Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Czechia fits inside Algeria 30 times.
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2023) · Czechia: 78,871 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 1,306 m above Czechia’s.
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 4.4 times as many people as Czechia.
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Czechia: 10.9 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Czechia is 7.1 times as densely populated as Algeria.
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Czechia: 141 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Czechia are 6.2 cm taller than in Algeria.
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Czechia are 5.6 cm taller than in Algeria.
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Czechia: 168 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Czechia is 15 years older than in Algeria.
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Czechia: 42.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.4 more children on average than in Czechia.
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Czechia: 21.2% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Czechia has produced 5.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.
Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Czechia: 5.5 (2025)
How many official languages?
Czechia has 2 official languages, Algeria 1.
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Czechia: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Czechia’s economy is 36% larger than Algeria’s.
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Czechia: $391 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Czechia produces 3.3 times as much per person as Algeria.
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Czechia: 25.7 (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 2.8% in Czechia.
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Czechia: 2.8% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Czechia 1.9%.
Algeria: 8% (2024) · Czechia: 1.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Czechia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Algeria’s.
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Czechia: 59% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Czechia spends 12 times as much on health per person as Algeria.
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Czechia: $2,693 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Czechia live 3.5 years longer than in Algeria.
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Czechia: 80 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 9.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Czechia.
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Czechia has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Algeria.
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is obesity?
32% of adults in Czechia are obese, versus 24% in Algeria.
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Czechia: 31.6% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 22% in Algeria.
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Czechia: 28.4% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Czechia rate their lives 1.11 points higher than in Algeria.
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Czechia: 6.82 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Czechia drink 32 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Czechia has 3.7 times as much meat per person as Algeria.
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria and Czechia are practically level.
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 458 more hours a year than in Czechia.
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Czechia went to school 5.5 years longer than in Algeria.
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Czechia: 13 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Czechia: 1.37 (2019)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Czechia are online, versus 77% in Algeria.
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Czechia: 88% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Czechia are practically level.
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Czechia: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 73% in Czechia.
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Czechia: 73% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Czechia: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Czechia’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Algeria’s.
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Czechia: 9,357 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Czechia fly 32% more passengers per resident than those from Algeria.
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Czechia: 0.2 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 35% of Czechia, but only 0.8% of Algeria.
Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Czechia: 34.8% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Czechia emits 66% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria.
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Czechia: 7 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
17% of Czechia’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Czechia: 16.8% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Algeria carries 19% more fine dust than in Czechia.
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 51% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Czechia.
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 3.5 times as deadly as in Czechia.
Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Czechia: 5.2 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 15.2 °C warmer than Czechia.
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Czechia gets 14 times as much rain as Algeria.
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Czechia?
Algeria is larger. Czechia fits inside Algeria 30 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Czechia?
Algeria has 4.4 times as many people as Czechia (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Czechia?
People in Czechia live 3.5 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 80.0 in Czechia.
Are people taller in Algeria or Czechia?
Men in Czechia are 6.2 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
