Egypt
01 Mar 2011
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Cairo
- Head of government: Prime Minister Ahmed Shafik (since 31 January 2011)
- Inhabitants: 78,866,635 (July 2009)
- GDP/per capita: US$ 6,000 (2009)
- Economic growth: 4.7% (2009)
- Main languages: Arabic (official); English and French widely understood by educated classes
- School life expectancy: 10.3 years
- Education expenditures: 4.2% of GDP (2006)
- Internet users: 11,414,000 / 14.5% pop. (2008)
Higher education
- Number of students in higher education: 2.6 million (2005) (28% of total student age group)
- Number of institutions: 150 (est.)
- Number of students in the Netherlands: less than 100
