how big is egypt

Egypt has a total area of approximately 1,001,450 square kilometers (about 386,000 square miles). It is a transcontinental country situated mostly in Northeast Africa with a smaller portion in Southwest Asia (the Sinai Peninsula). Egypt is roughly twice the size of Spain and nearly three times as big as Malaysia. The country is divided into 27 governorates, with considerable variation in size among them. Egypt's landscape is mostly desert, with the majority of its population concentrated along the Nile River Valley and Delta, which make up a small fraction of the total land area. The population density is much higher along the Nile Valley than across the rest of the country. Overall, Egypt's area places it as the 30th-largest country in the world by land size.