---
title: "Egypt vs Sweden — area, population, currency"
description: "Egypt is 1,001,450 km² with 118,365,995 people; Sweden is 450,295 km² with 10,596,620. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/egypt-vs-sweden/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Egypt vs Sweden

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

1,001,450 km² vs 450,295 km² · 118,365,995 vs 10,596,620

Egypt is 2.2 times larger than Sweden — 1,001,450 against 450,295 km². Egypt is 11 times more populous than Sweden — 118,365,995 against 10,596,620 people.

## Side by side

|  | Egypt | Sweden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Cairo | Stockholm |
| Area | 1,001,450 km² | 450,295 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 (2025) | 10,596,620 (2025) |
| Density | 118.2 /km² | 23.5 /km² |
| Currency | Egyptian pound (EGP) | Swedish krona (SEK) |
| Official languages | Arabic | Swedish |
| Time zones | UTC+02:00 | UTC+01:00 |
| Calling code | +20 | +46 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Africa | Europe |
| ISO codes | EG / EGY | SE / SWE |

## Population density

Egypt is 5.0 times more densely populated than Sweden — 118 against 24 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 Swedish krona.
- 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.

## Sweden

Sweden has roughly 267,000 islands, more than any other country, though only a small fraction are inhabited. Around seventy percent of it is forest, and a seventh lies above the Arctic Circle. Its right of public access lets anyone walk and camp on most uncultivated land.

> 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 Sweden?

Egypt is larger — 1,001,450 km² against 450,295 km².

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

Egypt, with 118,365,995 against 10,596,620.

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

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

## Related pages

- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Sweden](https://atoneplace.net/country/sweden/)
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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]