Country
Egypt
- EG
- Africa
- EGP
- .eg
Egypt (EG/EGY) is a country in Africa with its capital at Cairo. It covers about 1,002,450 km² with a population of roughly 105,000,000, uses the EGP, dials on +20, owns the .eg internet domain and keeps its capital on Africa/Cairo. It borders 3 countries.
Identity
Official short nameEgypt
CapitalCairo
ContinentAfrica
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2EG
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3EGY
Internet TLD.eg
Calling code+20
Currency codeEGP
Geography
Latitude26.8206° N
Longitude30.8025° E
HemisphereNorthern and Eastern
Area1,002,450 km²387,048 square miles
Land neighbours31 have pages here; LY, SD are not yet in the dataset
Distance from London3,774 kmto the approximate centre of Egypt, not to Cairo. SE, bearing 124.8°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalAfrica/Cairothe IANA zone for Cairo; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+02:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+02:00 and UTC+03:00
Summer offsetUTC+03:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+02:00
Offset in JulyUTC+03:00
Current offsetUTC+03:00
Local time now10 Sept 2026, 05:26
Hours ahead of UTC3
Population & scale
Population105,000,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density104.7 per km²≈
Share of world population1.296%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset17 of 59
Population rank in this dataset14 of 59
Neighbouring countries
Israel613 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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