Egypt is 1.06× the size of British Columbia

What fits

• British Columbia is 94% of the size of Egypt.
• Egypt is larger by 55,500 km² (21,400 mi²), which is 5.9% of the area of British Columbia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Egypt is about 32.6, British Columbia about 30.8.

How they differ

• Egypt also has the larger population: 114.5 million against 5.0 million, 22.9× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 114 in Egypt against 5.3 in British Columbia: Egypt is 21.6× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 10,700 km apart.
• On a standard web map British Columbia looks larger than Egypt: Egypt at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and British Columbia at 55°N about 3.0×, so the map shows British Columbia as 2.25× the size of Egypt, when Egypt is 1.06× the size of British Columbia.
• Together Egypt and British Columbia cover 1,947,000 km², close to the size of Mexico (1,958,000 km², 0.6% bigger).
• The gap between them, 55,500 km², is about the size of Croatia (55,000 km²).
• At British Columbia's density, Egypt would have 5.3 million people (it has 114.5 million). At Egypt's density, British Columbia would have 108.2 million (it has 5.0 million).
• British Columbia's centre is 28.1° of latitude, about 3,130 km, farther north than Egypt's.
• Egypt ranks 31st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• British Columbia is the 5th largest of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and covers 9.5% of its area; it is the 7th most densely populated of them.
• British Columbia lies about 28° of latitude (roughly 3,130 km) north of Egypt.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Egypt would have about 8,740 m² and each person in British Columbia about 189,090 m².
• Laid side by side, Egypt and British Columbia would cover 1,947,000 km², about the same size as Mexico.
• Together they have 119.5 million people, 97% as many people as Japan.
• Counted as a country, British Columbia would rank 31st by area and 125th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2021. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

• Wikidata's official figure of 1,010,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 1,001,000 km², to within 2%.
• Wikidata's official figure of 945,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 946,000 km², to within 2%.

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