eastern Hemisphere; controls SuezCanal, a sea link between Indian Oceanand Mediterranean Sea; size, andjuxtaposition to Israel, establish itsmajor role in Middle Eastern geopolitics; dependence on upstream neighbors;dominance of Nile basin issues; proneto influxes of refugeessigned, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-VolatileOrganic Compounds, Biodiversity, ClimateChange-Kyoto Protocol, Hazardous Wastesworldʼs third-largest country by size (afterRussia and Canada) and by population (afterChina and India); Mt. McKinley is highest pointin North America and Death Valley the lowestpoint on the continentSTATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS31

EGYPT AND THE UNITED STATESPOPULATION STATISTICSEGYPTUNITED STATES74,718,797 (July 2003 est.)290,342,554 (July 2003 est.)0-14 years: 33.9% (male 12,964,852;female 12,346,808)15-64 years: 61.9% (male 23,375,037;female 22,865,190)65 years and over: 4.2% (male1,359,685; female 1,807,225)(2003 est.)0-14 years: 20.9% (male 31,098,473; female 29,675,712)15-64 years: 66.7% (male 96,628,469;female 97,061,559)65 years and over: 12.4% (male14,888,185; female 20,990,156)(2003 est.)total: 23.1 yearsmale: 22.8 yearsfemale: 23.5 years (2002)total: 35.8 yearsmale: 34.5 yearsfemale: 37.1 years (2002)1.88% (2003 est.)0.92% (2003 est.)Birth rate:24.36 births/1,000 population(2003 est.)14.14 births/1,000 population(2003 est.)Death rate:5.35 deaths/1,000 population(2003 est.)8.44 deaths/1,000 population(2003 est.)-0.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population(2003 est.)3.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population(2003 est.)Sex ratio:at birth: 1.05 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female65 years and over:0.75 male(s)/femaletotal population:1.02 male(s)/female (2003 est.)at birth: 1.05 male(s)/femaleunder 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/femaletotal population:0.97 male(s)/female (2003 est.)Infant mortality rate:total: 35.26 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 34.46 deaths/1,000live births (2003 est.)male: 36.02 deaths/1,000 live birthstotal: 6.75 deaths/1,000 live birthsmale: 7.46 deaths/1,000 live birthsfemale: 6.02 deaths/1,000 live births(2003 est.)Life expectancy rate:total population: 70.41 yearsmale: 67.94 yearsfemale: 73 years (2003 est.)total population: 77.14 yearsfemale: 80.05 years (2003 est.)male: 74.37 years3.02 children born/woman(2003 est.)2.07 children born/womanTotal population:Age structure:Median age:Population growth rate:Net migration rate:Total fertility rate:STATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS32

EGYPTUNITED STATESless than 0.1% (2001 est.)(2003 est.)0.6% (2001 est.)8,000 (2001 est.)900,000 (2001 est.)NA15,000 (2001 est.)noun: Egyptian(s)adjective: Egyptiannoun: American(s)adjective: AmericanEthnic groups:Eastern Hamitic stock (Egyptians,Bedouins, and Berbers) 99%, Greek,Nubian, Armenian, other European(primarily Italian and French) 1%white 77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%,Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%,native Hawaiian and other Pacificislander 0.3%, other 4% (2000)note: a separate listing for Hispanic is notincluded because the U.S. Census Bureauconsiders Hispanic to mean a person of LatinAmerican descent (including persons of Cuban,Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in theU.S. who may be of any race or ethnic group(white, black, Asian, etc.)Religions:Muslim (mostly Sunni) 94%, CopticChristian and other 6%Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%,Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989)Arabic (official), English andFrench widely understood byeducated classesEnglish, Spanish (spoken by asizable minority)definition: age 15 and overcan read and writetotal population: 57.7%male: 68.3%female: 46.9% (2003 est.)definition: age 15 and overcan read and writetotal population: 97%male: 97%female: 97% (1979 est.)HIV/AID–adultprevalence rate:HIV/AIDS–people livingwith iteracy:People note:note: data for the U.S. are based on projectionsthat do not take into consideration the resultsof the 2000 censusSTATISTICSAFRICAN PEN PALS33

KENYA AND THE UNITED STATESECONOMICS STATISTICSKENYAUNITED STATESpurchasing power parity – 32 billion (2002 est.)purchasing power parity – 10.4 trillion (2002 est.)0.8% (2002 est.)2.45% (2002 est.)purchasing power parity - 1,020(2002 est.)purchasing power parity - 37,600(2002 est.)agriculture: 24%industry: 13%services: 63% (2001 est.)agriculture: 2%industry: 18%services: 80% (2002)50% (2000 est.)12.7% (2001 est.)Labor force:10 million (2001 est.)141.8 million (includes unemployed) (2001)Labor forc

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