_#_Natural resources: small reserves of crude oil, iron ore, copper, chromium ore, zinc, tungsten, mica, silver, crude oil
_#_Land use: arable land 5%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 24%; forest and woodland 20%; other 51%; includes irrigated 1%
_#_Environment: dominated by the Nile and its tributaries; dust storms; desertification
_#_Note: largest country in Africa
_*People #_Population: 27,220,088 (July 1991), growth rate 3.0% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 44 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 13 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 1 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 85 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 52 years male, 54 years female (1991)