CAIRO (MEMO) – The birth rate in Egypt has fallen by 30 percent since 2015, the health ministry in Cairo has announced. “On the occasion of the National Population Day, the government can announce that it has reduced the country’s birth rate from 30.2 births per 1,000 people in 2015 to 21.2 in 2021,” said ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar. The official pointed out that there is an “interactive relationship” between the population level and the country’s development.  Egypt’s population as of 31 July stands at 106,335,063 people according to the state-run Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics.