---
title: "Egypt vs New Zealand — area, population, currency"
description: "Egypt is 1,001,450 km² with 118,365,995 people; New Zealand is 268,838 km² with 5,324,700. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/egypt-vs-new-zealand/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Egypt vs New Zealand

**Egypt vs New Zealand: Egypt is larger; Egypt has more people**

1,001,450 km² vs 268,838 km² · 118,365,995 vs 5,324,700

Egypt is 3.7 times larger than New Zealand — 1,001,450 against 268,838 km². Egypt is 22 times more populous than New Zealand — 118,365,995 against 5,324,700 people.

## Side by side

|  | Egypt | New Zealand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Cairo | Wellington |
| Area | 1,001,450 km² | 268,838 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 (2025) | 5,324,700 (2025) |
| Density | 118.2 /km² | 19.8 /km² |
| Currency | Egyptian pound (EGP) | New Zealand dollar (NZD) |
| Official languages | Arabic | English, Māori, New Zealand Sign Language |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45 |
| Calling code | +20 | +64 |
| Drives on the | right | left |
| Continent | Africa | Oceania |
| ISO codes | EG / EGY | NZ / NZL |

## Population density

Egypt is 6.0 times more densely populated than New Zealand — 118 against 20 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

- They drive on opposite sides — Egypt on the right, New Zealand on the left.
- Different currencies: the Egyptian pound and the New Zealand dollar.
- New Zealand spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Africa and Oceania.

## 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.

## New Zealand

Two main islands and around 600 smaller ones, roughly 1,600 km long. New Zealand broke away from Gondwana about 80 million years ago and had no land mammals except bats until people arrived, which is why so many of its birds are flightless. The Southern Alps run most of the South Island and reach 3,724 m at Aoraki / Mount Cook.

> 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 New Zealand?

Egypt is larger — 1,001,450 km² against 268,838 km².

### Which has more people, Egypt or New Zealand?

Egypt, with 118,365,995 against 5,324,700.

### What is the time difference between Egypt and New Zealand?

Egypt is UTC+02:00 and New Zealand is UTC+12:00, UTC+12:45. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country/new-zealand/)
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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]