02The land
In numbers
A vast country that is mostly desert, where almost everyone lives along a single river and its delta.
- Area
- 0 km²
- Population
- about 118 million
- Share of the land in the Nile Valley and Delta
- about 5%
- Share of the population living there
- about 99%
- UNESCO World Heritage
- 7 sites
- Highest peak
- Mount Catherine, 2,642 m