Egypt is 1.06× the size of Tanzania

Egypt covers about 1,001,000 km² (387,000 mi²) and Tanzania about 942,000 km² (364,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,001,000km²Egypt
942,000km²Tanzania

200 km

Egypt
Tanzania

What fits

Tanzania is 94% of the size of Egypt.
Egypt is larger by 59,600 km² (23,000 mi²), which is 6.3% of the area of Tanzania.
Measured in Belgiums: Egypt is about 32.6, Tanzania about 30.7.

How they differ

Egypt also has the larger population: 114.5 million against 57.3 million, 2.00× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Egypt against 61 in Tanzania: Egypt is 1.88× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,680 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Egypt at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Tanzania at 6°S about 1.0×, so the map shows Egypt as 1.31× the size of Tanzania instead of 1.06×.
Together Egypt and Tanzania cover 1,943,000 km², close to the size of Mexico (1,958,000 km², 0.8% bigger).
The gap between them, 59,600 km², is about the size of Togo (56,900 km²).
At Tanzania's density, Egypt would have 60.9 million people (it has 114.5 million). At Egypt's density, Tanzania would have 107.7 million (it has 57.3 million).
Egypt's centre is 32.7° of latitude, about 3,640 km, farther north than Tanzania's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Egypt	1.06×
More people	Egypt	2.00×
More crowded	Egypt	1.88×
Farther north	Egypt	32.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Egypt	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Egypt	Tanzania
Belgium 30,700 km²	32.6×	30.7×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	4.11×	3.86×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.80×	2.63×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.68×	2.52×
France 548,000 km²	1.83×	1.72×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.32×	0.30×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.12×	0.11×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.06×	0.06×

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

Side by side

	Egypt	Tanzania
Area, main territory	1,001,000 km²387,000 mi²	942,000 km²364,000 mi²
Population	114.5 millionWikidata, 2023	57.3 millionWikidata, 2017
Density	114 per km²	61 per km²
Official area	1,010,000 km²Wikidata	947,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Cairo	Dodoma
Latitude range	22°N to 32°N	12°S to 1°S
Continent	Africa	Africa

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2017, covering each whole country. 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 947,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 942,000 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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