Egypt

Egypt's population — overwhelmingly concentrated along the Nile and its delta — is largely Arab, with a distinct national identity rooted in millennia of history. Arabic is the official language.

Islam, predominantly Sunni, is the state religion, with a significant Coptic Christian minority, one of the oldest Christian communities in the world.

Society

Egypt has a very large, young, and fast-growing population straining its limited arable land and resources, with rising but uneven education and persistent poverty.