How much coast is there?

Algeria’s coastline is 17% longer than Nigeria’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 853 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Algeria’s highest peak towers 489 m above Nigeria’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Nigeria: 2,419 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Nigeria has 5 times as many people as Algeria.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Nigeria: 238 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Nigeria is 13 times as densely populated as Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Nigeria: 261 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Algeria is 10 years older than in Nigeria.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Nigeria: 17.8 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Nigeria have 1.7 more children on average than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Nigeria: 4.38 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 3.1% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

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

How many official languages?

Algeria and Nigeria are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Nigeria: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Nigeria’s economy is 1% larger than Algeria’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Nigeria: $291 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Algeria produces 95% more per person than Nigeria.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Nigeria: Int$9,532 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Nigeria: 33.9 (2022)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 3.1% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Nigeria 0.6%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 2.5× Nigeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Nigeria: 13% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Algeria spends 3.5 times as much on health per person as Nigeria.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Nigeria: $67 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Nigeria is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Algeria.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Nigeria: 69.8 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Algeria has 4.4 times as many doctors per person as Nigeria.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Nigeria: 0.4 per 1,000 (2023)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 12% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Nigeria: 12.1% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 3.1% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Nigeria: 3.1% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Algeria rate their lives 0.93 points higher than in Nigeria.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Nigeria: 4.79 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Nigeria drink 4.8 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Nigeria: 2 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Algeria has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Nigeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Nigeria: 7.1 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 926 kcal more food per person per day than Nigeria.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Nigeria: 2,470 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 171 more hours a year than in Nigeria.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Nigeria: 2,062 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Nigeria went to school 0.17 years longer than in Algeria.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Nigeria: 7.6 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Nigeria: 0 (2024)

How many people are online?

77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 41% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Nigeria: 41% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 63% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Nigeria: 62.5% (2024)

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 64% in Nigeria.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Nigeria: 64% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Nigeria 71.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Nigeria: 71 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Algeria’s railway network is 13% longer than Nigeria’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Nigeria: 3,528 km (2015)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Algeria fly 6.8 times as many passengers per resident as those from Nigeria.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Nigeria: 0.02 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 23% of Nigeria, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Nigeria: 23.2% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 7.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Nigeria.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Nigeria: 0.6 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

31% of Nigeria’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Nigeria: 31.3% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Nigeria carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Algeria.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Nigeria: 50 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 14 times as likely to be murdered in Nigeria as in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Nigeria: 15.7 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 6% deadlier than in Nigeria.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Nigeria: 17.2 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Nigeria is on average 2.8 °C warmer than Algeria.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 27.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Nigeria gets 18 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Nigeria: 1,044 mm (2016–2025 avg)