Posted on 10/09/2020 4:23:45 PM PDT by Salman
CAIRO: The announcement that Egypt’s population is now 101 million means that it has increased by 1 million in less than 8 months. The Population Clock of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said it passed the 100 million mark on Feb. 11, 2020.
Amr Hassan, the former reporter of the National Population Council, said that the population is a major concern for the Egyptian government, as it puts great pressure on natural resources and is a burden on the state budget.
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Well, don’t look at me.
They all live on the Nile.
Anyone seen Laz recently?
They will f&$%^# anything
So you are claiming that you had your pants on the whole time?
Lived in Cairo for a couple years eleven I was a kid. It was packed with people then. Now I’m sure it was more densely packed.
Damn thats about 50 million more than I thought.
How many of those newly spawned million will turn into future Mohammed Atta’s ?
I see you hiding by the mummy buffet!
That sounded morbid.
Pharoah’s pyramid banquet*
Well why don’t they just open the borders maybe some will leave, that’s how we did it.
I think that means a 21 million increase in ten years, so, could be serious; that means up to 21 million are under ten years old, so, between 10 and 20 years from now, the population could triple.
88-89
Bill Clinton was a visitor approx. a year ago?/s
The Nile delta and valley used to feed the Roman Empire.
Which is why they call the camel the "ship of the desert." It's full of Egyptian seamen.
We visited in February. Fantastic trip- the traffic is absolutely scary!
Farming with oxen can support four million Egyptians. Mechanized modern practice farming probably works well enough for 25 million. Per a study years back, the Saudi government provided $ ten billion for subsistence grain imports. Sounds as though they have added a few tens-of-millions to the roster since that time.
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