How big is Egypt really?
Egypt covers 1,010,408 km² (390,000 sq mi). On the usual world map (the Mercator projection) it is drawn about 1.25 times bigger than it really is.
See Egypt at its true size on the map →True size vs the map
Both drawn at the same scale. The map keeps shapes but swells everything away from the equator.
Egypt in numbers
- Egypt is the 30th largest of the 196 countries and territories in Globegami.
- Countries of about the same true size: Mauritania (1,030,700 km²), Tanzania (947,303 km²), Bolivia (1,098,581 km²).
- The United States is 9.7 times the size of Egypt.
Why the map gets Egypt wrong
Egypt lies around 26°N. A Mercator map stretches distances there by about 1.12 times in every direction, so areas come out roughly 1.25 times too big near its middle. Most web maps use this projection because it keeps angles and shapes right for navigation, not because it shows sizes fairly.
In Globegami you can drag a copy of Egypt anywhere on Earth: it keeps its true size and grows or shrinks on the map as it moves, and you can fold the map back into a globe.
Compare Egypt
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works