How much coast is there?

Finland’s coastline is 25% longer than Algeria’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,250 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Algeria’s highest peak towers 1,580 m above Finland’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Finland: 1,328 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Algeria has 8.4 times as many people as Finland.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Finland: 5.65 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Algeria is 7% more densely populated than Finland.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Finland: 19 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Finland is 15 years older than in Algeria.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Finland: 42.8 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Algeria have 1.5 more children on average than in Finland.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Finland: 1.25 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

24% of people in Finland are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Finland: 24.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Finland has produced 8.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Finland: 8.9 (2025)

How many official languages?

Finland has 2 official languages, Algeria 1.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Finland: 2 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Finland’s economy is 10% larger than Algeria’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Finland: $317 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Finland produces 3.5 times as much per person as Algeria.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Finland: Int$65,885 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Finland: 27.4 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 9.5% in Finland.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Finland: 9.5% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Finland 2.3%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Finland: 2.3% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Finland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Finland: 85% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Finland spends 24 times as much on health per person as Algeria.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Finland: $5,515 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Algeria is 10 times as likely to die before turning one as in Finland.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Finland: 1.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Finland has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Finland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2021)

How common is obesity?

26% of adults in Finland are obese, versus 24% in Algeria.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Finland: 26.2% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 21% in Finland.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Finland: 21.4% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Finland rate their lives 2.05 points higher than in Algeria.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Finland: 7.76 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Finland drink 22 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Finland: 9.4 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Finland has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Finland: 69.4 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 50 kcal more food per person per day than Finland.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Finland: 3,346 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 736 more hours a year than in Finland.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Finland: 1,497 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Finland went to school 5.6 years longer than in Algeria.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Finland: 13 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Finland: 0.8 (2024)

How many people are online?

94% of people in Finland are online, versus 77% in Algeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Finland: 94% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

Algeria and Finland are practically level.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Finland: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 75% in Finland.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Finland: 75% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Finland has 126 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Finland: 126 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Finland’s railway network is 48% longer than Algeria’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Finland: 5,918 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Finland fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Finland: 1.91 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 74% of Finland, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Finland: 73.7% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Finland emits 25% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Finland: 5.3 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

56% of Finland’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Finland: 56.5% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Algeria carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Finland.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Finland: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 18% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Finland.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Finland: 1 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 4.4 times as deadly as in Finland.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Finland: 4.2 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 21.1 °C warmer than Finland.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 3.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Finland gets 13 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Finland: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)