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Libya vs Egypt

Libya and Egypt are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

Libya

LBY · +218

VS

Egypt

EGY · +20

Every field, side by side

Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

‏ليبيا

مصر‎

Capital

Tripoli

Cairo

Country calling code

+218

+20

ISO alpha-2

LY

EG

ISO alpha-3

LBY

EGY

Currency

Libyan dinar

Egyptian pound

Currency code

LYD

EGP

Population

6,871,287

102,334,403larger

Area

1,759,540 km²larger

1,002,450 km²

Continent

Africa

Region

Northern Africa

Languages

Arabic

Time zone

UTC+01:00

UTC+02:00

Land borders

6

3

Internet domain

.ly

.eg

Drives on the

right

Centre point

25, 17

27, 30

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