Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Belgium fits inside Algeria 78 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Belgium: 30,689 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Algeria’s coastline is 15 times as long as Belgium’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Belgium: 67 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 2,214 m above Belgium’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Belgium: 694 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 44% of Belgium, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Belgium: 44.4% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 4 times as many people as Belgium
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Belgium: 11.9 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Belgium is 20 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Belgium: 392 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Belgium are 4.1 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Belgium: 179.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Belgium are 1.1 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Belgium: 163.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Belgium is 13 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Belgium: 41.4 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.3 more children on average than in Belgium
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Belgium: 1.44 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Belgium are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Belgium: 21% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Belgium hosts 4.1 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Belgium: 15.6 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Belgium has produced 8.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Belgium: 8.4 (2026)
How many official languages?
Belgium has 3 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Belgium: 3 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Belgium’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Belgium: $725 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Belgium produces 4 times as much per person as Algeria
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Belgium: Int$74,676 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Belgium: 26.8 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Belgium: 0.1% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 5.9% in Belgium
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Belgium: 5.9% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Belgium 2.0%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Belgium: 2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Belgium: 23% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Belgium’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Belgium: 81% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Belgium spends 25 times as much on health per person as Algeria
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Belgium: $5,931 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Belgium live 5.8 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Belgium: 82.3 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 6.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Belgium
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Belgium: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Belgium has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Belgium: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Belgium has 3.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Belgium: 5.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Belgium is 4.7 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Belgium: 15.1 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 23% in Belgium
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Belgium: 22.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
24% of adults in Belgium smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Belgium: 23.5% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Belgium rate their lives 1.21 points higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Belgium: 6.93 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Belgium drink 23 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Belgium: 9.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Belgium has 2.7 times as much meat per person as Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Belgium: 60 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Belgium has 525 kcal more food per person per day than Algeria
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Belgium: 3,921 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 639 more hours a year than in Belgium
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Belgium: 1,593 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Belgium went to school 5.3 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Belgium: 12.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Belgium: 0.81 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Belgium has 9 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (16 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Belgium: 16 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Belgium has won 177 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Belgium: 177 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Belgium are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Belgium: 96% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Belgium is 54% faster than in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Belgium: 254 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Belgium are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Belgium: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
88% of people in Belgium live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Belgium: 88% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Belgium 104
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Belgium: 104 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 11% longer than Belgium’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Belgium: 3,612 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Belgium fly 6.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Belgium: 0.95 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 22% of Belgium, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Belgium: 22% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Belgium emits 72% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Belgium: 7.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
39% of Belgium’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Belgium: 38.9% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Algeria carries 55% more fine dust than in Belgium
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Belgium: 9.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 7% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Belgium
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Belgium: 1.1 per 100k (2021)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 3.3 times as deadly as in Belgium
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Belgium: 6.8 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 13.6 °C warmer than Belgium
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Belgium: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Belgium gets 16 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Belgium: 928 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Belgium?
Algeria is larger. Belgium fits inside Algeria 78 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Belgium?
Algeria has 4 times as many people as Belgium (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Belgium?
People in Belgium live 5.8 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 82.3 in Belgium.
Are people taller in Algeria or Belgium?
Men in Belgium are 4.1 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
