Egypt vs Guyana
Egypt is 4.7 times larger than Guyana. Guyana would fit into Egypt about 4.7 times.
EgyptGuyanaEgypt moved onto Guyana · Equal-area projection
4.7×
Egypt is 4.7× the area of Guyana.
| Egypt | Guyana | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,010,408 km² | 214,970 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 | 835,986 |
| Density | 117 / km² | 3.9 / km² |
| Capital | Cairo | Georgetown |
| Region | Northern Africa | South America |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 4 | 3 |
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; Guyana at 5° N is stretched to 1.01×. 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 Guyana?
- Yes. Egypt is 4.7 times larger than Guyana. Egypt covers 1,010,408 km² and Guyana covers 214,970 km².
- How many times does Guyana fit into Egypt?
- About 4.7 times: Egypt has 4.7× the area of Guyana.
- Why do Egypt and Guyana 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 Guyana about 1.01×. 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 Guyana?
- Egypt: 118,365,995 people against 835,986. Density: Egypt 117 per km², Guyana 3.9 per km².