Country profile · Africa · EGY
Egypt: area, population and density
Egypt has 995,450 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 118,365,995; calculated population density is 119 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Egypt ranks 29th of 196 by land area, 13th by population and 79th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 995,450 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 118,365,995World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 119 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Egypt in the country comparison set
Egypt has 995,450 sq km of land area and a population value of 118,365,995 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 29th by land area, 13th by population, and 79th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Egypt first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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