Country size comparison

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Egypt is around the same size as Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, making Egypt 6% larger than Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~70.5 million people (47.8 million more people live in Egypt).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Egypt uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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