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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan fits inside Egypt 2.2 times

Egypt: 1,001,450 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 2,014 m above Egypt’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Egypt has 3.2 times as many people as Uzbekistan

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Egypt is 41% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Egypt are 3.6 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 174.6 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Egypt and Uzbekistan are practically level

Egypt: 160.9 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 2.9 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Egypt hosts 13,776 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 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, Uzbekistan none

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (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 2.5 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Egypt produces 49% more per person than Uzbekistan

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Egypt (Gini 4.2 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 1.4% in Egypt

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Uzbekistan spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Egypt 0.6%

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Egypt’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Uzbekistan’s 11%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Uzbekistan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Uzbekistan spends 36% more on health per person than Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Uzbekistan live 0.72 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 71.8 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Egypt is 63% more likely to die before turning one than in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 4.2 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 4.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 9.8 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 31% in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 2.42 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 20 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Uzbekistan has 71% more meat per person than Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Uzbekistan has 203 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Egypt put in 270 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 1.8 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Uzbekistan welcomed 2.1 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 2.7 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Egypt and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

51% of people in Uzbekistan live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Egypt’s railway network is 9% longer than Uzbekistan’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Egypt fly 8% more passengers per resident than those from Uzbekistan

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Uzbekistan emits 73% more CO₂ than someone in Egypt

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

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

19% of Uzbekistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Egypt carries 38% more fine dust than in Uzbekistan

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 7% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Egypt

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 5% deadlier than in Egypt

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Egypt is on average 9.2 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uzbekistan gets 18 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 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 Uzbekistan?

Egypt is larger. Uzbekistan fits inside Egypt 2.2 times.

Which has more people, Egypt or Uzbekistan?

Egypt has 3.2 times as many people as Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Egypt or Uzbekistan?

People in Uzbekistan live 0.72 years longer than in Egypt. Life expectancy at birth is 71.8 years in Egypt and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Egypt or Uzbekistan?

Men in Egypt are 3.6 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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