Egypt

country in Northeast Africa and Southwest Asia
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Egypt is a country located in the continent of Africa[1]. The official language spoken in Egypt is Arabic[2]. As of 2023, Egypt has a population of 107.5M[3]. Egypt spans multiple time zones, including UTC+02:00, UTC+03:00, and Africa/Cairo.

World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
Climate
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters
Terrain
vast desert plateau interrupted by Nile valley and delta
Natural resources
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, manganese, limestone, gypsum, talc, asbestos, lead, rare earth elements, zinc
People & Society
Religions
Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox, other Christians include Armenian Apostolic, Catholic, Maronite, Orthodox, and Anglican) 10%
Government
Government type
presidential republic
Independence
28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the military-led revolution that began on 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June 1953 and all British troops withdrawn on 18 June 1956)
National holiday
Revolution Day, 23 July (1952)
Legal system
mixed system based on Napoleonic civil and penal law, Islamic religious law, and vestiges of colonial-era laws; Supreme Constitutional Court reviews laws
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$1.958 trillion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$16,800 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
2.4% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
28.3% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
7.2% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
Saudi Arabia 10%, Turkey 9%, Italy 6%, USA 5%, UAE 5% (2023)
Imports - partners
China 16%, Saudi Arabia 6%, Russia 6%, USA 6%, Germany 5% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Key Facts

  • Ethnic group: Egyptians[3]
  • Country: Egypt[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5], Nile[6], Red Sea[7]
  • Head of government: Mostafa Madbouly[8]
  • Continent: Africa[9], Asia[10]
  • Instance of: transcontinental country[11], Mediterranean country[12], country[13]
  • Head of state: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi[14]
  • Capital: Cairo[15]
  • Official language: Arabic[16]
  • Currency: Egyptian pound[17]
  • Shares border with: Sudan[18], Libya[19], Israel[20], Palestine[21]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .eg[22], .مصر[23]
  • Anthem: Bilady, Bilady, Bilady[24]
  • Basic form of government: republic[25]
  • Named after: Ptah[26], Mizraim[27]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Alexandria Governorate[28], Aswan Governorate[29], Asyut Governorate[30], Beheira Governorate[31], Beni Suef Governorate[32], Cairo Governorate[33], Dakahlia Governorate[34], Damietta Governorate[35], Faiyum Governorate[36], Gharbia Governorate[37], Giza Governorate[38], Ismailia Governorate[39], Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate[40], Matruh Governorate[41]
  • Flag: flag of Egypt[42]
  • Legislative body: Parliament of Egypt[43]
  • Executive body: Cabinet of Egypt[44]
  • Highest judicial authority: Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt[45]
  • Coat of arms: coat of arms of Egypt[46]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Egypt include Gods of Egypt[47], a film[48], directed by Alex Proyas[49]; Reformed Egyptian[50], a fictional writing system[51]; Aegyptosaurus[52], a fossil taxon[53]; CIVETS[54], an acronym[55], in Colombia[56]; Egypt Mons[57], a mons[58]; and Egypte[59], a buurtschap[60], in Netherlands[61].

Why It Matters

Egypt has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[62] Egypt is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[63]

Entities named for Egypt include Gods of Egypt[47], a film[48], directed by Alex Proyas[49]; Reformed Egyptian[50], a fictional writing system[51]; Aegyptosaurus[52], a fossil taxon[53]; CIVETS[54], an acronym[55], in Colombia[56]; Egypt Mons[57], a mons[58]; and Egypte[59], a buurtschap[60], in Netherlands[61].

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [62] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [63] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → egypt:Egypt, countries:Egypt, cities:Egypt +4
    Sitelink count → 392
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Egypt, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299663919|Egypt (#299663919)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Historica Wiki art"
  2. 6d ago · Salgo60 · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → Mike Hawthorn
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2104, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291594|batch #291594]]"
  3. 6d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Diplomatic relation → Canada, Italy, Brazil +48
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Diplomatic relation: Romania"
  4. 19d ago · Younesmoussaif · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 392
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', '
    Population → {'amount': '+27997745'}, {'amount': '+28785879'}, {'amount': '+29590639'} +55
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Population: 114,500,000, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791153941986"
  5. 4w ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → egypt:Egypt, countries:Egypt, cities:Egypt +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: marvel:Egypt, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/323855937|Egypt (#323855937)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8466|Marvel Database artic"
  6. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000425
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  7. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: World War II, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1789560723907"
  8. 6w ago · Lucivarius · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Sudan, Libya, Israel +1
    Official name → {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'جُمهورِيّةُ مِصرَ العَرَبيّةِ'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مصر'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Arab Republic of Egypt'} +4
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Official name: جمهوریّة مصر العربیّة"
  9. 10w ago · EatingCarBatteries · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Sudan, Libya, Israel +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Shares border with: Levant"
  10. 12w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 26.8206, 'lon': 30.8025}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44771|batch #44771]]"
  11. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Egypt
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Egypt, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  12. 13w ago · Jberkel · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Egipt.wav, LL-Q9610 (ben)-Tahmid-মিশর.wav, LL-Q22809485 (apc)-Hassan Hassoon-مصر.wav +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q652 (ita)-Francyskus-Egitto.wav, Adding Italian pronunciation audio"
  13. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Aesculus hippocastanum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26899, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  14. 13w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 5456
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 5456, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477891|EGYPT (#167477891)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  15. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 77221
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 77221, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  16. 17w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 027316866, 026375680
    Viaf cluster id → 242059233, 125499078
    Icannwiki page id → Egypt
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: Egypt, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294323713|Egypt (#294323713)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'match"
  17. 18w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-mBai-6n17-o3vw
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-mBai-6n17-o3vw, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250706292|Egipt (#250706292)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic]] "
  18. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0001685-Egypt
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0001685-Egypt, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
  19. 21w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/egipto-biblico-y-la-iglesia
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: e/egipto-biblico-y-la-iglesia, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779856745649"
  20. 22w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → egypt
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: egypt, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289928677|egypt (#289928677)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  21. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → egypt:Egypt, countries:Egypt, cities:Egypt +4
    Fandom wiki id → egypt
    Dbnl country id → egypt01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: egypt01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
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