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Egypt

Egypt's best placing is 13th of 195 for population.

Best placing: #13Population
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 118.4 million
Land area: 995,450 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Egypt is.

Population

#13 of 195

118,365,995 people

3rd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#29 of 194

995,450 km² of land

12th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

GDP

#41 of 182

365,254,630,180 US$ (current prices)

2nd in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#38 of 135

5,085 km of railway

3rd in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Coastline

#47 of 151

2,450 km of coastline

6th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Airports

#71 of 193

73 airports

15th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Population by area

#77 of 194

118.91 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Land area per person

#118 of 194

0.008 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#87 of 133

5.11 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

GDP per person

#134 of 182

3,086 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#109 of 134

42.96 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest

#165 of 194

450 km² of forest

49th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Airports by area

#170 of 191

0.73 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports per person

#180 of 192

0.62 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest by area

#190 of 194

0.0 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#191 of 194

0.0000 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#179 of 179

18 mm of precipitation per year

54th in Africa · World Bank · 2022

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