How much coast is there?

Algeria’s coastline is 32% longer than Mauritania’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Mauritania: 754 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Algeria’s highest peak towers 1,993 m above Mauritania’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Mauritania: 915 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Algeria has 8.9 times as many people as Mauritania.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Mauritania: 5.32 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Algeria is 3.9 times as densely populated as Mauritania.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Mauritania: 5 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Algeria is 11 years older than in Mauritania.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Mauritania: 17.1 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Mauritania have 1.9 more children on average than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Mauritania: 4.63 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 3.2% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Mauritania: 3.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Mauritania 0.0.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Mauritania: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Algeria and Mauritania are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Mauritania: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Algeria’s economy is 25 times the size of Mauritania’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Mauritania: $11.7 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Algeria produces 2.4 times as much per person as Mauritania.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Mauritania: Int$7,676 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Mauritania: 32 (2019)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 10% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Mauritania: 10.3% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Mauritania 2.2%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Mauritania: 2.2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Mauritania’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Mauritania: 29% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Algeria spends 2.5 times as much on health per person as Mauritania.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Mauritania: $92 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Mauritania is 55% more likely to die before turning one than in Algeria.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Mauritania: 30.2 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Algeria has 6.4 times as many doctors per person as Mauritania.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Mauritania: 0.3 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 22% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Mauritania: 22.1% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 9.9% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Mauritania: 9.9% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Algeria rate their lives 1.24 points higher than in Mauritania.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Mauritania: 4.47 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Algeria drink 256 times as much alcohol as in Mauritania.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Mauritania: 0.0017 litres (2019)

How much meat is on the menu?

Mauritania has 64% more meat per person than Algeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Mauritania: 36.5 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 487 kcal more food per person per day than Mauritania.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Mauritania: 2,909 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Mauritania: no data

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Algeria went to school 2.6 years longer than in Mauritania.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Mauritania: 4.9 years (2023)

How many people are online?

77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 46% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Mauritania: 46% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 52% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Mauritania: 52.2% (2024)

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 61% in Mauritania.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Mauritania: 61% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Mauritania 92.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Mauritania: 92 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Algeria’s railway network is 5.5 times as long as Mauritania’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Mauritania: 728 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Algeria fly 2.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Mauritania.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Mauritania: 0.06 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 0.8% of Algeria, but only 0.3% of Mauritania.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Mauritania: 0.3% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Mauritania.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Mauritania: 1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

23% of Mauritania’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Mauritania: 22.7% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Mauritania carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Algeria.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Mauritania: 35.2 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 16% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Mauritania.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Mauritania: 1 per 100k (2020)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 93% deadlier than in Mauritania.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Mauritania: 9.5 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Mauritania is on average 3.5 °C warmer than Algeria.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Mauritania: 28.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Algeria gets 1% more rain than Mauritania.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Mauritania: 57 mm (2016–2025 avg)