Middle East & North Africa
A life that begins in Egypt, Arab Rep.
One in every 54 babies in the world is born here: about 2,475,625 a year, 4.7 a minute.
- Population
- 118,365,995
- Births a year
- 2,475,625
- Life expectancy
- 71.8
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 22.4
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
74
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
20.8
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
22.4
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
17
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
25
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
0.13
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
10.1
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
1.3
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
2.74
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
16
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
97
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
85
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
38
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
2.9
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$17,265
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
29
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
1.4
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
6.8
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
18
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
18
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
57
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
43
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
97
World: 91
Internet users (%)
75
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
3.86
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.04
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.02
World: 0.34
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 44.6 → 2026: 71.7 → 2050: 76.1
World
1960: 324 → 2026: 21 → 2050: 11
World
1960: 6.8 → 2026: 2.7 → 2050: 2.2
World
1960: 38 → 2026: 43 → 2050: 50
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Egypt, Arab Rep. comes up about once in every 54 lives.
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All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.