---
title: "Egypt vs Russia — area, population, currency"
description: "Egypt is 1,001,450 km² with 118,365,995 people; Russia is 17,098,242 km² with 143,513,328. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/egypt-vs-russia/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Egypt vs Russia

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

1,001,450 km² vs 17,098,242 km² · 118,365,995 vs 143,513,328

Russia is 17 times larger than Egypt — 17,098,242 against 1,001,450 km². Russia is 1.2 times more populous than Egypt — 143,513,328 against 118,365,995 people.

## Side by side

|  | Egypt | Russia |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Cairo | Moscow |
| Area | 1,001,450 km² | 17,098,242 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 (2025) | 143,513,328 (2025) |
| Density | 118.2 /km² | 8.4 /km² |
| Currency | Egyptian pound (EGP) | Russian ruble (RUB) |
| Official languages | Arabic | Russian |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00 |
| Calling code | +20 | +7 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
| ISO codes | EG / EGY | RU / RUS |

## Population density

Egypt is 14 times more densely populated than Russia — 118 against 8 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 Russian ruble.
- Russia spans 11 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- 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.

## Russia

The largest country in the world by land area, close to twice the size of the next one, and it spans eleven time zones. Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake on Earth at 1,642 m and holds roughly a fifth of the world's unfrozen fresh water — more than all five North American Great Lakes combined. Russia and China each border fourteen countries, more than any other state.

> 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 Russia?

Russia is larger — 17,098,242 km² against 1,001,450 km².

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

Russia, with 143,513,328 against 118,365,995.

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

Egypt is UTC+02:00 and Russia is UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, UTC+04:00, UTC+05:00, UTC+06:00, UTC+07:00, UTC+08:00, UTC+09:00, UTC+10:00, UTC+11:00, UTC+12:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [India vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-russia/)
- [China vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-egypt/)
- [Japan vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/japan-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-russia/)
- [Canada vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-egypt/)
- [Australia vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-russia/)
- [Australia vs Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-egypt/)
- [New Zealand vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/new-zealand-vs-russia/)
- [France vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/france-vs-russia/)
- [Germany vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/germany-vs-russia/)
- [Italy vs Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/italy-vs-russia/)

## 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]