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Ethnic origins of the people and population trends

Abstract Egypt is, after Nigeria, the most heavily populated state in Africa. Within the group known as the Arab World, Egypt is by far the most populated of the states, with double the population of the second most populated Arab nation, Morocco. In addition, Egypt has the dubious distinction of having the largest city in Africa and the Arab World. The importance of the population of Egypt is reinforced by a paradoxical land situation, where of the one million km2 forming Egypt only some 55 039 km2are inhabited, i.e. around 5.5 per cent of the total area (CAPMAS 1985a, p. 5). Some 99 per cent…