Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Greece fits inside Algeria 18 times.
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2023) · Greece: 131,960 km² (2023)
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)
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 Nobel laureates were born there?
Greece has produced 1.0 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.
Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Greece: 1 (2025)
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 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 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Greece 3.1%.
Algeria: 8% (2024) · Greece: 3.1% (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 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)
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)
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 30% of Greece, but only 0.8% of Algeria.
Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Greece: 30.3% (2023)
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 2.5 times as deadly as in Greece.
Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Greece: 7.3 per 100k (2021)
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)
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).
