Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Algeria 28 times.
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2023) · Austria: 83,879 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Austria: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Austria’s highest peak towers 890 m above Algeria’s.
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Austria: 3,798 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 5.2 times as many people as Austria.
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Austria: 9.21 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Austria is 5.6 times as densely populated as Algeria.
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Austria: 112 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Austria are 3.5 cm taller than in Algeria.
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Austria: 178.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Austria are 4.6 cm taller than in Algeria.
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Austria: 166.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Austria is 15 years older than in Algeria.
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Austria: 43.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.4 more children on average than in Austria.
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Austria: 1.31 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Austria are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Austria: 21.1% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Austria has produced 20.6 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.
Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Austria: 20.6 (2025)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Austria are practically level.
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Austria: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Austria’s economy is 2 times the size of Algeria’s.
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Austria: $579 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Austria produces 4.1 times as much per person as Algeria.
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Austria: Int$76,778 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Austria: 31.2 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 5.6% in Austria.
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Austria: 5.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.0%.
Algeria: 8% (2024) · Austria: 1% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Austria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Algeria’s.
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Austria: 82% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Austria spends 29 times as much on health per person as Algeria.
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Austria: $6,739 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Austria live 5.5 years longer than in Algeria.
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Austria: 82 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 7 times as likely to die before turning one as in Austria.
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Austria: 2.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Austria has 3.3 times as many doctors per person as Algeria.
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Austria: 5.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 18% in Austria.
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Austria: 18.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Austria smoke, versus 22% in Algeria.
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Austria: 23.8% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Austria rate their lives 1.13 points higher than in Algeria.
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Austria: 6.85 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Austria drink 28 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Austria: 11.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Austria has 3.3 times as much meat per person as Algeria.
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Austria: 73.7 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Austria has 360 kcal more food per person per day than Algeria.
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Austria: 3,756 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 794 more hours a year than in Austria.
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Austria: 1,438 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Austria went to school 4.9 years longer than in Algeria.
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Austria: 12.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Austria: 2.9 (2022)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
92% of people in Austria are online, versus 77% in Algeria.
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Austria: 92% (2025)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Austria are practically level.
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Austria: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 70% in Austria.
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Austria: 70% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Austria has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Austria: 124 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Austria’s railway network is 24% longer than Algeria’s.
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Austria: 4,962 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Austria fly 33 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria.
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Austria: 5 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 47% of Austria, but only 0.8% of Algeria.
Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Austria: 47.2% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Austria emits 46% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria.
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Austria: 6.2 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
84% of Austria’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Austria: 83.6% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Algeria carries 40% more fine dust than in Austria.
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Austria: 10.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 33% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Austria.
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Austria: 0.9 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 4 times as deadly as in Austria.
Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Austria: 4.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 16.8 °C warmer than Austria.
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Austria: 7.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Austria gets 22 times as much rain as Algeria.
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Austria: 1,268 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Austria?
Algeria is larger. Austria fits inside Algeria 28 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Austria?
Algeria has 5.2 times as many people as Austria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Austria?
People in Austria live 5.5 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 82.0 in Austria.
Are people taller in Algeria or Austria?
Men in Austria are 3.5 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
