Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Bangladesh fits inside Algeria 16 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Bangladesh: 147,570 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Algeria’s coastline is 72% longer than Bangladesh’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 1,848 m above Bangladesh’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Bangladesh has 3.7 times as many people as Algeria
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Bangladesh: 176 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Bangladesh is 68 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 10.0 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 165.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 10.0 cm taller than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Bangladesh: 152.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Algeria is 2.9 years older than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 0.6 more children on average than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
Algeria and Bangladesh are practically level
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Bangladesh hosts 76% more refugees per resident than Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Bangladesh are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Bangladesh: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Bangladesh’s economy is 59% larger than Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 83% more per person than Bangladesh
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Bangladesh 0.8%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Bangladesh’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Bangladesh: 26% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 4.4 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Bangladesh: $53 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Algeria live 1.5 years longer than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Bangladesh: 74.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Bangladesh is 25% more likely to die before turning one than in Algeria
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Algeria has 75% more hospital beds per person than Bangladesh
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Bangladesh is 41% higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Bangladesh: 32% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 1.40 points higher than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Algeria drink 145 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 5 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 808 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Bangladesh put in 151 more hours a year than in Algeria
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Algeria went to school 0.63 years longer than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019)
How many World Heritage sites?
Algeria has 4 more World Heritage sites than Bangladesh (7 against 3)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Bangladesh: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Bangladesh: 53% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 92% faster than in Bangladesh
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Bangladesh: 33% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Bangladesh: 108 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 39% longer than Bangladesh’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Algeria fly 4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 6.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
2.1% of Bangladesh’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Bangladesh carries 4.5 times as much fine dust as in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Algeria
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Bangladesh are 55% deadlier than in Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Bangladesh is on average 1.1 °C warmer than Algeria
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Bangladesh gets 36 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Bangladesh?
Algeria is larger. Bangladesh fits inside Algeria 16 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Bangladesh?
Bangladesh has 3.7 times as many people as Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Bangladesh?
People in Algeria live 1.5 years longer than in Bangladesh. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 74.9 in Bangladesh.
Are people taller in Algeria or Bangladesh?
Men in Algeria are 10.0 cm taller than in Bangladesh (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
