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title: "Egypt vs Netherlands — area, population, currency"
description: "Egypt is 1,001,450 km² with 118,365,995 people; Netherlands is 41,543 km² with 18,087,633. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/egypt-vs-netherlands/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Egypt vs Netherlands

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

1,001,450 km² vs 41,543 km² · 118,365,995 vs 18,087,633

Egypt is 24 times larger than Netherlands — 1,001,450 against 41,543 km². Egypt is 6.5 times more populous than Netherlands — 118,365,995 against 18,087,633 people.

## Side by side

|  | Egypt | Netherlands |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Cairo | Amsterdam |
| Area | 1,001,450 km² | 41,543 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 (2025) | 18,087,633 (2025) |
| Density | 118.2 /km² | 435.4 /km² |
| Currency | Egyptian pound (EGP) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | Arabic | Dutch |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +20 | +31 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
| ISO codes | EG / EGY | NL / NLD |

## Population density

Netherlands is 3.7 times more densely populated than Egypt — 435 against 118 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 Euro.
- Different continents — Africa and Europe.

## 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.

## Netherlands

About a quarter of the Netherlands lies below sea level and roughly a fifth of its present land area has been reclaimed from sea, lake and marsh. Flevoland, a province of some 1,400 km², was drained from the Zuiderzee in the 20th century and is the largest artificial island in the world. The lowest point, in Zuidplaspolder, is about 6.8 m below sea level.

> 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 Netherlands?

Egypt is larger — 1,001,450 km² against 41,543 km².

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

Egypt, with 118,365,995 against 18,087,633.

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

Egypt is UTC+02:00 and Netherlands is UTC+01:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

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## 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]