In Egypt, inhabitants development is at half-mast. In 2023, it slowed to 1.4%, its lowest charge in a long time, based on figures by the Ministry of Planning information printed on Thursday.

Egypt is essentially the most populous nation within the Arab world, with 106 million inhabitants, based on the official Egyptian statistics company.

The autumn in inhabitants is nice information for the federal government. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi had already warned of the burden of the beginning charge on public funds and authorities companies.

At a time when 60% of the inhabitants lives at or close to the poverty line. Not solely that, however the nation additionally faces an infrastructure deficit by way of faculties and hospitals, amongst different issues. And it’s crumbling beneath the load of a rising debt.

To curb the demographic push, the authorities launched the 2019 marketing campaign, “Deux, c’est assez” (Two is sufficient).