How much coast is there?

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,481 m above Egypt’s.

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Egypt has 2.3 times as many people as Uganda.

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 2.2 times as densely populated as Egypt.

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Egypt is 7.5 years older than in Uganda.

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 1.4 more children on average than in Egypt.

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

5.3% of people in Egypt are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda.

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Egypt has produced 0.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda 0.0.

Egypt: 0.5 (2025) · Uganda: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Uganda has 2 official languages, Egypt 1.

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Egypt’s economy is 5.9 times the size of Uganda’s.

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Egypt produces 5.8 times as much per person as Uganda.

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uganda than in Egypt (Gini 14.2 points higher).

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Uganda: 42.7 (2019)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 2.7% in Uganda.

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Uganda spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.7%.

Egypt: 0.7% (2024) · Uganda: 1.9% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Egypt’s.

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Egypt spends 3.1 times as much on health per person as Uganda.

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uganda is 73% more likely to die before turning one than in Egypt.

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Egypt has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Uganda.

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda.

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda.

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uganda rate their lives 0.63 points higher than in Egypt.

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Uganda drink 39 times as much alcohol as in Egypt.

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Egypt has 2.5 times as much meat per person as Uganda.

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Egypt has 716 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda.

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 241 more hours a year than in Uganda.

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Egypt went to school 3.8 years longer than in Uganda.

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Egypt welcomed 2.9 times as many tourists per resident as Uganda (2019).

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

How many people are online?

75% of people in Egypt are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda.

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Egypt have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda.

Egypt: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

How many live in cities?

43% of people in Egypt live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda.

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Egypt has 97 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83.

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Egypt’s railway network is 4.1 times as long as Uganda’s.

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Egypt fly 334 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda.

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Uganda: 0 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 11% of Uganda, but only 0.0% of Egypt.

Egypt: 0% (2023) · Uganda: 11% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Egypt emits 18 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda.

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt.

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Egypt carries 11% more fine dust than in Uganda.

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 6.8 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Egypt.

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uganda are 70% deadlier than in Egypt.

Egypt: 9.4 per 100k (2021) · Uganda: 16 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Uganda is on average 0.2 °C warmer than Egypt.

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 121 times as much rain as Egypt.

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)