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Egypt: map and facts
Egypt is in Northern Africa. It has about 118 million people (2025), the 13th largest population. It covers 1,001,450 km², the 29th largest by area. That is about 118 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Catherine, at 2,637 m. The longest river on its map is the Nile, 6,650 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 118,365,995 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 1,001,450 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Cairo
- Highest point: Mount Catherine, 2,637 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 0% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Egypt, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Nile: 6,650 km
- Damietta Branch: 240 km
Also on the map: Rosetta Branch.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Mount Catherine: 2,637 m (its highest point)
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Sahara, Libyan Desert, Western Desert, Nile Delta, Eastern Desert, Gilf Kebir Plateau and Libyan Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 94.2%, farmland 3%, grassland 1%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plains 51.4%, plateaus 28%, hills 17.9%, mountains 2.7%.
Forests covered 0% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #7 in phosphate among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Egypt shares land borders with Bir Tawil, Israel, Libya, Palestine and Sudan on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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