Egypt
Country in Northern Africa
Egypt is a country in Northern Africa, with its capital in Cairo. About 118.4 million people live there (2025), making it the 13th most populous of the 195 countries. At 1,002,450 km², it is the 29th largest country by area. It borders Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan.
Egypt at a glance
- Capital
- Cairo
- Population (2025)
- 118.4 million
- Area
- 1,002,450 km²
- Density
- 118 per km²
- Official language
- Arabic
- Currency
- Egyptian pound
- People
- Egyptian
- Calling code
- +20
- Internet domain
- .eg
- Coast
- Has a coastline
Where is Egypt?
How Egypt compares
Population rank
13th of 195
3rd of 54 in Africa
Size rank
29th of 195
12th of 54 in Africa
Crowding
118 per km²
More crowded than 61% of countries
- Similar in size: Mauritania (1,030,700 km²).
- Similar population: Philippines (116.8 million).
- The Egyptian pound is also used in 1 other place: Palestine.
- Arabic is also an official language in 24 other countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, the Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea and 18 more.
The flag of Egypt
Flags that look like it
How to tell them apart: All three are red, white and black. Egypt has a golden eagle in the middle, Iraq has green Arabic writing, and Yemen is plain.
Would you recognise Egypt?
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How players do with Egypt
Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with Egypt so far, from 539 answers up to November 2026.
On the map
78% right
157th hardest of 176 · 427 answers
Its flag
88% right
125th hardest of 145 · 112 answers
- Players find Egypt on the map in 78% of tries, which makes it one of the easiest. The most common wrong answer is Libya.
- Players recognise the flag of Egypt in 88% of tries, one of the highest of any flag.
Countries that border Egypt
Egypt borders 4 countries: Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan.
Israel
Libya
Palestine
SudanQuick quiz: Egypt
3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.
1. Which is the flag of Egypt?
That's the flag of Egypt, easy to confuse with Iraq and Yemen.
2. What is the capital of Egypt?
Cairo is the capital of Egypt.
3. Which of these borders Egypt?
Egypt borders Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan.
Questions about Egypt
Is Egypt a country?
Yes. Egypt is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
What is the capital of Egypt?
The capital of Egypt is Cairo.
Which countries border Egypt?
Egypt borders 4 countries: Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan.
How many countries border Egypt?
4. Egypt shares a land border with 4 countries.
How big is Egypt?
Egypt covers 1,002,450 km², about the same size as Mauritania (1,030,700 km²).
Is Egypt hard to find on a map?
Not for most players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find Egypt in 78% of 427 tries, 157th hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is Libya.
Which flags look like the flag of Egypt?
Iraq and Yemen. All three are red, white and black. Egypt has a golden eagle in the middle, Iraq has green Arabic writing, and Yemen is plain.
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