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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Egypt fits inside Argentina 2.8 times

Argentina: 2,780,400 km² (2024) · Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Argentina’s coastline is 2 times as long as Egypt’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Argentina’s highest peak towers 4,333 m above Egypt’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 30% of Argentina, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Egypt: 4.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Egypt has 2.6 times as many people as Argentina

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Egypt: 118 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Egypt is 7.1 times as densely populated as Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Egypt: 119 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Argentina and Egypt are practically level

Argentina: 174.8 cm (2019) · Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Argentina and Egypt are practically level

Argentina: 161.2 cm (2019) · Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Argentina is 8.1 years older than in Egypt

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Egypt: 24 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Egypt have 1.2 more children on average than in Argentina

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

13% of people in Argentina are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Egypt: 5.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Egypt hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Egypt: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Argentina has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Egypt: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Argentina’s economy is 87% larger than Egypt’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Egypt: $365 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Argentina produces 61% more per person than Egypt

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Egypt (Gini 13.9 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Egypt: 28.5 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Egypt and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Egypt: 1.4% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Argentina and Egypt are practically level

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Egypt: 6.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Egypt and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Egypt: 0.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Egypt’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Egypt: 12.5% (2015)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Argentina’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Egypt’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Egypt: 15% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Argentina spends 10 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Egypt: $141 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Argentina live 5.7 years longer than in Egypt

Argentina: 77.5 years (2024) · Egypt: 71.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Egypt is 2.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Argentina

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Argentina has 7.6 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Argentina has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Argentina is 14 times that in Egypt

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 38% in Argentina

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Egypt: 42.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 24% in Argentina

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Egypt: 25% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Argentina rate their lives 2.57 points higher than in Egypt

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Egypt: 3.86 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Argentina drink 69 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Argentina has 4.2 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Argentina has 266 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 756 more hours a year than in Argentina

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Argentina went to school 1 year longer than in Egypt

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Egypt: 10.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Argentina welcomed 40% more tourists per resident than Egypt (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Egypt: 0.1 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Argentina has 5 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (12 against 7)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Egypt: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Egypt: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Argentina are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Egypt: 75% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Argentina is 2.4 times as fast as in Egypt

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Egypt have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Egypt: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

92% of people in Argentina live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Egypt: 43% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Argentina has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Egypt: 97 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Argentina’s railway network is 3.5 times as long as Egypt’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Egypt: 5,153 km (2016)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Argentina fly 3.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Egypt: 0.14 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Argentina, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Egypt: 0% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Argentina emits 69% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Egypt: 2.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

35% of Argentina’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Egypt: 13% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Egypt carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Argentina

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.4 times as likely to be murdered in Argentina as in Egypt

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Argentina are 31% deadlier than in Egypt

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Egypt is on average 8.4 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Argentina gets 55 times as much rain as Egypt

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Argentina bigger than Egypt?

Argentina is larger. Egypt fits inside Argentina 2.8 times.

Which has more people, Argentina or Egypt?

Egypt has 2.6 times as many people as Argentina (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Argentina or Egypt?

People in Argentina live 5.7 years longer than in Egypt. Life expectancy at birth is 77.5 years in Argentina and 71.8 in Egypt.

Are people taller in Argentina or Egypt?

Argentina and Egypt are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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