Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Israel fits inside Algeria 108 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Israel: 22,070 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Algeria’s coastline is 3.7 times as long as Israel’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Israel: 273 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 672 m above Israel’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Israel: 2,236 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 24% of Israel, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Israel: 23.8% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 4.7 times as many people as Israel
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Israel: 10.1 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Israel is 23 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Israel: 468 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Israel are 0.9 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Israel: 176 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Algeria and Israel are practically level
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Israel: 162.2 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Israel is 0.96 year older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Israel: 29.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Israel have 0.1 more children on average than in Algeria
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Israel: 2.87 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
13% of people in Israel are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Israel: 12.7% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Algeria hosts 30 times as many refugees per resident as Israel
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Israel: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Israel has produced 5.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Israel: 5.9 (2026)
How many official languages?
Israel has 2 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Israel: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Israel’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Israel: $611 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Israel produces 3.2 times as much per person as Algeria
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Israel: Int$59,717 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Israel: 38.3 (2022)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Israel: 0.4% (2022)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.5% in Israel
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Israel: 3.5% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Israel 7.8%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Israel: 7.8% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Israel: 23.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Israel’s price level (US = 100) is 3.1× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Israel: 101% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Israel spends 17 times as much on health per person as Algeria
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Israel: $3,928 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Israel live 6.7 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Israel: 83.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 7.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Israel
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Israel: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Israel has 2.3 times as many doctors per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Israel: 3.8 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Israel has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Israel: 3.1 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Israel is 2.2 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.9 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 23% in Israel
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Israel: 23.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 21% in Israel
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Israel: 21.2% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Israel rate their lives 1.47 points higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Israel: 7.19 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Israel drink 9.9 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Israel: 4.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Israel has 4.9 times as much meat per person as Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Israel: 108.7 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Israel has 358 kcal more food per person per day than Algeria
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Israel: 3,754 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 342 more hours a year than in Israel
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Israel: 1,890 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Israel went to school 6.1 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Israel: 13.5 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Israel: 0.1 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Israel has 2 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (9 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Israel: 9 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria and Israel are practically level
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Israel: 20 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Israel are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Israel: 88% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Israel is 2.4 times as fast as in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Israel: 392 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Israel are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Israel: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
92% of people in Israel live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Israel: 92% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Israel has 177 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Israel: 177 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 2.3 times as long as Israel’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Israel: 1,720 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Israel fly 4.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Israel: 0.73 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 6.8% of Israel, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Israel: 6.8% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Israel emits 32% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Israel: 5.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
17% of Israel’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Israel: 16.9% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Israel carries 42% more fine dust than in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Israel: 20.4 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 40% more likely to be murdered in Israel than in Algeria
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 1.6 per 100k (2022)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 3.3 times as deadly as in Israel
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Israel: 6.8 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 3.5 °C warmer than Israel
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 21.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Israel gets 3.5 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Israel: 205 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Israel?
Algeria is larger. Israel fits inside Algeria 108 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Israel?
Algeria has 4.7 times as many people as Israel (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Israel?
People in Israel live 6.7 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 83.2 in Israel.
Are people taller in Algeria or Israel?
Men in Israel are 0.9 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
