FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a crowd and shops at Al Ataba, a market in central Cairo, Egypt February 10, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany
February 11, 2020
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s population reached 100 million people on Tuesday, the official statistics agency CAPMAS said, putting more pressure on the government which sees the population boom as a threat to its economic reform plans.
The country’s 100 millionth person was recorded on the agency’s digital counter in eastern Cairo and on its website.
(Reporting by Mahmoud Mourad; Editing by Alex Richardson)
