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title: "Egypt vs Norway — area, population, currency"
description: "Egypt is 1,001,450 km² with 118,365,995 people; Norway is 323,802 km² with 5,610,870. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/egypt-vs-norway/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Egypt vs Norway

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

1,001,450 km² vs 323,802 km² · 118,365,995 vs 5,610,870

Egypt is 3.1 times larger than Norway — 1,001,450 against 323,802 km². Egypt is 21 times more populous than Norway — 118,365,995 against 5,610,870 people.

## Side by side

|  | Egypt | Norway |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Cairo | Oslo |
| Area | 1,001,450 km² | 323,802 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 (2025) | 5,610,870 (2025) |
| Density | 118.2 /km² | 17.3 /km² |
| Currency | Egyptian pound (EGP) | Norwegian krone (NOK) |
| Official languages | Arabic | Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian (Nynorsk), Sami |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +20 | +47 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
| ISO codes | EG / EGY | NO / NOR |

## Population density

Egypt is 6.8 times more densely populated than Norway — 118 against 17 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 Norwegian krone.
- 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.

## Norway

The mainland coastline is about 2,500 km end to end, but roughly 25,000 km following the fjords, and over 100,000 km counting the islands — one of the longest coastlines of any country. Sognefjord runs 205 km inland and is 1,308 m deep. Norway generates almost all its electricity from hydropower.

> 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 Norway?

Egypt is larger — 1,001,450 km² against 323,802 km².

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

Egypt, with 118,365,995 against 5,610,870.

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

Egypt is UTC+02:00 and Norway 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]