"In just 25 years, Egypt's population has risen by nearly two-thirds, from 50 million in 1985 to around 83 million today, with an average age of 24......
It also helped created a sea of angry, jobless young people when expatriate work in the Gulf dried up after the 2008 economic crisis.
And it made the world's No. 1 wheat importer more exposed to dissent when global food prices surged to a record high in January. After events in Tunisia, the rise fanned protest which developed into a challenge that toppled Hosni Mubarak."
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It makes a lot more sense than this thing about Egyptians wanting democracy.
