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Egypt vs Philippines
How Egypt and Philippines compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Egypt was higher: 71.6 years against 69.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Egypt was higher: $4,253 against $4,066
- Population · In 2023, Philippines was higher: 115 million people against 115 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Philippines was higher: 1.3% of GDP against 0.61% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Egypt was higher: 2.5 tonnes against 1.5 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyEgypt: 71.6 years in 2023Philippines: 69.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEgypt: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Philippines: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEgypt: 14.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Philippines: 20.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEgypt: 3.24% in 2017Philippines: 2.77% in 2017
- Suicide rateEgypt: 5.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Philippines: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEgypt: 115 million people in 2023Philippines: 115 million people in 2023
- Population growthEgypt: 1.82% a year in 2023Philippines: 0.84% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEgypt: 2.75 births per woman in 2023Philippines: 1.92 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEgypt: 42.9% in 2025Philippines: 55.8% in 2025
- Median ageEgypt: 24 years in 2023Philippines: 25.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEgypt: 5% in 2023Philippines: 5.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEgypt: 2.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Philippines: -1.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEgypt: 0.61% of GDP in 2025Philippines: 1.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEgypt: $2.26B in 2025Philippines: $6.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personEgypt: $21 in 2025Philippines: $55 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEgypt: 2.5% of government spending in 2025Philippines: 5.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEgypt: 836,000 people in 2020Philippines: 157,000 people in 2020
- National powerEgypt: 1.18% of world capability in 2022Philippines: 0.68% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEgypt: 2.76% of the labour force in 2020Philippines: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEgypt: 697 million TIV in 2025Philippines: 846 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsEgypt: 2 million TIV in 2024Philippines: 4 million TIV in 2007
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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