Egypt vs Kuwait
Egypt is 56.7 times larger than Kuwait. Kuwait would fit into Egypt about 57 times.
EgyptKuwaitEgypt moved onto Kuwait · Equal-area projection
56.7×
Egypt is 56.7× the area of Kuwait.
| Egypt | Kuwait | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 1,010,408 km² | 17,818 km² |
| Population | 118,365,995 | 4,865,298 |
| Density | 117 / km² | 273 / km² |
| Capital | Cairo | Kuwait City |
| Region | Northern Africa | Western Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 4 | 2 |
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; Kuwait at 29° N is stretched to 1.32×. 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 Kuwait?
- Yes. Egypt is 56.7 times larger than Kuwait. Egypt covers 1,010,408 km² and Kuwait covers 17,818 km².
- How many times does Kuwait fit into Egypt?
- About 57 times: Egypt has 56.7× the area of Kuwait.
- Why do Egypt and Kuwait 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 Kuwait about 1.32×. 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 Kuwait?
- Egypt: 118,365,995 people against 4,865,298. Density: Egypt 117 per km², Kuwait 273 per km².