Egypt vs Greece
Egypt is 7.66 times larger than Greece. Greece would fit into Egypt about 7.7 times.
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Egypt is 7.66× the area of Greece.
| Egypt | Greece | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,010,408 km² | 131,957 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 | 10,413,962 |
| Density | 117 / km² | 79 / km² |
| Capital | Cairo | Athens |
| Region | Northern Africa | Southern Europe |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 4 | 4 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Egypt sits at about 26°N and is stretched to 1.25× its true area; Greece at 39° N is stretched to 1.66×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Egypt bigger than Greece?
- Yes. Egypt is 7.66 times larger than Greece. Egypt covers 1,010,408 km² and Greece covers 131,957 km².
- How many times does Greece fit into Egypt?
- About 7.7 times: Egypt has 7.66× the area of Greece.
- Why do Egypt and Greece look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Egypt is drawn about 1.25× its true area there and Greece about 1.66×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Egypt or Greece?
- Egypt: 118,365,995 people against 10,413,962. Density: Egypt 117 per km², Greece 79 per km².