Total & land area: Egypt vs Taiwan size comparison [2026]

Egypt is 27.9 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 390,121 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Egypt is 384,345 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 27.5 times difference in territory size.

Egypt ranks 29/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Egypt occupies 0.67% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
4.08% of Egypt's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Egypt has 0.09% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
0.05% of Egypt is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.001% of the world's forests are in Egypt, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Egypt vs Taiwan

See how Egypt and Taiwan compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Egypt	Taiwan
Total area	390,121 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	27.9	1
Total area rank	29/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.2%	0.007%
Land area	384,345 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	27.5	1
Land area rank	29/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.67%	0.02%
Population	116,538,258	23,331,886
Population density	313 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Egypt	Taiwan
Forest area	173.7 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.05%	60.8%
Forest area rank	165/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.001%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	15,668 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	4.08%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	94/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.09%	0.02%
Arable land	11,981 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	3.12%	n/a
Arable land area rank	66/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	3,687 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.96%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	38/192	79/192
Water area	5,775 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.48%	0%
Water area rank	35/197	193/197
Roads length	202,101 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	1,623 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	1,522 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	4.6%	n/a

Egypt vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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