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 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 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 Nobel laureates were born there?

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Algeria 0.4.

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Sweden: 28.3 (2025)

How many official languages?

Algeria and Sweden are practically level.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

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 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 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Sweden 2.0%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Sweden: 2% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

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 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 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)

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 people are online?

96% of people in Sweden are online, versus 77% in Algeria.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

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)

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Sweden: 68.7% (2023)

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)

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 8.7 times as deadly as in Sweden.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Sweden: 2.1 per 100k (2021)

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)