Egypt – general information overview

Report 07/2009
Area: 1 million m²
Population: approx. 83 million
Population growth: approx. 1.7 %
Language of business: Arabic, English
Telephone connections: approx. 12 million
Mobile phone subscribers: approx. 45 million
Internet users: approx. 13 million
Raw materials: oil, gas, phosphate, iron, iron ore and manganese ore, cotton,
corn, rice, sweet corn, sugar cane
Currency: 1 Egyptian Pound = 100 piaster