Country size comparison

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France is about 1.8 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 55.07% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (39.5 million fewer people live in France).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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