Egypt’s coastline is 37% longer than Portugal’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 278 m above Portugal’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Egypt has 11 times as many people as Portugal

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Egypt and Portugal are nearly identical here

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 22 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.3 more children on average than in Portugal

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Portugal hosts 3.5 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Egypt and Portugal are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Egypt’s economy is 5% larger than Portugal’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Portugal produces 2.6 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Egypt (Gini 5.4 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.4% in Portugal

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 6.2% in Portugal

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 4× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Portugal spends 21 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Egypt is 7.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 8.7 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 3.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 11 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 25% in Egypt

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Portugal rate their lives 2.17 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 133 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal has 3.6 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Portugal has 459 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 634 more hours a year than in Portugal

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Egypt went to school 0.43 years longer than in Portugal

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 26 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 10 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (17 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Egypt has won 41 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 4.1 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Portugal are practically level

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

61% of people in Portugal live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 2 times as long as Portugal’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Portugal fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Portugal emits 54% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 3.9 times as much fine dust as in Portugal

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 82% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Portugal

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Egypt are 13% deadlier than in Portugal

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 7.7 °C warmer than Portugal

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Portugal gets 64 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)