Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ethiopia fits inside Algeria 2.1 times.
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,136,240 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 0 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ethiopia’s highest peak towers 1,642 m above Algeria’s.
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Ethiopia: 4,550 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ethiopia has 2.9 times as many people as Algeria.
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Ethiopia: 135 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ethiopia is 6 times as densely populated as Algeria.
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Ethiopia: 120 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 6.2 cm taller than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 168.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 5.2 cm taller than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Ethiopia: 157.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Algeria is 9.5 years older than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 18.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ethiopia have 1.2 more children on average than in Algeria.
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Ethiopia: 3.91 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ethiopia 0.1.
Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Ethiopia: 0.1 (2025)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Ethiopia are practically level.
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Ethiopia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Algeria’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Ethiopia’s.
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Ethiopia: $126 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 5.1 times as much per person as Ethiopia.
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Ethiopia: Int$3,622 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Ethiopia: 31.1 (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.3% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Ethiopia 0.7%.
Algeria: 8% (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.7% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Ethiopia’s.
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Ethiopia: 26% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 6.7 times as much on health per person as Ethiopia.
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Ethiopia: $35 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Algeria live 8.9 years longer than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Ethiopia: 67.6 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ethiopia is 77% more likely to die before turning one than in Algeria.
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ethiopia: 34.5 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 12 times as many doctors per person as Ethiopia.
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ethiopia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 2.5% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Ethiopia: 2.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 5.2% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Ethiopia: 5.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 1.73 points higher than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Ethiopia: 3.99 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ethiopia drink 5.4 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.3 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 3.2 times as much meat per person as Ethiopia.
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Ethiopia: 6.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 838 kcal more food per person per day than Ethiopia.
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Ethiopia: 2,558 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 633 more hours a year than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Ethiopia: 1,599 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Algeria went to school 5 years longer than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Ethiopia: 2.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Ethiopia: 0 (2024)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 22% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Ethiopia: 22% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 57% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Ethiopia: 56.6% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 24% in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Ethiopia: 24% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ethiopia 65.
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Ethiopia: 65 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 5.3 times as long as Ethiopia’s.
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Ethiopia: 754 km (2018)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Algeria fly 34% more passengers per resident than those from Ethiopia.
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Ethiopia: 0.11 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 15% of Ethiopia, but only 0.8% of Algeria.
Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Ethiopia: 14.9% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 31 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Ethiopia: 0.1 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
100% of Ethiopia’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Ethiopia: 100% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ethiopia carries 40% more fine dust than in Algeria.
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ethiopia: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Ethiopia: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 3% deadlier than in Ethiopia.
Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Ethiopia: 17.7 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Ethiopia.
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ethiopia gets 17 times as much rain as Algeria.
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ethiopia: 962 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Ethiopia?
Algeria is larger. Ethiopia fits inside Algeria 2.1 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Ethiopia?
Ethiopia has 2.9 times as many people as Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Ethiopia?
People in Algeria live 8.9 years longer than in Ethiopia. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 67.6 in Ethiopia.
Are people taller in Algeria or Ethiopia?
Men in Algeria are 6.2 cm taller than in Ethiopia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
