That represents a quarter of Egypt's 92 million. The national natural population growth of 2.4% per year is double the average of other developing countries, said Mohamed Abdelgalil, adviser to official statistics agency CAPMAS. Maysa Shawky, the head of the National Population Council, told Reuters that awareness campaigns at universities and schools have begun as part of a national population strategy. New administrative capital"For the average citizen to not be affected by hikes in the prices of goods and services, the economic growth rate must be double the natural population increase rate," Abdelgalil said. Egypt's economic growth was 4.3% in 2015-2016 - not enough to achieve that.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 13, 2017 11:26 UTC