  
<prompt> Trends in crude birth and death rates, Egypt 2000-2013 | Per thousand population | (Year) (Crude death rate) (Crude birth rate) (2000) (6.3) (27.4) (2001) (6.2) (26.7) (2002) (6.4) (26.5) (2003) (6.5) (26.2) (2004) (6.4) (25.7) (2005) (6.4) (25.5) (2006) (6.3) (25.7) (2007) (6.1) (26.5) (2008) (6.1) (27.3) (2009) (6.2) (28.8) (2010) (6.1) (28.7) (2011) (6.1) (30.3) (2012) (6.4) (31.9) (2013) (6) (31) <response> The population of Egypt has remained largely rural over the past fifteen years, fluctuating between 43 and 57 percent.  