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title: "Egypt — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Egypt: capital Cairo, area 1,001,450 km², population 118,365,995 (2025), currency Egyptian pound. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/
site: "At One Place"
---

# 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](https://atoneplace.net/country/bolivia/)
- [Mauritania](https://atoneplace.net/country/mauritania/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)
- [Uganda](https://atoneplace.net/country/uganda/)

## 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]