Egypt: flag, capital & map
Get to know Egypt, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Cairo
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 118,365,995
- Area
- 1,002,450 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Arabic
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Egyptian Pound (EGP)
Cairo is the traditional capital. Government functions are moving to a purpose-built new administrative capital east of Cairo.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Egypt
The flag of Egypt is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with Egypt's national emblem — a hoist-side facing gold eagle of Saladin — centered in the white band.
Where it is
Egypt is grouped in Northern Africa, within Roam’s Africa region. Its land-border list includes 4 countries in this atlas: Israel, Libya, Palestine, Sudan. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Egypt has a recorded area of 1,002,450 square kilometres. Among the 6 countries assigned to Northern Africa in this dataset, it ranks 4 by area, from largest to smallest. Libya is immediately above it in that ordering, at 1,759,540 km². Morocco is immediately below it, at 446,550 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 118,365,995 people for Egypt in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 118 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Arabic. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Egyptian Pound (EGP). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Egypt?
Reveal answer
Cairo. Cairo is the traditional capital. Government functions are moving to a purpose-built new administrative capital east of Cairo.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Egypt?
Reveal answer
The flag of Egypt is composed of three equal horizontal bands of red, white and black, with Egypt's national emblem — a hoist-side facing gold eagle of Saladin — centered in the white band.
Which land neighbours of Egypt are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Israel, Libya, Palestine, and Sudan. The source classifies Egypt as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Egypt?
Reveal answer
Arabic. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Egypt.
Which currency codes are listed for Egypt?
Reveal answer
Egyptian Pound (EGP). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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