Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Portugal fits inside Algeria 26 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Portugal: 92,230 km² (2024)
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 much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 41% of Portugal, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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 tall are the men?
Algeria and Portugal are practically level
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Portugal: 174.4 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 1.1 cm taller than in Portugal
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Portugal: 161.2 cm (2019)
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 refugees does it host?
Portugal hosts 71% more refugees per resident than Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (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 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Portugal are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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 live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Portugal: 0.4% (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 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Portugal 1.7%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Portugal’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
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 long do people live?
People in Portugal live 5.9 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Portugal: 82.4 years (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 many hospital beds are there?
Portugal has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Portugal is 2.7 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)
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)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
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 World Heritage sites?
Portugal has 10 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (17 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Portugal has won 32 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
88% of people in Portugal are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Portugal is 2 times as fast as in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)
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)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
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 times as deadly as in Portugal
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Portugal?
Algeria is larger. Portugal fits inside Algeria 26 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Portugal?
Algeria has 4.4 times as many people as Portugal (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Portugal?
People in Portugal live 5.9 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 82.4 in Portugal.
Are people taller in Algeria or Portugal?
Algeria and Portugal are practically level (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
