How much coast is there?

Portugal’s coastline is 80% longer than Algeria’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Algeria’s highest peak towers 557 m above Portugal’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Algeria has 4.4 times as many people as Portugal.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Portugal is 5.9 times as densely populated as Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Portugal is 18 years older than in Algeria.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Algeria have 1.3 more children on average than in Portugal.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Portugal has produced 1.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Portugal: 1.9 (2025)

How many official languages?

Algeria and Portugal are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Portugal’s economy is 21% larger than Algeria’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Portugal produces 2.9 times as much per person as Algeria.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 6.2% in Portugal.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.5%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Portugal: 1.5% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Portugal spends 13 times as much on health per person as Algeria.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Algeria is 7.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Portugal.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Portugal has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 23% in Portugal.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 22% in Algeria.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

How do people rate their lives?

People in Portugal rate their lives 0.31 points higher than in Algeria.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Portugal drink 33 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Portugal has 4.5 times as much meat per person as Algeria.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Portugal has 157 kcal more food per person per day than Algeria.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 497 more hours a year than in Portugal.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Portugal went to school 2.3 years longer than in Algeria.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

How many people are online?

88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 77% in Algeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

Algeria and Portugal are practically level.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Portugal: 100% (2024)

How many live in cities?

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

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

How many phones per person?

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Algeria’s railway network is 58% longer than Portugal’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Portugal fly 11 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 36% of Portugal, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Portugal: 36.2% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 24% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

How clean is the air?

The air in Algeria carries 37% more fine dust than in Portugal.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

You are 61% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Portugal.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 2.5 times as deadly as in Portugal.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Portugal: 7.2 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 8.8 °C warmer than Portugal.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Portugal gets 13 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)