Threatened Species, Environmental and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems, Population, Area/Land Use, Protected Lands, Economy, Education), References and Links
Threatened Species: The following list includes all mammals which occur in Egypt and are rated as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
Total number of species: 102 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 7 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996: 15
(15 % of
total species) (IUCN 1996); 2000:
14 (14 % of total species) (IUCN 2000)
Egypt contains portions of the Red Sea Fog Woodlands and the Red Sea Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Population in 1995: 61,948,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 61.9 people/sq km (160.2 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 66,050,004 (World
Almanac 1999)
Average population growth rate, 1980 - 1990: 2.4 % (World Bank 1992)
Area: 1,001,450 sq km (386,662 sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Percentages of primary world ecosystem types:
Percent of land area classified as the following degree of human disturbance: Low: 79 %; Medium: 15 %; High: 6 % (WRI 1994)
Area: 8,000 sq km (3,088 sq mi) (Groombridge
1992)
Percent of land protected: 0.06 % totally protected; 0.74 % partially protected;
0.8 % totally or partially protected (Groombridge
1992)
Per capita GNP ($ U.S.) (1991): $611 (WRI 1994)
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $2,900 (World Almanac 1999)
Percent of females in secondary education (1989): 71 % (World Bank 1992)
Percent adult literacy: Female: 34 % (1990), 20 % (1970); Male: 63 % (1990), 50 %
(1970) (WRI 1994)
References: Groombridge 1992, Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2004, Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999, World Bank 1992, WRI 1994
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link for Egypt): CIA World Factbook, Foreign Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library of Congress - Country Studies, University of Texas - Country Maps, Washington Post - Countries, World Resources Institute - Country Profiles
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