How much coast is there?

Algeria’s coastline is 17% longer than Sudan’s.

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Sudan: 853 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Sudan’s highest peak towers 134 m above Algeria’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Sudan: 3,042 m (2026 edition)

How many people live there?

Sudan has 9% more people than Algeria.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Sudan: 51.7 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Sudan is 39% more densely populated than Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Sudan: 28 per km² (2025)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Algeria is 9.9 years older than in Sudan.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Sudan: 18.3 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Sudan have 1.5 more children on average than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Sudan: 4.26 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Sudan.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Sudan: 3.4% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan 0.0.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Sudan: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Sudan has 2 official languages, Algeria 1.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)

How big is the economy?

Algeria’s economy is 4.8 times the size of Sudan’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Sudan: $60.2 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Algeria produces 8.5 times as much per person as Sudan.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Sudan: Int$2,192 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Sudan: 34.2 (2014)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 7.5% in Sudan.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Sudan: 7.5% (2022)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Sudan 0.9%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)

How expensive is it?

Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)

How much is spent on health?

Algeria spends 11 times as much on health per person as Sudan.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Sudan: $21 (2023)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Sudan is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Algeria.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Sudan: 42.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Algeria has 6.6 times as many doctors per person as Sudan.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Sudan: 0.3 per 1,000 (2017)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 16% in Sudan.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Sudan: 16.1% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Sudan: no data

How do people rate their lives?

People in Algeria rate their lives 1.58 points higher than in Sudan.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Sudan: 4.14 (2017)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Sudan drink 3.3 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Sudan: 1.4 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Algeria has 21% more meat per person than Sudan.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Sudan: 18.4 kg (2022)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 883 kcal more food per person per day than Sudan.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Sudan: 2,513 kcal (2022)

How long do people work?

Workers in Sudan put in 426 more hours a year than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Sudan: 2,658 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Algeria went to school 3.5 years longer than in Sudan.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Sudan: 4 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Sudan: 0.02 (2018)

How many people are online?

77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 19% in Sudan.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 66% in Sudan.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Sudan: 66% (2024)

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 35% in Sudan.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Sudan: 35% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Sudan 70.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Sudan: 70 (2022)

How much railway is there?

Algeria’s railway network is 46% longer than Sudan’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Sudan: 2,747 km (2020)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Algeria fly 8.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sudan.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Sudan: 0.02 (2023)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 9.6% of Sudan, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Sudan: 9.6% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 12 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sudan.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Sudan: 0.4 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

80% of Sudan’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Sudan: 79.7% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Sudan carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Algeria.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sudan: 28.8 µg/m³ (2024)

How common is murder?

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: no data

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Sudan are 7% deadlier than in Algeria.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Sudan: 19.6 per 100k (2021)

How warm is it?

Sudan is on average 3.0 °C warmer than Algeria.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 27.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Sudan gets 2.9 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sudan: 171 mm (2016–2025 avg)