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54,000,0001952199225%Rural population in 2017Agrarian reform and the Green RevolutionLiberalisation of the land market (Law no. 96)Percentage of working people engaged in agriculture and fishing in 2016Sources: CAPMAS, 2016 et 2017 With a rural population accounting for 58% of the total in 2017, Egypt retains a strong village and peasant identity (11.9% of GDP in 2016) despite the encroachment on the countryside of multi-storeyed red brick constructions and despite the official definition of ...

While several atlases of Ancient Egypt exist, no atlas of contemporary Egypt has yet been published. Thus, this work fills a void and offers the general public an illustrated panorama of Egypt at the beginning of the 21st century. Through the contributions of some fifty researchers, it presents in an accessible form the key facts and challenges that concern present-day Egypt in the realms of politics, economics, demographics, the environment, society and culture, and geopolitics. To this end, the Atlas relies on a wide array of previously unpublished sources, most especially maps, which help to unlock and interpret the results of the official Egyptian census of 2017, providing an up-to-date view of the country and a better understanding of Egypt today.

54 000 0001952199225 %Population rurale en 2017Réforme agraire et révolution verteLibéralisation du marché de la terre (loi no 96)Part des actifs travaillant dans l’agriculture et la pêche en 2016Sources : CAPMAS, 2016 et 2017 Avec 58 % de ruraux en 2017, l’Égypte garde une forte identité rurale et paysanne (11,9 % du PIB en 2016), malgré le mitage des campagnes par des constructions à étages en briques rouges et malgré la définition officielle du rural (qaria), fondé sur un critère administr...