Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Spain fits inside Algeria 4.7 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Spain: 505,981 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Spain’s coastline is 5 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Spain’s highest peak towers 810 m above Algeria’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 49% of Spain, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Spain has 4% more people than Algeria
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Spain is 5 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Spain are 1.1 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Spain: 176.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Algeria and Spain are practically level
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Spain: 162 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Spain is 17 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.6 more children on average than in Spain
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Spain hosts 2.7 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Spain has produced 1.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Spain are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Spain’s economy is 6.6 times the size of Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Spain produces 3.2 times as much per person as Algeria
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Spain: 33.4 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Spain: 0.8% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 10% in Spain
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Spain 2.1%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Spain: 14.9% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Spain’s price level (US = 100) is 2× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Spain spends 13 times as much on health per person as Algeria
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Spain live 7.4 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Spain: 83.9 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 7.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Spain
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Spain has 2.6 times as many doctors per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Spain has 81% more hospital beds per person than Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Spain is 2.2 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 19% in Spain
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 22% in Algeria
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Spain rate their lives 0.83 points higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Spain drink 29 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Spain has 4.5 times as much meat per person as Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 19 kcal more food per person per day than Spain
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 594 more hours a year than in Spain
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Spain went to school 3.3 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Spain: 1.92 (2024)
How many World Heritage sites?
Spain has 43 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (50 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Spain are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Spain is 2 times as fast as in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Spain are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Spain: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Spain’s railway network is 4 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Spain fly 13 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Spain emits 9% more CO₂ than someone in Algeria
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Algeria carries 44% more fine dust than in Spain
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 68% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Spain
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 3.6 times as deadly as in Spain
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 9.8 °C warmer than Spain
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Spain gets 11 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Spain?
Algeria is larger. Spain fits inside Algeria 4.7 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Spain?
Spain has 4% more people than Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Spain?
People in Spain live 7.4 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 83.9 in Spain.
Are people taller in Algeria or Spain?
Men in Spain are 1.1 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
