Egypt is 1.10× the size of Venezuela

Egypt covers about 1,001,000 km² (387,000 mi²) and Venezuela about 913,000 km² (352,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

1,001,000km²Egypt
913,000km²Venezuela

500 km

Egypt
Venezuela

What fits

Venezuela is 91% of the size of Egypt.
Egypt is larger by 88,400 km² (34,100 mi²), which is 9.7% of the area of Venezuela.
Measured in Belgiums: Egypt is about 32.6, Venezuela about 29.8.

How they differ

Egypt also has the larger population: 114.5 million against 31.3 million, 3.67× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 114 in Egypt against 34 in Venezuela: Egypt is 3.34× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 10,300 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Egypt at 26°N is drawn about 1.2× too large and Venezuela at 7°N about 1.0×, so the map shows Egypt as 1.35× the size of Venezuela instead of 1.10×.
Together Egypt and Venezuela cover 1,914,000 km², close to the size of Saudi Arabia (1,922,000 km², 0.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 88,400 km², is about the size of Jordan (88,900 km²).
At Venezuela's density, Egypt would have 34.3 million people (it has 114.5 million). At Egypt's density, Venezuela would have 104.4 million (it has 31.3 million).
Egypt's centre is 19.3° of latitude, about 2,150 km, farther north than Venezuela's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Egypt	1.10×
More people	Egypt	3.67×
More crowded	Egypt	3.34×
Farther north	Egypt	19.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Egypt	1.2× against 1.0×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Egypt	Venezuela
Belgium 30,700 km²	32.6×	29.8×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	4.11×	3.74×
Germany 358,000 km²	2.80×	2.55×
Japan 374,000 km²	2.68×	2.44×
France 548,000 km²	1.83×	1.67×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.32×	0.29×
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×	0.05×

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

Side by side

	Egypt	Venezuela
Area, main territory	1,001,000 km²387,000 mi²	913,000 km²352,000 mi²
Population	114.5 millionWikidata, 2023	31.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Density	114 per km²	34 per km²
Official area	1,010,000 km²Wikidata	912,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Cairo	Caracas
Latitude range	22°N to 32°N	1°N to 16°N
Continent	Africa	South America

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2024, 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 912,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 913,000 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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