How many people: About 76 million. More than a third of the country's population is younger than 15.
How big is it? About 385,000 square miles. That's about three times the size of New Mexico. But most of the land (almost 97 percent) is desert that can't be used for growing anything.
The capital: Cairo.
Languages: Mostly Arabic. Also English and French.
Religion: Islam is the official religion (its believers are called Muslims). Most Egyptians are Sunni Muslims.
Important sites: The pyramids at Giza, built more than 4,400 years ago as royal burial chambers; the Nile, the world's longest river, runs the length of Egypt.
Do they watch TV? There are 170 televisions for every 1,000 people in Egypt, compared with 531 TVs for every 1,000 Americans.
