Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Austria fits inside Algeria 28 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Austria: 83,879 km² (2024)
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)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 31% of Austria, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Austria: 31.1% (2024)
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 refugees does it host?
Austria hosts 8.2 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Austria: 31.1 per 1,000 (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 (2026) · Austria: 20.6 (2026)
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 live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Austria: 0.5% (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 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Austria 1.1%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Austria: 1.1% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Austria: 25.8% (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 many hospital beds are there?
Austria has 4.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Austria: 6.7 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Austria is 4 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Austria: 12.7 per 100k (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)
How many World Heritage sites?
Austria has 5 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (12 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Austria: 12 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Austria has won 367 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Austria: 367 (2026 edition)
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)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Austria is 5% faster than in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Austria: 174 Mbps (2026)
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 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Austria: 47.3% (2024)
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 3.4 times as deadly as in Austria
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Austria: 6.5 per 100k (2023)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).
