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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Egypt is 26% bigger than Pakistan

Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024) · Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Egypt’s coastline is 2.3 times as long as Pakistan’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Pakistan’s highest peak towers 5,982 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

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

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Pakistan has 2.2 times as many people as Egypt

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Pakistan is 2.8 times as densely populated as Egypt

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Egypt are 7.2 cm taller than in Pakistan

Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Egypt are 6.1 cm taller than in Pakistan

Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Egypt is 3.7 years older than in Pakistan

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Pakistan have 0.8 more children on average than in Egypt

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

5.3% of people in Egypt are 65 or older, versus 4.4% in Pakistan

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Pakistan hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 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, Pakistan 0.1

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Pakistan has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Pakistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Pakistan’s economy is 12% larger than Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Egypt produces 3.1 times as much per person as Pakistan

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Pakistan than in Egypt (Gini 5 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

23% of people in Pakistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Pakistan: 23% (2024)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 5.4% in Pakistan

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Pakistan: 5.4% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Pakistan spends 2.9% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Pakistan: no data

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Pakistan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Egypt spends 4.6 times as much on health per person as Pakistan

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Egypt live 4 years longer than in Pakistan

Egypt: 71.8 years (2024) · Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Pakistan is 2.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Egypt

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Pakistan has 73% more doctors per person than Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Egypt has 68% more hospital beds per person than Pakistan

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Pakistan is 11 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

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

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 18% in Pakistan

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Pakistan rate their lives 1.01 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Egypt drink 19% more alcohol than in Pakistan

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Egypt has 30% more meat per person than Pakistan

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Egypt has 580 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Pakistan put in 103 more hours a year than in Egypt

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Egypt went to school 5.8 years longer than in Pakistan

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Pakistan: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Pakistan: 6 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

75% of people in Egypt are online, versus 57% in Pakistan

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Egypt is 3.4 times as fast as in Pakistan

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Egypt have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan

Egypt: 100% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

43% of people in Egypt live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Egypt has 97 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Pakistan’s railway network is 51% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Egypt fly 5 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 4.1% of Pakistan, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

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

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

43% of Pakistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Pakistan carries 30% more fine dust than in Egypt

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 3.3 times as likely to be murdered in Pakistan as in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Pakistan are 35% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Egypt is on average 2.5 °C warmer than Pakistan

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Pakistan gets 34 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 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 Egypt bigger than Pakistan?

Egypt is larger. Egypt is 26% bigger than Pakistan.

Which has more people, Egypt or Pakistan?

Pakistan has 2.2 times as many people as Egypt (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Egypt or Pakistan?

People in Egypt live 4 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 71.8 years in Egypt and 67.8 in Pakistan.

Are people taller in Egypt or Pakistan?

Men in Egypt are 7.2 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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