Population Data Sources

1. Population Censuses.
2. Vital Statistics System.
3. Sample Surveys.
 1-Population Censuses
• The history of population census in Egypt (in its modern
sense) dates back to the year 1882. The population count
was then 6.7 million.
• The following census was carried out in 1897. Since then a
series of six decennial censuses was implemented in the
years ended in 7 until the census of 1947, the following
census was undertaken in 1960.
• In 1966, another census was carried out on a sample basis,
it has been followed by three decennial censuses in the
years 1976, 1986, 1996.
• For the time being, the preparatory activities for the 2006
census are underway.
• On the basis of the 1996 census and natural increase
method, the population of Egypt is estimated on the 1st of
July 2004 as of 69.3 Million.
(a) Enumeration Basis

• Enumeration is implemented on a Defacto

basis, with slight modification so as to
include all nationals temporarily existing
abroad in the census time.
(b) Census Contents
• Demographic Data Items : relationship to head of
HH, sex, age, place of usual residence, place of
birth, place of previous residence, duration of stay
in current residence.
• Social Data Items: Marital status, Educational
attainment, School enrolment, Disability.
• Economic Data Items: Participation in Economic
activity, Employment status,
Occupation(ISCO),Industry(ISIC), Economic
sector
• Housing Data Items: housing type and tenure, No.
of rooms, utilities, sanitary conditions, availability
of appliances and equipment.
(C) Geographic division

• The country is divided into 26 governorates as

follows:
Urban governorates 4
Lower Egypt Governorates 9
Upper Egypt Governorates 8
Frontier Governorates 5
• Apart from Urban governorates all others have
rural and urban components
 2- Vital Statistics System
• Registration of live births and deaths was
made compulsory in 1839.
• In 1912 the system was extended to cover
still births.
• Marriage and divorce was included in the
system in 1921.
• Registration grace period is 24 hours for
death and one week for birth events.
(a) Administration of VS System

• Three governmental organizations

participate in the VS System: Ministry of
Health and Population, Ministry of Interior,
and Central Agency for Public Mobilization
and Statistics (CAPMAS).
• CAPMAS is responsible for preparing and
publishing annually data of birth , death and
marriage/divorce events.
(b) Contents of vital records

• Birth event: Place of birth, Date of birth,

place of usual residence of mother, Type of
birth, Birth order, Sex, Age of parents,
Occupation of parents.
• Death event: Place of occurrence, Date of
occurrence, Place of usual residence, Age,
Sex, Occupation, Cause of death
( c ) Completeness of Registration

• Birth: Analytic studies have shown that the

completeness of birth registration in Egypt is
more than 90% with higher level in urban areas.
• Death: It has also been judged upon that death
registration is slightly below 90%. The relatively
higher level of death under-registration results
from failure of registering a fairly good portion of
infant deaths: babies die immediately after birth,
particularly in rural areas, escape registration
either as birth or death events.
 3- Sample Surveys

• Two nationwide households surveys are

conducted regularly, namely:
1- Demographic and Health Survey
Program (DHS)
2- Labor force Survey.
(a) Demographic and Health Survey
• Conducted almost every five years on a
sample of about 15000 households.
• It is the main source of KAP information
pertinent to RH/FP issues.
• Provide better estimates of infant and below
five mortality rates.
• Provide estimates at the level of the whole
nation as well as the five major geographic
divisions: Urban governorates; Urban Lower
Egypt; Rural Lower Egypt; Urban Upper
Egypt; and Rural Upper Egypt.
(B) Labor Force Survey
• Conducted annually in four rounds (quarterly) on
a sample of 20000 household each round.
• It is the main source of labor force structures and
distributions, and unemployment level and
differential.
• Provide annual estimates at the level of the whole
nation, major geographic subdivisions and
governorate (pooled data).
• Provide summary quarterly estimates at the level
of the total nation and major geographic
subdivisions.
• The survey is not conducted in census years.
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