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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Egypt is 66% bigger than Ukraine

Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024) · Ukraine: 603,550 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ukraine’s coastline is 14% longer than Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,782 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Egypt’s highest peak towers 568 m above Ukraine’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 2,061 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 71% of Ukraine, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Ukraine: 71.3% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Egypt has 3 times as many people as Ukraine

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Ukraine: 39 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Egypt is 77% more densely populated than Ukraine

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Ukraine: 67 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ukraine are 6.4 cm taller than in Egypt

Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 181 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ukraine are 5.7 cm taller than in Egypt

Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019) · Ukraine: 166.6 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ukraine is 18 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Ukraine: 42 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Egypt have 1.7 more children on average than in Ukraine

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Ukraine: 0.99 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

19% of people in Ukraine are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Ukraine: 19% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Egypt hosts 31 times as many refugees per resident as Ukraine

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

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ukraine has produced 1.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Ukraine: 1.3 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Egypt and Ukraine are practically level

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Ukraine: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Egypt’s economy is 70% larger than Ukraine’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Ukraine: $214 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Egypt produces 7% more per person than Ukraine

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Ukraine: Int$18,905 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Egypt than in Ukraine (Gini 2.9 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Ukraine: 25.6 (2020)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

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

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Ukraine: 0% (2020)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 9.8% in Ukraine, versus 6.8% in Egypt

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Ukraine: 9.8% (2021)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ukraine spends 40% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Ukraine: 39.6% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ukraine’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Ukraine: 21% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ukraine’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Ukraine: 31% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ukraine spends 2.6 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Ukraine: $370 (2021)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ukraine live 2.9 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 71.8 years (2024) · Ukraine: 74.7 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Egypt is 2.7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ukraine

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ukraine: 7.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ukraine has 5.3 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Ukraine: 3.5 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ukraine has 5.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Ukraine: 6.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ukraine is 24 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.9 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 28% in Ukraine

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Ukraine: 27.8% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 24% in Ukraine

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Ukraine: 23.7% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ukraine rate their lives 0.80 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Ukraine: 4.66 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ukraine drink 38 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Ukraine: 3.9 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ukraine has 79% more meat per person than Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Ukraine: 49.5 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Egypt has 308 kcal more food per person per day than Ukraine

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Ukraine: 2,786 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 324 more hours a year than in Ukraine

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Ukraine: 2,045 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ukraine went to school 0.99 year longer than in Egypt

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

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Egypt welcomed 57% more tourists per resident than Ukraine (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Ukraine: 0.07 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Ukraine has 1 more World Heritage site than Egypt (8 against 7)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Ukraine: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ukraine has won 160 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Ukraine: 160 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

82% of people in Ukraine are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Ukraine: 82% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ukraine is 2.2 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Ukraine: 178 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Egypt and Ukraine are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

70% of people in Ukraine live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Ukraine: 70% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ukraine has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Ukraine: 133 (2023)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Ukraine’s railway network is 4.2 times as long as Egypt’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Ukraine: 21,626 km (2020)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

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

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Ukraine: 0.01 (2022)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 17% of Ukraine, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Ukraine: 17.3% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ukraine emits 70% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Ukraine: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

16% of Ukraine’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Ukraine: 16.4% (2022)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

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

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ukraine: 14.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Ukraine as in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Ukraine: 3.8 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ukraine are 51% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Ukraine: 18.7 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Egypt is on average 13.3 °C warmer than Ukraine

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ukraine gets 51 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ukraine: 619 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 Ukraine?

Egypt is larger. Egypt is 66% bigger than Ukraine.

Which has more people, Egypt or Ukraine?

Egypt has 3 times as many people as Ukraine (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Egypt or Ukraine?

People in Ukraine live 2.9 years longer than in Egypt. Life expectancy at birth is 71.8 years in Egypt and 74.7 in Ukraine.

Are people taller in Egypt or Ukraine?

Men in Ukraine are 6.4 cm taller than in Egypt (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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