Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Myanmar fits inside Algeria 3.5 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Myanmar: 676,578 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Myanmar’s coastline is 93% longer than Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 1,930 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Myanmar’s highest peak towers 2,962 m above Algeria’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 5,870 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 20% of Myanmar, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Myanmar: 19.9% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Myanmar has 16% more people than Algeria
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Myanmar: 54.9 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Myanmar is 4.2 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Myanmar: 84 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 8.3 cm taller than in Myanmar
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 166.7 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 7.6 cm taller than in Myanmar
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Myanmar: 154.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Myanmar is 1.3 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Myanmar: 29.5 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 0.6 more children on average than in Myanmar
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Myanmar: 2.1 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
7.5% of people in Myanmar are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Myanmar: 7.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Myanmar: 0 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Myanmar 0.2
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Myanmar: 0.2 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Myanmar are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Myanmar: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Algeria’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Myanmar’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Myanmar: $81.7 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 3.1 times as much per person as Myanmar
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Myanmar: Int$6,012 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Myanmar: 30.7 (2017)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Myanmar: 10.3% (2017)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.0% in Myanmar
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Myanmar: 3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Myanmar 6.6%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Myanmar: 6.6% (2024)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Myanmar: 6% (2019)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Myanmar’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Myanmar: 25% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 4.2 times as much on health per person as Myanmar
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Myanmar: $56 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Algeria live 9.4 years longer than in Myanmar
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Myanmar: 67.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Myanmar is 68% more likely to die before turning one than in Algeria
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Myanmar: 32.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Myanmar
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Myanmar: 0.8 per 1,000 (2019)
How many hospital beds are there?
Algeria has 50% more hospital beds per person than Myanmar
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Myanmar: 1.1 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Myanmar is 28% higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 4.1 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 8.3% in Myanmar
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Myanmar: 8.3% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
43% of adults in Myanmar smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Myanmar: 43.4% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 1.43 points higher than in Myanmar
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Myanmar: 4.29 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Myanmar drink 4.5 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Myanmar: 1.9 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 7% more meat per person than Myanmar
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Myanmar: 20.9 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 587 kcal more food per person per day than Myanmar
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Myanmar: 2,809 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 35 more hours a year than in Myanmar
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Myanmar: 2,197 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Algeria went to school 1 year longer than in Myanmar
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Myanmar: 6.4 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Myanmar: 0.01 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Algeria has 5 more World Heritage sites than Myanmar (7 against 2)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Myanmar: 2 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Myanmar none
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Myanmar: 0 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 45% in Myanmar
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Myanmar: 45% (2020)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 3.7 times as fast as in Myanmar
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Myanmar: 45 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 80% in Myanmar
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Myanmar: 80.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 31% in Myanmar
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Myanmar: 31% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Myanmar 114
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Myanmar: 114 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Myanmar: no data
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Algeria fly 2.3 times as many passengers per resident as those from Myanmar
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Myanmar: 0.06 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 42% of Myanmar, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Myanmar: 42% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 7.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Myanmar
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Myanmar: 0.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
48% of Myanmar’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Myanmar: 47.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Myanmar carries 2.2 times as much fine dust as in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Myanmar: 31.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in Myanmar as in Algeria
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 2.6 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 2% deadlier than in Myanmar
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Myanmar: 21.9 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Myanmar
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 24.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Myanmar gets 39 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Myanmar: 2,233 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Myanmar?
Algeria is larger. Myanmar fits inside Algeria 3.5 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Myanmar?
Myanmar has 16% more people than Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Myanmar?
People in Algeria live 9.4 years longer than in Myanmar. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 67.1 in Myanmar.
Are people taller in Algeria or Myanmar?
Men in Algeria are 8.3 cm taller than in Myanmar (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
