Country size comparison

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Egypt is about 256 times bigger than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 25,479% larger than Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Egypt uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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