Facts

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Canada:
Area: total:9,984,670 square km
land: 9,093,507 square km
water: 891,163 square km
Population: 33,098,932 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.6%
15-64 years: 69%
65 years and over: 13.3%
Population growth rate: 0.88%
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.22 years
male: 76.86 years
female: 83.74 years
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 16.3 million
Unemployment rate: 6.8% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: 15.9 (note: there is no official poverty line in Canada)
Household income: lowest 10%: 2.8%
highest 10%: 23.8%
Telephones - main lines in use: 20.61 million (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 14, 984, 400 (2004)
Internet users: 20.9 million (2005)
Roadways: total: 1,408,900 km
paved: 497,342 km (including 16,906 km of expressways)
unpaved: 911,558 km (2002)

Korea:
Area: total:98,480 square km
land: 98,190 square km
water: 290 square km
Population: 48,846,823 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 18.9%
15-64 years: 71.9%
65 years and over: 9.2%
Population growth rate: 0.42%
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.04 years
male: 73.61 years
female: 80.75 years
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 99.2%
female: 96.6% (2002)
Labor force: 23.53 million
Unemployment rate: 3.7%
Population below poverty line: 15% (2003 est.)
Household income: lowest 10%: 2.9%
highest 10%: 25% (2005 est.)
Telephones - main lines in use: 26, 595, 100 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 36, 586, 100 (2004)
Internet users: 33.9 million (2005)
Roadways: total: 97,252 km
paved: 74,641 km (including 2,778 km of expressways)
unpaved: 22,611 km (2003)

Egypt:
Area: total: 1,001,450 square km
land: 995, 450 square km
water: 6,000 square km
Population: 78,887,007 (July 2006 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 32.6%
15-64 years: 62.9%
65 years and over: 4.5% (2006 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.75%
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.29 years
male: 68.77 years
female: 73.93 years (2006 est.)
Literacy rate: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.7%
male: 68.3%
female: 46.9% (2003 est.)
Labor force: 21.34 million (2005 est.)
Unemployment rate: 10%
Population below poverty line: 20%
Household income: lowest 10%: 4.4%
highest 10%: 25% (1995)
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.4 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 14,045,134 (2005)
Internet users: 5 million (2005)
Roadways: total: 64,000 km
paved: 49,984 km
unpaved: 14,016 km (1999)