How much coast is there?

Australia’s coastline is 11 times as long as Egypt’s.

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Egypt’s highest peak towers 401 m above Australia’s.

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Egypt has 4.3 times as many people as Australia.

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Egypt: 118 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Egypt is 33 times as densely populated as Australia.

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Egypt: 119 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Australia is 14 years older than in Egypt.

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Egypt: 24 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Egypt have 1.3 more children on average than in Australia.

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt.

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Egypt: 5.3% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Australia has produced 3.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5.

Australia: 3.6 (2025) · Egypt: 0.5 (2025)

How many official languages?

Australia and Egypt are practically level.

Australia: 1 (2026) · Egypt: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Australia’s economy is 4.9 times the size of Egypt’s.

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Egypt: $365 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Australia produces 3.6 times as much per person as Egypt.

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Egypt (Gini 5.3 points higher).

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Egypt: 28.5 (2021)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 4.1% in Australia.

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Egypt: 6.8% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.7%.

Australia: 1.9% (2024) · Egypt: 0.7% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 5.9× Egypt’s.

Australia: 91% (2025) · Egypt: 15% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Australia spends 49 times as much on health per person as Egypt.

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Egypt: $141 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Egypt is 6.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Australia.

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Australia has 6.1 times as many doctors per person as Egypt.

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 32% in Australia.

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Egypt: 42.8% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 12% in Australia.

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Egypt: 25% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Australia rate their lives 3.05 points higher than in Egypt.

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Egypt: 3.86 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Australia drink 102 times as much alcohol as in Egypt.

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Australia has 4.2 times as much meat per person as Egypt.

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Australia has 468 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt.

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 757 more hours a year than in Australia.

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Australia went to school 2.7 years longer than in Egypt.

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Egypt: 10.1 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Australia: no data · Egypt: 0.1 (2022)

How many people are online?

96% of people in Australia are online, versus 75% in Egypt.

Australia: 96% (2024) · Egypt: 75% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

Australia and Egypt are practically level.

Australia: 100% (2024) · Egypt: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt.

Australia: 88% (2025) · Egypt: 43% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Australia has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97.

Australia: 113 (2024) · Egypt: 97 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Australia’s railway network is 6.3 times as long as Egypt’s.

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Egypt: 5,153 km (2016)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Australia fly 18 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt.

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Egypt: 0.14 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 0.0% of Egypt.

Australia: 17.4% (2023) · Egypt: 0% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Australia emits 6.5 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt.

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Egypt: 2.2 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

39% of Australia’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt.

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Egypt: 13% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Egypt carries 7.6 times as much fine dust as in Australia.

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 54% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Australia.

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Egypt are 2.1 times as deadly as in Australia.

Australia: 4.5 per 100k (2021) · Egypt: 9.4 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Egypt is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Australia.

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Australia gets 37 times as much rain as Egypt.

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg)