Egypt
Egypt
Capital Cairo
1,001,450 km² · 118,365,995 people (2025) · Egyptian pound
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.
The facts
- Capital
- Cairo
- Area
- 1,001,450 km² — 386,662 sq mi
- Population
- 118,365,995 (2025)
- Density
- 118.2 people per km²
- Currency
- Egyptian pound (EGP, £)
- Official language
- Arabic
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Calling code
- +20
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- EG · EGY
- Continent
- Africa
How it compares
- By area
- 30 of 200
- By population
- 13 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 1,098,581 | 12,581,843 |
| Mauritania | 1,030,700 | 5,315,065 |
| Egypt ← | 1,001,450 | 118,365,995 |
| Tanzania | 947,300 | 70,545,865 |
| Nigeria | 923,768 | 237,527,782 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of Egypt?
- Cairo
- What currency does Egypt use?
- The Egyptian pound (EGP).
- How big is Egypt?
- 1,001,450 km², or 386,662 square miles — 30 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does Egypt drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
- Bolivia 1,098,581 km²
- Mauritania 1,030,700 km²
- Tanzania 947,300 km²
- Nigeria 923,768 km²
- Nigeria Africa
- Ethiopia Africa
- Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa
- Tanzania Africa
- South Africa Africa
- Kenya Africa
- Sudan Africa
- Uganda Africa
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)