Egypt vs France: which is bigger?

Egypt is bigger: 1,010,408 km² against 553,000 km², about 1.83 times the size of France.

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Side by side at true size

Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.

And on the usual world map

On the usual world map Egypt looks 1.08 times bigger, not 1.83: the map inflates Egypt about 1.25 times and France 2.1 times.

In numbers

Egypt: 1,010,408 km² (390,000 sq mi), 30th largest, around 26°N
France: 553,000 km² (214,000 sq mi), 49th largest, around 47°N
France would fit into Egypt about 1.83 times.

Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works