How much coast is there?

Colombia’s coastline is 3.2 times as long as Algeria’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Colombia’s highest peak towers 2,822 m above Algeria’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Colombia has 13% more people than Algeria.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Colombia: 53.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Colombia is 2.4 times as densely populated as Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Colombia: 48 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Colombia is 3.4 years older than in Algeria.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Colombia: 31.6 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Algeria have 1.1 more children on average than in Colombia.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

10% of people in Colombia are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Colombia: 10.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Colombia: 0.4 (2025)

How many official languages?

Algeria and Colombia are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Colombia: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Colombia’s economy is 59% larger than Algeria’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Colombia: $457 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Colombia produces 22% more per person than Algeria.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Colombia: 54.4 (2024)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 8.3% in Colombia.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Colombia: 8.3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Colombia 3.4%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Colombia: 3.4% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Colombia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Colombia: 38% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Colombia spends 2.8 times as much on health per person as Algeria.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Colombia: $644 (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Algeria is 86% more likely to die before turning one than in Colombia.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Colombia has 53% more doctors per person than Algeria.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

25% of adults in Colombia are obese, versus 24% in Algeria.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Colombia: 25.3% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Colombia: 8% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Colombia rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in Algeria.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Colombia: 6.04 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Colombia drink 12 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Colombia has 2.8 times as much meat per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 270 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Colombia put in 238 more hours a year than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Colombia went to school 1.6 years longer than in Algeria.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Colombia: 9 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Colombia: 0.09 (2022)

How many people are online?

79% of people in Colombia are online, versus 77% in Algeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Colombia: 79% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Colombia: 98.9% (2024)

How many live in cities?

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Colombia: 79% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Colombia: 174 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Algeria’s railway network is 87% longer than Colombia’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Colombia: 2,141 km (2019)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Colombia fly 5.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Colombia: 0.79 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 53% of Colombia, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Colombia: 52.8% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 2.4 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Colombia: 1.8 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Colombia: 77% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Colombia carries 5% more fine dust than in Algeria.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 21 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 13% deadlier than in Colombia.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Colombia: 16.2 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 0.3 °C warmer than Colombia.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Colombia gets 54 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg)