CAIRO (Reuters) - Population growth in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country, slowed to 1.4% in 2023, its lowest rate in decades, the planning ministry said on Thursday. The need to limit ...

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2017 file photo, girls play on a rooftop in Boulaq El Dakrour district of Giza, Egypt. On Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, the official statistics agency announced Egypt’s fast-growing ...

In 2023, the population growth rate in Egypt declined by 1.4 percent, the lowest in the last 50 years, compared to the 2.6 percent recorded in 2017, the minister added, citing a report issued by the ...

CAIRO – Egypt says its population stands at nearly 95 million, in addition to an estimated 9.4 million who live abroad, according to the latest census figures. The figures were announced during a ...

Hosni Mubarak is a dictator who has to go — that’s obviously the animating force behind the protests in Egypt. And more power to the protesters! But Egypt’s problems run much deeper than its ...

CAIRO – Egypt's government says in March, the number of Egyptian citizens will reach 92 million. Of those, 84 million live in Egypt and 8 million abroad. The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and ...

CAIRO – Somewhere in Egypt, around lunchtime Tuesday, the country reached a major milestone: Its 100 millionth citizen was born. The birth of that citizen – whom officials identified as a girl named ...

Cairo – Egypt’s fast-growing population hit 100 million Tuesday, the official statistics agency announced, presenting a pressing problem for an already overburdened country with limited resources. The ...