Overpopulation
Consultant to Health Minister for Population Affairs and Family Development Amr Hassan stated Tuesday that curbing high population growth in Egypt could be achieved by eliminating unintended pregnancies.
The population size is currently 105,901,000 and expected to record 1.6 million in February.
They have reached 1.6 million families nationwide.
Participants tackled the suggestions put forward during the public session and the previous specialists' session.
In the past few years, the size of the Egyptian population spiked by 40 million, which represented a challenge to development.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi launched Tuesday the first edition of the Global Congress on Population, Health, and Development held in the New Administrative Capital on September 5-8.
Egypt’s National Dialogue proposed teaching population and birth control subjects in schools and universities in a closed session on Tuesday.
The country is among eight states where large population growth is expected to occur.
The center compared the figure to those of Paris and New Mexico, where they are 5,000 per square kilometer and 2,800 per square kilometer, respectively.
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) reported Tuesday an increase of 14,019 in the Egyptian population.
Egypt suffers from overpopulation.
The president's statement came during the inauguration of New Mansoura City.
These governorates are characterized by a number of cultural misconceptions that encouraged having many children.
The Ministry of Health and Population announced Wednesday the total number of visits held by women to family planning units, medical caravans, and civil society facilities.
Cairo and Giza are the most populated, while North Sinai is the least populated.
The former official pointed out that although Egypt began combating overpopulation in 1965, but not much has been achieved.
2.5 million are born every year.
A child is born every 20 seconds, the CAPMAS said.
The first phase is taking place on February 13-24.
CAPMAS announced last week that the Egyptian population had hit 102,746,000 growing by 250,000 in just 60 days.
