Malaysia’s coastline is 91% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 1,466 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 25% of Malaysia, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Egypt has 3.3 times as many people as Malaysia

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Egypt is 9% more densely populated than Malaysia

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Malaysia is 6 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

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

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

8.0% of people in Malaysia are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Malaysia hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Malaysia has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Malaysia’s economy is 29% larger than Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Malaysia produces 2.1 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Egypt (Gini 12.2 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0% in Malaysia

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

Malaysia and Egypt are practically level

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Malaysia: 1% (2025)

Egypt and Malaysia are practically level

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Malaysia’s price level (US = 100) is 2.1× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Malaysia spends 3.2 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Malaysia

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Malaysia has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Malaysia has 85% more hospital beds per person than Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Malaysia is 6.3 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

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

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Malaysia rate their lives 2.14 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Malaysia drink 7.8 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Malaysia has 2.5 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Egypt has 168 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 61 more hours a year than in Malaysia

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Malaysia went to school 0.95 year longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Malaysia welcomed 2.8 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Egypt has 1 more World Heritage site than Malaysia (7 against 6)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Malaysia is 3.3 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Malaysia are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

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

Egypt’s railway network is 3.1 times as long as Malaysia’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Malaysia fly 9.2 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 3.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

21% of Malaysia’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

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

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 79% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Malaysia

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 31% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Egypt

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 253 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)