Egypt’s coastline is 11 times as long as Romania’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 85 m above Romania’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Egypt has 6.2 times as many people as Romania

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Egypt is 44% more densely populated than Romania

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 19 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Romania hosts 5.8 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Egypt and Romania are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 17% larger than Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 2.5 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Romania than in Egypt (Gini 1.3 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

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

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

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

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

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

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

Romania’s central government collects 16% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Romania spends 7.4 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Egypt is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Romania has 5.4 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 6.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 10 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 38% in Romania

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 25% in Egypt

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

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

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

Adults in Romania drink 165 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 2.6 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 555 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 543 more hours a year than in Romania

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 1.4 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Romania welcomed 6.8 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 4 more World Heritage sites than Egypt (11 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 3.9 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Romania are practically level

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

52% of people in Romania live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 2.1 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Romania fly 5% more passengers per resident than those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Romania emits 63% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 2.9 times as much fine dust as in Romania

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Egypt than in Romania

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 10% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 12.6 °C warmer than Romania

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Romania gets 62 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)