Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Algeria is 24% bigger than Indonesia
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Indonesia’s coastline is 55 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Indonesia’s highest peak towers 1,976 m above Algeria’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 29% of Indonesia, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Indonesia: 28.9% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Indonesia has 6 times as many people as Algeria
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Indonesia: 286 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Indonesia is 7.6 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 8.8 cm taller than in Indonesia
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 8.0 cm taller than in Indonesia
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Indonesia is 1.6 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 0.6 more children on average than in Indonesia
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
7.5% of people in Indonesia are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Indonesia: 7.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Algeria hosts 148 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Indonesia: 0.026 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Indonesia 0.0
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Indonesia: 0.035 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Indonesia are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Indonesia: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Indonesia’s economy is 5 times the size of Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 5% more per person than Indonesia
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Indonesia: 34.4 (2025)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Indonesia: 3.7% (2025)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.2% in Indonesia
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Indonesia: 3.2% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Indonesia 1.0%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Indonesia: 1% (2025)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Indonesia’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Indonesia: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 77% more on health per person than Indonesia
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Indonesia: $132 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Algeria live 5.2 years longer than in Indonesia
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 28% more likely to die before turning one than in Indonesia
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 3.2 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Algeria has 18% more hospital beds per person than Indonesia
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Algeria is 45% higher than in Indonesia
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Indonesia: 12% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Indonesia: 31% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 0.10 points higher than in Indonesia
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Indonesia: 5.62 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Algeria drink 4.2 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Indonesia: 0.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 12% more meat per person than Indonesia
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Indonesia: 20 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 496 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 274 more hours a year than in Indonesia
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Indonesia went to school 1.3 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Indonesia: 0.05 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Indonesia has 3 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (10 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Indonesia: 10 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Indonesia has won 40 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Indonesia: 40 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 73% in Indonesia
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Indonesia: 73% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 2 times as fast as in Indonesia
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Indonesia are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Indonesia: 99.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Indonesia: 59% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Indonesia: 123 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Indonesia’s railway network is 37% longer than Algeria’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Indonesia fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Indonesia: 0.34 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Indonesia: 50.7% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 48% more CO₂ than someone in Indonesia
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
18% of Indonesia’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Indonesia: 18.1% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Indonesia carries 28% more fine dust than in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Indonesia: 18.5 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.8 times as likely to be murdered in Algeria as in Indonesia
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 28% deadlier than in Indonesia
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Indonesia is on average 0.9 °C warmer than Algeria
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Indonesia gets 59 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Indonesia: 3,437 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Indonesia?
Algeria is larger. Algeria is 24% bigger than Indonesia.
Which has more people, Algeria or Indonesia?
Indonesia has 6 times as many people as Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Indonesia?
People in Algeria live 5.2 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 71.3 in Indonesia.
Are people taller in Algeria or Indonesia?
Men in Algeria are 8.8 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
