Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Romania fits inside Algeria 10 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Romania: 238,397 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Algeria’s coastline is 4.4 times as long as Romania’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 364 m above Romania’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 2.5 times as many people as Romania
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Romania is 4.2 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Romania are 2.8 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Romania: 177.8 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Romania are 2.4 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Romania: 164.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Romania is 14 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.3 more children on average than in Romania
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Romania hosts 2.9 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Romania are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Romania’s economy is 49% larger than Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Romania produces 2.7 times as much per person as Algeria
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Romania: 29.8 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Romania: 0.7% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 6.0% in Romania
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Romania 2.3%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Romania: 16.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Romania’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Romania spends 4.5 times as much on health per person as Algeria
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)
How long do people live?
Algeria and Romania are practically level
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Romania: 76.5 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 3.3 times as likely to die before turning one as in Romania
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Romania has 2.2 times as many doctors per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Romania has 4.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Romania is 2.6 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 24% in Algeria
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Romania rate their lives 0.91 points higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Romania drink 40 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Romania has 3.3 times as much meat per person as Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Romania has 253 kcal more food per person per day than Algeria
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 406 more hours a year than in Romania
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Romania went to school 4.1 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Romania: 0.7 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Romania has 4 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (11 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
91% of people in Romania are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Romania is 92% faster than in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Romania are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 52% in Romania
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Romania’s railway network is 2.7 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Algeria fly 2% more passengers per resident than those from Romania
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 17% more CO₂ than someone in Romania
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Romania: 47% (2025)
How clean is the air?
Algeria and Romania are nearly identical here
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 4% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Romania
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 64% deadlier than in Romania
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 13.7 °C warmer than Romania
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Romania gets 13 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Romania?
Algeria is larger. Romania fits inside Algeria 10 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Romania?
Algeria has 2.5 times as many people as Romania (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Romania?
Algeria and Romania are practically level. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 76.5 in Romania.
Are people taller in Algeria or Romania?
Men in Romania are 2.8 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
