How much coast is there?

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Niger: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Algeria’s highest peak towers 886 m above Niger’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Niger: 2,022 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Algeria has 70% more people than Niger.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Niger: 27.9 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Niger is 11% more densely populated than Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Niger: 22 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Algeria is 13 years older than in Niger.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Niger: 15.3 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Niger have 3.2 more children on average than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Niger: 5.94 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 2.6% in Niger.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Niger: 2.6% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Niger: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Algeria and Niger are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Niger: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Algeria’s economy is 13 times the size of Niger’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Niger: $21.6 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Algeria produces 8.5 times as much per person as Niger.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Niger: Int$2,177 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Niger: 32.9 (2021)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 0.4% in Niger.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Niger: 0.4% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

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

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

How expensive is it?

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

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Niger: 36% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Algeria spends 9 times as much on health per person as Niger.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Niger: $26 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Niger is 3.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Algeria.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Niger: 65.6 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Algeria has 44 times as many doctors per person as Niger.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Niger: 0.038 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 6.0% in Niger.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Niger: 6% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 7.4% in Niger.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Niger: 7.4% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Algeria rate their lives 0.77 points higher than in Niger.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Niger: 4.94 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Algeria drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Niger.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Niger: 0.1 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Algeria has 2.9 times as much meat per person as Niger.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Niger: 7.7 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 742 kcal more food per person per day than Niger.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Niger: 2,654 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 163 more hours a year than in Niger.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Niger: 2,069 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Algeria went to school 6 years longer than in Niger.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Niger: 1.4 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Niger: 0.01 (2019)

How many people are online?

77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 16% in Niger.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Niger: 16% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 21% in Niger.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Niger: 21.3% (2024)

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 18% in Niger.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Niger: 18% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Niger 61.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Niger: 61 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Niger: no data

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Algeria fly 730 times as many passengers per resident as those from Niger.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Niger: 0 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Algeria and Niger are practically level.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Niger: 0.8% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 36 times as much CO₂ as someone in Niger.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Niger: 0.1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

3.2% of Niger’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Niger: 3.2% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Niger carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Algeria.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Niger: 47.9 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Niger: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Niger are 36% deadlier than in Algeria.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Niger: 24.9 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Niger is on average 3.4 °C warmer than Algeria.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Niger: 28°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Niger gets 67% more rain than Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Niger: 97 mm (2016–2025 avg)