Nominally independent from the UK in 1922, Egypt acquired full sovereignty following World War II. The completion of the Aswan High Dam in 1971 and the resultant Lake Nasser have altered the time-honored place of the Nile River in the agriculture and ecology of Egypt. A rapidly growing population (the largest in the Arab world) will continue to stress Egyptian society and overtax resources as the country enters the new millennium.
Demographic Data
Capital: Cairo
Government type: Democracy
Government stability: 75.8%
Government efficiency: 63.5%
Population's support to government: 76.0%
Area: 995,450 square kilometers
Habitable land: 5.0%
Farmable land: 3.0%
Total population: 62,359 thousands
Population's growth: 1.9%
Country's development level: 6,110
Economic Data
GNP: 151,500,000,000
Industralisation: 44.8%
International funding: 378,000,000
Political Data
Secret services efficiency: 4,551
Military Data
Technological generation: 2
Number of rebels: 11,224
Rebels development: 5,499
Rebels technological access: 4,276