Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Tanzania fits inside Algeria 2.5 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Tanzania: 945,500 km² (2024)
How much coast is there?
Tanzania’s coastline is 43% longer than Algeria’s
Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Tanzania’s highest peak towers 2,987 m above Algeria’s
Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)
How much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 45% of Tanzania, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Tanzania has 49% more people than Algeria
Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Tanzania is 4 times as densely populated as Algeria
Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Algeria are 8.1 cm taller than in Tanzania
Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 167 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Algeria are 5.5 cm taller than in Tanzania
Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Tanzania: 156.9 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Algeria is 11 years older than in Tanzania
Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Tanzania have 1.8 more children on average than in Algeria
Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania
Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)
How many refugees does it host?
Algeria hosts 57% more refugees per resident than Tanzania
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Tanzania none
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Tanzania has 2 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Algeria’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Tanzania’s
Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Algeria produces 4.2 times as much per person as Tanzania
Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Algeria: no data · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 1.6% in Tanzania
Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Tanzania 1.2%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Algeria’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Tanzania’s
Algeria: 33% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Algeria spends 6.4 times as much on health per person as Tanzania
Algeria: $233 (2023) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Algeria live 9.3 years longer than in Tanzania
Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Tanzania: 67.2 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Tanzania is 47% more likely to die before turning one than in Algeria
Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Algeria has 12 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania
Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)
How many hospital beds are there?
Algeria has 92% more hospital beds per person than Tanzania
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Tanzania is 4.7 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)
How common is obesity?
24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania
Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania
Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Algeria rate their lives 1.81 points higher than in Tanzania
Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Tanzania drink 3.5 times as much alcohol as in Algeria
Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Algeria has 83% more meat per person than Tanzania
Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Algeria has 878 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania
Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Algeria put in 104 more hours a year than in Tanzania
Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Algeria went to school 1.4 years longer than in Tanzania
Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Algeria: no data · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)
How many World Heritage sites?
Algeria and Tanzania are practically level
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 31% in Tanzania
Algeria: 77% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 2.9 times as fast as in Tanzania
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania
Algeria: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)
How many live in cities?
76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania
Algeria: 76% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Algeria 115
Algeria: 115 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Algeria’s railway network is 48% longer than Tanzania’s
Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Algeria fly 5.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania
Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Algeria emits 15 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania
Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
33% of Tanzania’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria
Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Tanzania carries 71% more fine dust than in Algeria
Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
You are 3.2 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Algeria
Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Algeria are 11% deadlier than in Tanzania
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Algeria is on average 1.5 °C warmer than Tanzania
Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Tanzania gets 19 times as much rain as Algeria
Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
Quick answers
Is Algeria bigger than Tanzania?
Algeria is larger. Tanzania fits inside Algeria 2.5 times.
Which has more people, Algeria or Tanzania?
Tanzania has 49% more people than Algeria (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Algeria or Tanzania?
People in Algeria live 9.3 years longer than in Tanzania. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 67.2 in Tanzania.
Are people taller in Algeria or Tanzania?
Men in Algeria are 8.1 cm taller than in Tanzania (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).
