Egypt is 1.02× the size of South Australia

What fits

• South Australia is 98% of the size of Egypt.
• Egypt is larger by 17,200 km² (6,630 mi²), which is 1.7% of the area of South Australia.
• Measured in Belgiums: Egypt is about 32.6, South Australia about 32.1.

How they differ

• Egypt also has the larger population: 114.5 million against 1.9 million, 60.5× as many people.
• Per square kilometre that is 114 in Egypt against 1.9 in South Australia: Egypt is 59.5× as densely populated.
• Their centres are about 12,900 km apart.
• On a standard web map South Australia looks larger than Egypt: Egypt at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and South Australia at 30°S about 1.3×, so the map shows South Australia as 1.05× the size of Egypt, when Egypt is 1.02× the size of South Australia.
• Together Egypt and South Australia cover 1,985,000 km², close to the size of Mexico (1,958,000 km², 1.4% smaller).
• The gap between them, 17,200 km², is about the size of Eswatini (17,100 km²).
• At South Australia's density, Egypt would have 1.9 million people (it has 114.5 million). At Egypt's density, South Australia would have 112.6 million (it has 1.9 million).
• Egypt's centre is 56.5° of latitude, about 6,290 km, farther north than South Australia's.
• Egypt ranks 31st of 246 countries and territories by area.
• South Australia is the 4th largest of the 8 states and territories of Australia and covers 13% of its area; it is the 6th most densely populated of them.
• Egypt lies about 57° of latitude (roughly 6,290 km) north of South Australia, on the other side of the equator.
• Shared out evenly, each person in Egypt would have about 8,740 m² and each person in South Australia about 520,100 m².
• Laid side by side, Egypt and South Australia would cover 1,985,000 km², about the same size as Mexico.
• Together they have 116.4 million people, 1.03× as many people as the Philippines.
• Counted as a country, South Australia would rank 31st by area and 149th by population.

Side by side

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024. 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 984,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 984,000 km², to within 2%.

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