---
title: "Egypt vs Mexico — area, population, currency"
description: "Egypt is 1,001,450 km² with 118,365,995 people; Mexico is 1,964,375 km² with 131,946,900. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/egypt-vs-mexico/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Egypt vs Mexico

**Egypt vs Mexico: Mexico is larger; Mexico has more people**

1,001,450 km² vs 1,964,375 km² · 118,365,995 vs 131,946,900

Mexico is 2.0 times larger than Egypt — 1,964,375 against 1,001,450 km². Mexico is 1.1 times more populous than Egypt — 131,946,900 against 118,365,995 people.

## Side by side

|  | Egypt | Mexico |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Cairo | Mexico City |
| Area | 1,001,450 km² | 1,964,375 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 (2025) | 131,946,900 (2025) |
| Density | 118.2 /km² | 67.2 /km² |
| Currency | Egyptian pound (EGP) | Mexican peso (MXN) |
| Official languages | Arabic | Spanish |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00 |
| Calling code | +20 | +52 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Africa | North America |
| ISO codes | EG / EGY | MX / MEX |

## Population density

Egypt is 1.8 times more densely populated than Mexico — 118 against 67 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Egyptian pound and the Mexican peso.
- Mexico spans 4 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Africa and North America.

## Egypt

Almost the entire population lives on the Nile valley and delta, which is only a few percent of the country's land area; the rest is desert. The Nile runs about 6,650 km from its headwaters to the Mediterranean. The Suez Canal, 193 km long, has no locks because the Mediterranean and Red Sea are close to the same level.

## Mexico

Mexico has the fourth-highest count of vertebrate and plant species of any country, and more reptile species than anywhere else. Chicxulub, under the northern Yucatán, is the roughly 180 km crater left by the asteroid impact 66 million years ago. The Sistema Sac Actun beneath the same peninsula is the longest known underwater cave system in the world, over 370 km surveyed.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Egypt bigger than Mexico?

Mexico is larger — 1,964,375 km² against 1,001,450 km².

### Which has more people, Egypt or Mexico?

Mexico, with 131,946,900 against 118,365,995.

### What is the time difference between Egypt and Mexico?

Egypt is UTC+02:00 and Mexico is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [India vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-mexico/)
- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)
- [Japan vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-mexico/)
- [Canada vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-egypt/)
- [Australia vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-mexico/)
- [Australia vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-egypt/)
- [France vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-mexico/)
- [Germany vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-vs-mexico/)
- [Italy vs Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/italy-vs-mexico/)
- [Mexico vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/mexico-vs-united-states/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]