Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Pakistan fits inside Algeria 3 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Pakistan: 796,100 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Pakistan’s coastline is 5% longer than Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 1,046 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Pakistan’s highest peak towers 5,703 m above Algeria’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 8,611 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 47% of Pakistan, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Pakistan: 47.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Pakistan has 5.4 times as many people as Algeria
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Pakistan: 255 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Pakistan is 17 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Pakistan: 331 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 7.7 cm taller than in Pakistan
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 167.3 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 7.6 cm taller than in Pakistan
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Pakistan: 154.8 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Algeria is 7.9 years older than in Pakistan
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Pakistan: 20.3 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Pakistan have 0.8 more children on average than in Algeria
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Pakistan: 3.55 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 4.4% in Pakistan
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Pakistan: 4.4% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Pakistan hosts 19% more refugees per resident than Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.5 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Pakistan 0.1
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Pakistan: 0.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Pakistan has 2 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Pakistan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Pakistan’s economy is 42% larger than Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Pakistan: $407 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 2.8 times as much per person as Pakistan
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Pakistan: Int$6,573 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Pakistan: 33.5 (2024)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Pakistan: 23% (2024)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 5.4% in Pakistan
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Pakistan: 5.4% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Pakistan 2.9%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Pakistan: 2.9% (2025)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Pakistan’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Pakistan: 24% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 7.7 times as much on health per person as Pakistan
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Pakistan: $30 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Algeria live 8.7 years longer than in Pakistan
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Pakistan: 67.8 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Pakistan is 2.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Algeria
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Pakistan: 48.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 43% more doctors per person than Pakistan
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Pakistan: 1.2 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Algeria has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Pakistan
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Pakistan: 0.6 per 1,000 (2020)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Pakistan is 2.8 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 9.1 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 24% in Pakistan
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Pakistan: 23.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 18% in Pakistan
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Pakistan: 17.9% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 0.85 points higher than in Pakistan
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Pakistan: 4.87 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Algeria drink 4.9 times as much alcohol as in Pakistan
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Pakistan: 0.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 5% more meat per person than Pakistan
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Pakistan: 21.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 882 kcal more food per person per day than Pakistan
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Pakistan: 2,514 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Pakistan put in 239 more hours a year than in Algeria
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Pakistan: 2,471 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Algeria went to school 3.1 years longer than in Pakistan
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 years (2023)
How many World Heritage sites?
Algeria has 1 more World Heritage site than Pakistan (7 against 6)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Pakistan: 6 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Pakistan 11
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Pakistan: 11 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 57% in Pakistan
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Pakistan: 57% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 7 times as fast as in Pakistan
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Pakistan: 24 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 96% in Pakistan
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Pakistan: 95.7% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 40% in Pakistan
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Pakistan: 40% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Pakistan 77
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Pakistan: 77 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Pakistan’s railway network is 95% longer than Algeria’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Pakistan: 7,791 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Algeria fly 5.4 times as many passengers per resident as those from Pakistan
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Pakistan: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 4.1% of Pakistan, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Pakistan: 4.1% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 5.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Pakistan
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Pakistan: 0.7 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
43% of Pakistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Pakistan: 42.7% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Pakistan carries 3.7 times as much fine dust as in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Pakistan: 53.8 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.7 times as likely to be murdered in Pakistan as in Algeria
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 4.3 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 34% deadlier than in Pakistan
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Pakistan: 16.7 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 3.7 °C warmer than Pakistan
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 21°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Pakistan gets 7.2 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Pakistan: 416 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Pakistan?
Algeria is larger. Pakistan fits inside Algeria 3 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Pakistan?
Pakistan has 5.4 times as many people as Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Pakistan?
People in Algeria live 8.7 years longer than in Pakistan. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 67.8 in Pakistan.
Are people taller in Algeria or Pakistan?
Men in Algeria are 7.7 cm taller than in Pakistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
