Bolivia is 1.09× the size of Egypt

Bolivia covers about 1,087,000 km² (420,000 mi²) and Egypt about 1,001,000 km² (387,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,087,000km²Bolivia
1,001,000km²Egypt

200 km

Bolivia
Egypt

What fits

Egypt is 92% of the size of Bolivia.
Bolivia is larger by 85,800 km² (33,100 mi²), which is 8.6% of the area of Egypt.
Measured in Belgiums: Bolivia is about 35.4, Egypt about 32.6.

How they differ

Bolivia is larger, but Egypt has the larger population: 114.5 million against 12.2 million, 9.35× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Egypt against 11 in Bolivia: Egypt is 10.2× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 11,300 km apart.
On a standard web map Egypt looks larger than Bolivia: Bolivia at 17°S is drawn about 1.1× too large and Egypt at 26°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Egypt as 1.05× the size of Bolivia, when Bolivia is 1.09× the size of Egypt.
Together Bolivia and Egypt cover 2,088,000 km², close to the size of Greenland (2,154,000 km², 3.2% bigger).
The gap between them, 85,800 km², is about the size of Azerbaijan (86,200 km²).
At Egypt's density, Bolivia would have 124.3 million people (it has 12.2 million). At Bolivia's density, Egypt would have 11.3 million (it has 114.5 million).
Egypt's centre is 43.1° of latitude, about 4,800 km, farther north than Bolivia's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bolivia	1.09×
More people	Egypt	9.35×
More crowded	Egypt	10.2×
Farther north	Egypt	43.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Egypt	1.2× against 1.1×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bolivia	Egypt
Belgium 30,700 km²	35.4×	32.6×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	4.46×	4.11×
Germany 358,000 km²	3.04×	2.80×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.91×	2.68×
France 548,000 km²	1.98×	1.83×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.34×	0.32×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Bolivia	Egypt
Area, main territory	1,087,000 km²420,000 mi²	1,001,000 km²387,000 mi²
Population	12.2 millionWikidata, 2023	114.5 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	11 per km²	114 per km²
Official area	1,099,000 km²Wikidata	1,010,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	La Paz; Sucre	Cairo
Latitude range	23°S to 10°S	22°N to 32°N
Continent	South America	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 1,099,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,087,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 1,010,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,001,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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