COUNTRY & TERRITORY REFERENCE

Egypt country codes

مصر‎Africa

Flag shown for Egypt
ISO alpha-2
EG
2 letters
ISO alpha-3
EGY
3 letters
ISO numeric
818
3 digits
Calling prefix
+20
Telephone reference

Egypt at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Egypt are EG, EGY, and 818. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename
Egypt
Native name in sourcenative_name
مصر‎
Capital / administrative centrecapital
Cairo
Continentcontinent
Africa (AF)
Regionregion
Africa
Sub-regionsub_region
Northern Africa

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code
+20
Currency referencecurrency_code
EGPEgyptian Pound
Country-code domaintld
.eg

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for Egypt in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

Arabicالعربيةar-EG
EnglishEnglishen
FrenchFrançaisfr

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

Egypt time zones

1 identifier is listed for EG in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

  • Africa/Cairo

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2
EG
ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3
EGY
ISO numericiso_numeric
818
FIFA referencefifa
EGY
IOC referenceioc
EGY
Legacy FIPS-style referencefips
EG

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.