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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Egypt fits inside Brazil 8.5 times

Brazil: 8,510,420 km² (2024) · Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Brazil’s coastline is 3.1 times as long as Egypt’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Brazil’s highest peak towers 365 m above Egypt’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 28% of Brazil, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Egypt: 4.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Brazil has 80% more people than Egypt

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Egypt: 118 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Egypt is 4.7 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Egypt: 119 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Brazil are 1.2 cm taller than in Egypt

Brazil: 175.7 cm (2019) · Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Brazil are 1.5 cm taller than in Egypt

Brazil: 162.4 cm (2019) · Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Brazil is 9.9 years older than in Egypt

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Egypt: 24 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Egypt have 1.1 more children on average than in Brazil

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

11% of people in Brazil are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Egypt: 5.3% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Egypt hosts 42% more refugees per resident than Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Egypt: 0.5 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Brazil and Egypt are practically level

Brazil: 1 (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?

Brazil’s economy is 6.2 times the size of Egypt’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Egypt: $365 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Brazil produces 16% more per person than Egypt

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Egypt (Gini 21.8 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Egypt: 28.5 (2021)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Egypt: 1.4% (2021)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 6.0% in Brazil

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Egypt: 6.8% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Brazil and Egypt are practically level

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Egypt: 0.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Brazil’s central government collects 15% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Egypt: 12.5% (2015)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Brazil spends 7.1 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Egypt: $141 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Brazil live 4.2 years longer than in Egypt

Brazil: 76 years (2024) · Egypt: 71.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Egypt is 69% more likely to die before turning one than in Brazil

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Brazil has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Brazil has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Brazil is 11 times that in Egypt

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 31% in Brazil

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Egypt: 42.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 12% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Egypt: 25% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Brazil rate their lives 2.77 points higher than in Egypt

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Egypt: 3.86 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Brazil drink 101 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Brazil has 3.8 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Brazil has 329 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 375 more hours a year than in Brazil

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Egypt went to school 1.7 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Egypt: 10.1 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Egypt welcomed 3.2 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Egypt: 0.1 (2022)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Brazil has 19 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (26 against 7)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Egypt: 7 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Egypt: 41 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

84% of people in Brazil are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Egypt: 75% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Brazil is 3.6 times as fast as in Egypt

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Egypt and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Egypt: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

88% of people in Brazil live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

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

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Brazil has 102 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Egypt: 97 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Brazil’s railway network is 5.8 times as long as Egypt’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Egypt: 5,153 km (2016)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Brazil fly 3.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Egypt: 0.14 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Egypt: 0% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Brazil emits 3% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Egypt: 2.2 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Egypt: 13% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Egypt carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Brazil

Brazil: 15.3 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 15 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Egypt

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Brazil are 2.1 times as deadly as in Egypt

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Brazil is on average 1.8 °C warmer than Egypt

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Brazil gets 136 times as much rain as Egypt

Brazil: 1,661 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 Brazil bigger than Egypt?

Brazil is larger. Egypt fits inside Brazil 8.5 times.

Which has more people, Brazil or Egypt?

Brazil has 80% more people than Egypt (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Brazil or Egypt?

People in Brazil live 4.2 years longer than in Egypt. Life expectancy at birth is 76.0 years in Brazil and 71.8 in Egypt.

Are people taller in Brazil or Egypt?

Men in Brazil are 1.2 cm taller than in Egypt (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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