**Egyptian Sudan** 98 The 1917 census shows continuous growth. If we set aside the exceptional war years, we find that the birth rate exceeded the death rate in 1921, according to the Statistics Department's report, by (234,459), and in 1922 by (243,536) people. And as the population increases, the birth rate naturally exceeds the death rate. There is no doubt in our minds that the average of this reaches 250,000 annually without any exaggeration. In the Menoufia Governorate, which is the most fertile land in Egypt, there is not a single piece of land that is not cultivated. Nevertheless, a large number of its inhabitants emigrate because they cannot find a livelihood there. However, we accept the rule that one feddan of agricultural land in Egypt is sufficient for the average livelihood of three people. Based on this rule, we say: The cultivated land in Egypt, amounting to (5,600,000) feddans, is sufficient for the livelihood of (16,800,000) people. After the population census in 1917, the total increase of births over deaths was (871,770), according to the Statistics Department's estimate. If we add to this the increase in 1923, which was (200,000), and add the total to the 1917 census, the population at the end of 1923 would be (13,800,000). Subtracting this from (16,800,000) people, which is the number required to utilize the area on which taxes are levied, leaves a deficit of (3,000,000) people, which is a deficit that the annual population increase covers. If we assume this increase is (250,000) annually, this deficit will disappear within twelve years. I say only twelve years are sufficient for this if things proceed naturally. And if the uncultivated land suitable for cultivation is reclaimed, which includes the northern part, the Lakes region, and the Delta, and amounts to (1,500,000) feddans as previously mentioned, it can accommodate (4,500,000) people. This amount will absorb the population increase within eighteen years. Therefore, the years required to eliminate the entire deficit would be thirty years, or rather, five