Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Sri Lanka fits inside Algeria 36 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Sri Lanka: 65,610 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Sri Lanka’s coastline is 34% longer than Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 384 m above Sri Lanka’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 49% of Sri Lanka, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 2.2 times as many people as Sri Lanka
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Sri Lanka is 18 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 7.0 cm taller than in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Sri Lanka: 168.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 6.5 cm taller than in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Sri Lanka: 155.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Sri Lanka is 4.6 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 0.8 more children on average than in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
12% of people in Sri Lanka are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Algeria hosts 389 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Algeria’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Sri Lanka’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 9% more per person than Sri Lanka
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.3%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Sri Lanka’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 74% more on health per person than Sri Lanka
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Sri Lanka live 1.2 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Sri Lanka: 77.7 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 46% more doctors per person than Sri Lanka
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)
How many hospital beds are there?
Sri Lanka has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 4.4 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 21% in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 1.70 points higher than in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Sri Lanka drink 5.9 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 93% more meat per person than Sri Lanka
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 721 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 179 more hours a year than in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Sri Lanka went to school 3.4 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Sri Lanka has 1 more World Heritage site than Algeria (8 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 2.6 times as fast as in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Sri Lanka are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Sri Lanka’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Sri Lanka fly 18% more passengers per resident than those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 4.7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Sri Lanka carries 44% more fine dust than in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 2.9 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Algeria
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 6% deadlier than in Sri Lanka
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Sri Lanka is on average 2.2 °C warmer than Algeria
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Sri Lanka gets 32 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Sri Lanka?
Algeria is larger. Sri Lanka fits inside Algeria 36 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Sri Lanka?
Algeria has 2.2 times as many people as Sri Lanka (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Sri Lanka?
People in Sri Lanka live 1.2 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 77.7 in Sri Lanka.
Are people taller in Algeria or Sri Lanka?
Men in Algeria are 7.0 cm taller than in Sri Lanka (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
