Egypt’s coastline is 3% longer than Germany’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 334 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 47% of Germany, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Germany: 47.4% (2024)

Egypt has 42% more people than Germany

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Germany: 83.5 million (2025)

Germany is 2 times as densely populated as Egypt

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Germany: 239 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 21 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Germany: 45.1 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.4 more children on average than in Germany

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Germany: 1.36 children per woman (2024)

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Germany: 23.7% (2025)

Germany hosts 17 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Germany: 10.3 (2026)

Egypt and Germany are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Germany: 1 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 14 times the size of Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025)

Germany produces 3.7 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Germany: Int$75,407 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Egypt (Gini 5.2 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Germany: 33.7 (2022)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.7% in Germany

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Germany: 0.7% (2022)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 3.7% in Germany

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Germany: 3.7% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Germany: 2.3% (2025)

Egypt’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Germany: 10.9% (2024)

Germany’s price level (US = 100) is 5.3× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Germany: 80% (2025)

Germany spends 48 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Germany: $6,849 (2024)

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

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

Germany has 6.8 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022)

Germany has 7.1 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 13 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 10 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Germany: 24.5% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 22% in Germany

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Germany: 22% (2024)

People in Germany rate their lives 3.02 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Germany: 6.88 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 106 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Germany: 10.9 litres (2023)

Germany has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Germany: 70.7 kg (2023)

Germany has 441 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 1,033 more hours a year than in Germany

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Germany: 1,335 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 4.2 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Germany: 14.3 years (2023)

Germany welcomed 4.3 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Germany: 0.45 (2024)

Germany has 48 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (55 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Germany: 55 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Germany: 980 (2026 edition)

94% of people in Germany are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Germany: 94% (2024)

Home internet in Germany is 2.3 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Germany: 187 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Germany are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Germany: 82% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Germany: 129 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 6.5 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Germany: 33,401 km (2021)

Airlines from Germany fly 6.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Germany: 0.96 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of Germany, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Germany: 32.8% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 3.1 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Germany: 6.8 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Germany: 59.1% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 4.5 times as much fine dust as in Germany

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 44% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Germany

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

Roads in Egypt are 2.3 times as deadly as in Germany

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 13.3 °C warmer than Germany

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Germany gets 71 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg)