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Six countries have a currency called the pound: the United Kingdom, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and South Sudan.
Britain, plus five along the Nile and the Levant: Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan; Lebanon and Syria.
The reserve-currency original, free-floating and globally traded.
Three Middle Eastern and North African states whose currencies are called the pound.
South Sudan's pound was introduced at independence (2011) as a new currency modelled on, and initially pegged near, Sudan's own pound.
Can you name them all?
Test yourselfSix countries have a currency called the pound: the United Kingdom, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and South Sudan.
United Kingdom, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan and South Sudan.
Britain, plus five along the Nile and the Levant: Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan; Lebanon and Syria.
Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them Bank of England, on 28 September 2026. Next review by 28 September 2027.
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