Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Sweden fits inside Algeria 4.5 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Sweden: 528,860 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Sweden’s coastline is 3.2 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Algeria’s highest peak towers 808 m above Sweden’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 17% of Algeria, versus 7.3% of Sweden
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Algeria has 4.5 times as many people as Sweden
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Sweden is 31% more densely populated than Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Sweden are 5.4 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Sweden: 180.5 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Sweden are 4.3 cm taller than in Algeria
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Sweden: 166.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Sweden is 12 years older than in Algeria
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Algeria have 1.3 more children on average than in Sweden
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 6.8% in Algeria
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Sweden hosts 3.6 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)
How many official languages?
Algeria and Sweden are practically level
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Sweden’s economy is 2.3 times the size of Algeria’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Sweden produces 3.9 times as much per person as Algeria
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Sweden: 0.8% (2023)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 8.7% in Sweden
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Sweden 2.5%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Algeria’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Sweden spends 28 times as much on health per person as Algeria
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)
How long do people live?
People in Sweden live 7.6 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Sweden: 84.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Algeria is 9.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Sweden
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Sweden has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Algeria
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)
How many hospital beds are there?
Sweden has 18% more hospital beds per person than Algeria
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Sweden is 4 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 19% in Sweden
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 20% in Sweden
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Sweden rate their lives 1.54 points higher than in Algeria
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Sweden drink 21 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Sweden has 3.1 times as much meat per person as Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 29 kcal more food per person per day than Sweden
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 801 more hours a year than in Sweden
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Sweden went to school 5.3 years longer than in Algeria
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Sweden has 8 more World Heritage sites than Algeria (15 against 7)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Algeria 20
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 77% in Algeria
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Sweden is 50% faster than in Algeria
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
Algeria and Sweden are practically level
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Sweden: 100% (2024)
How many live in cities?
89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 76% in Algeria
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Sweden’s railway network is 2.4 times as long as Algeria’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Sweden fly 12 times as many passengers per resident as those from Algeria
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 18% more CO₂ than someone in Sweden
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Sweden: 3.6 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)
How clean is the air?
The air in Algeria carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Sweden
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 1% more likely to be murdered in Algeria than in Sweden
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 6.6 times as deadly as in Sweden
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 20.3 °C warmer than Sweden
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Sweden gets 14 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Sweden?
Algeria is larger. Sweden fits inside Algeria 4.5 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Sweden?
Algeria has 4.5 times as many people as Sweden (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Sweden?
People in Sweden live 7.6 years longer than in Algeria. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 84.1 in Sweden.
Are people taller in Algeria or Sweden?
Men in Sweden are 5.4 cm taller than in Algeria (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
