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Key facts
Area, population and GDP figures describe the named country or territory, not the city or resort. Airport names are relevant gateways; heliport figures identify the stated inventory area.
- Capital
- Egypt: Cairo
- Time zone
- Africa/Cairo — UTC+02:00 standard time; UTC+03:00 during daylight saving
- Telephone code
- Egypt: +20
- Total area
- Egypt: 1,001,450 sq km
- Population
- Egypt: 118,365,995 (2025, World Bank)
- Currency
- Egypt: Egyptian pound (EGP)
- GDP per capita
- Egypt: US$3,086 (nominal, 2025, World Bank)
- Airports
- Cairo International Airport; Sphinx International Airport
- Heliports
- Egypt: 62 heliport records in the OurAirports inventory (2026-10-07)
OurAirports is a community-maintained inventory. A zero means no heliport record in this snapshot, not proof that no landing site exists. Listings may include private sites and do not establish passenger access or current operating availability.
Fact sources
- Country codes, capitals, calling codes and currencies — Countries dataset (ODbL)
- Egypt — archived CIA World Factbook (final pre-closure snapshot)
- Egypt population — World Bank
- Egypt GDP per capita, current US dollars — World Bank
- OurAirports open airport/heliport inventory
- Egypt cultural etiquette and food — Wikivoyage
- Civil time rules — IANA time zone database 2026e