Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Algeria is 27% bigger than Sudan
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Sudan: 1,878,000 km² (2024)
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 much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 60% of Sudan, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Sudan: 60.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
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 tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 3.0 cm taller than in Sudan
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Sudan: 172.1 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 2.0 cm taller than in Sudan
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Sudan: 160.4 cm (2019)
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 refugees does it host?
Sudan hosts 4.1 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Sudan: 15.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sudan none
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Sudan: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Sudan has 2 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Sudan: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
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 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Sudan 0.9%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Sudan: 0.9% (2021)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Sudan: 7.4% (2016)
How expensive is it?
Sudan’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Sudan: 53% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
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 long do people live?
People in Algeria live 10 years longer than in Sudan
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Sudan: 66.5 years (2024)
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 many hospital beds are there?
Algeria has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Sudan
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Sudan: 0.7 per 1,000 (2021)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Sudan is 16% higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 3.7 per 100k (2023)
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
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
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 World Heritage sites?
Algeria has 4 more World Heritage sites than Sudan (7 against 3)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Sudan: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Sudan 1
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Sudan: 1 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 19% in Sudan
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Sudan: 19% (2017)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 2.1 times as fast as in Sudan
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Sudan: 79 Mbps (2026)
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)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Sudan, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Sudan: 11.9% (2024)
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)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Sudan are 26% deadlier than in Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Sudan: 28.2 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Sudan?
Algeria is larger. Algeria is 27% bigger than Sudan.
Which has more people, Algeria or Sudan?
Sudan has 9% more people than Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Sudan?
People in Algeria live 10 years longer than in Sudan. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 66.5 in Sudan.
Are people taller in Algeria or Sudan?
Men in Algeria are 3.0 cm taller than in Sudan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
