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 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 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 Nobel laureates were born there?

Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Sri Lanka has 2 official languages, Algeria 1.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

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 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 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Sri Lanka 1.4%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.4% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Sri Lanka’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

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 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 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)

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 people are online?

77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

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)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 34% (2023)

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)

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 59% deadlier than in Sri Lanka.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Sri Lanka: 11.5 per 100k (2021)

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)