Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt · مصر
Egypt (EG, EGY) is a country in Northern Africa, with Cairo as its capital. The currency is the Egyptian Pound (EGP, EGP). The international dialling code is +20 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 010 01234567. The time zone is Africa/Cairo. Official language: Arabic.
CurrencyEGPEGP
Dial code+20e.g. 010 01234567
Time zoneCairoUTC+02:00
LanguageArabic
CapitalCairo
Population111.2M1M km²
Overview
- Official name
- Arab Republic of Egypt
- Native name
- مصر
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- EG
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- EGY
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 818
- IOC code
- EGY
- Demonym
- Egyptian
- Capital
- Cairo
- Region
- Africa › Northern Africa
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Northern Africa
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .eg, .مصر
- Coordinates
- 27, 30
- Area
- 1,002,450 km²
- Population
- 111,247,000
- GDP
- $1.9T ($17.2K per person)
- Literacy
- 73.9%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Egyptian Pound EGP
- Symbol
- EGP narrow E£
- Minor units
- 2 decimals
- Example
- ١٬٢٣٤٫٥٠ ج.م.
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic ar | Official | 94% (104.6M) | |
| Egyptian Arabic arz | 64% (71.2M) | ||
| English en | 35% (38.9M) | ||
| Coptic cop | 6% (6.7M) | ||
| Greek el | 0.061% (67.9K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Africa/Cairo | UTC+02:00 | UTC+03:00 | Eastern European Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +20
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 8–10 digits
- Emergency number
- 122 pattern 1(?:2[23]|80)
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 02 34567890 | +20 2 34567890 | XX XXXXXXXX | 8, 9 |
| Mobile | 010 01234567 | +20 10 01234567 | XXX XXXXXXXX | 10 |
| Toll free | 0800 123 4567 | +20 800 123 4567 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 10 |
| Premium rate | 0900 123 4567 | +20 900 123 4567 | XXXX XXX XXXX | 10 |
Show the 4 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d)(\d{7,8}) | [23] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{6,7}) | 1[35]|[4-6]|8[2468]|9[235-7] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{3})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | [89] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{8}) | 1 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{City}
{State/province}
{Postal code}
- Predefined regions
- 27
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{7}|\d{5}- Examples
- 4460232 · 5734356
Calendar, units and conventions
Number and date formats
As written by the Arabic (Egypt) locale (ar-EG), amounts in EGP.
- Number
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩١
- Percent
- ٤٥٫٧٪
- Currency (EGP)
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ج.م.
- Accounting
- -١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ ج.م.
- Currency, name
- ١٬٢٣٤٬٥٦٧٫٨٩ جنيه مصري
- Compact short
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Compact long
- ١٫٢ مليون
- Scientific
- ١٫٢٣٥أس٦
- Speed
- ٨٨ كيلومتر في الساعة
- Temperature
- ٢١٫٥°م
- Date, full
- الجمعة، ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, long
- ٢٧ مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Date, medium
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦
- Date, short
- ٢٧/٣/٢٠٢٦
- Time, medium
- ٣:٠٤:٠٥ م
- Time, short
- ٣:٠٤ م
- Date and time
- ٢٧/٠٣/٢٠٢٦، ٣:٠٤ م
- Month and year
- مارس ٢٠٢٦
- Weekday
- الجمعة
- Relative time
- أمس · خلال ٣ أيام · قبل ساعتين
- List: and
- A وB وC
- List: or
- A أو B أو C