Egyptian Government Pushes for Population Control

Jonathan Abbamonte
Population Research Institute

The Egyptian Government has long implemented programs to encourage smaller families and birth control usage. But far more intrusive population control policies—including a two-child cap for welfare recipients and a proposed incentive scheme for one-child families—may soon be introduced by the government if certain Egyptian lawmakers get their way.

In a statement issued on November 22, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli announced that, starting in January 2019, the government will put a two-child-per-family cap on welfare payments in order to reach more families in need and in order to reduce the country's population growth rate.

"[T]he government has decided not to give any kind of monetary subsidies to families with three children," Prime Minister Madbouli said in his address, according to reporting from Ahram Online.

"We will target these families, and all should know that the runaway growth of population is a big threat to the economic development in this country," Madbouli said.

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