Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Greece fits inside Algeria 18 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Greece: 131,960 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Greece’s coastline is 14 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Greece: 13,676 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Greece and Algeria are practically level
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Greece: 2,917 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 39% of Greece, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Greece: 38.9% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 4.6 times as many people as Greece
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Greece: 10.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Greece is 4.1 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Greece: 81 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Greece are 4.2 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Greece: 179.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Greece are 3.5 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Greece: 165.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Greece is 18 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Greece: 45.7 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.5 more children on average than in Greece
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Greece: 1.24 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
24% of people in Greece are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Greece: 24.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Greece hosts 3.4 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Greece: 12.9 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Greece are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Greece: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Algeria’s economy is 2% larger than Greece’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Greece: $281 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Greece produces 2.4 times as much per person as Algeria
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Greece: Int$45,264 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Greece: 33.4 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Greece: 0.6% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 8.5% in Greece
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Greece: 8.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Greece 3.0%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Greece: 3% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Greece: 27.4% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Greece’s price level (US = 100) is 1.8× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Greece: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Greece spends 8.4 times as much on health per person as Algeria
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Greece: $1,963 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Greece live 5.4 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Greece: 81.8 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 6.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Greece
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Greece: 3.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Greece has 4 times as many doctors per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Greece: 6.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Greece has 2.7 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Greece: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Greece is 22% higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 3.9 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
34% of adults in Greece are obese, versus 24% in Algeria
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Greece: 33.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Greece smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Greece: 30.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
Algeria and Greece are practically level
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Greece: 5.70 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Greece drink 20 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Greece: 8.6 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Greece has 3.7 times as much meat per person as Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Greece: 82 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria and Greece are practically level
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Greece: 3,382 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 339 more hours a year than in Greece
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Greece: 1,893 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Greece went to school 4.1 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Greece: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Greece: 2.67 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Greece has 14 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (21 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Greece: 21 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Greece has won 129 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Greece: 129 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
86% of people in Greece are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Greece: 86% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Greece is 13% faster than in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Greece: 186 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Greece are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Greece: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
79% of people in Greece live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Greece: 79% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Greece 114
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Greece: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 71% longer than Greece’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Greece: 2,339 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Greece fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Greece: 1.83 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 37% of Greece, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Greece: 36.9% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Greece emits 25% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Greece: 5.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
50% of Greece’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Greece: 49.7% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Greece carries 5% more fine dust than in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Greece: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 38% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Greece
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 0.8 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 2.1 times as deadly as in Greece
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Greece: 10.8 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 8.9 °C warmer than Greece
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 15.7°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Greece gets 14 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Greece: 800 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Greece?
Algeria is larger. Greece fits inside Algeria 18 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Greece?
Algeria has 4.6 times as many people as Greece (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Greece?
People in Greece live 5.4 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 81.8 in Greece.
Are people taller in Algeria or Greece?
Men in Greece are 4.2 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
