Egypt
Africa · Northern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Cairo
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 118 million (118,365,995) · rank 13 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 1,001,450 km² · rank 29 of 193
- People per km²
- 118 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Egypt, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Egypt in the map data: 3.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Iraq, Yemen, Tajikistan, Hungary.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Egypt is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by area | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by population | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Egypt | Cairo |
| Italiano | Egitto | Il Cairo |
| Magyar | Egyiptom | Kairó |
| Suomi | Egypti | Kairo |