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Land

Size, shape and altitude

How big is it, really?

Uganda fits inside Algeria 9.9 times.

Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2023) · Uganda: 241,550 km² (2023)

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How much coast is there?

Algeria: 998 km (2026 edition) · Uganda: 0 km (2026 edition)

How high can you climb?

Uganda’s highest peak towers 2,202 m above Algeria’s.

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Uganda: 5,110 m (2026 edition)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

How many people live there?

Uganda has 8% more people than Algeria.

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Uganda: 51.4 million (2025)

How crowded is it?

Uganda is 13 times as densely populated as Algeria.

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Uganda: 256 per km² (2025)

How tall are the men?

Men in Algeria are 6.3 cm taller than in Uganda.

Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Uganda: 168.7 cm (2019)

How tall are the women?

Women in Algeria are 3.8 cm taller than in Uganda.

Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Uganda: 158.5 cm (2019)

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Algeria is 12 years older than in Uganda.

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Uganda: 16.5 years (2023)

How many children per woman?

Women in Uganda have 1.4 more children on average than in Algeria.

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Uganda: 4.17 children per woman (2024)

How many people are 65 or older?

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 2.2% in Uganda.

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2.2% (2025)

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

Algeria: 0.4 (2025) · Uganda: 0 (2025)

How many official languages?

Uganda has 2 official languages, Algeria 1.

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

How big is the economy?

Algeria’s economy is 4.6 times the size of Uganda’s.

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Uganda: $62 billion (2025)

How much is produced per person?

Algeria produces 5.3 times as much per person as Uganda.

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Uganda: Int$3,488 (2025)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Uganda: 42.7 (2019)

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 2.7% in Uganda.

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Uganda: 2.7% (2025)

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.0% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 1.9%.

Algeria: 8% (2024) · Uganda: 1.9% (2024)

How expensive is it?

Uganda’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Algeria’s.

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Uganda: 35% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

How much is spent on health?

Algeria spends 5.2 times as much on health per person as Uganda.

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Uganda: $45 (2023)

How long do people live?

People in Algeria live 8 years longer than in Uganda.

Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Uganda: 68.5 years (2024)

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uganda is 84% more likely to die before turning one than in Algeria.

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Uganda: 35.9 per 1,000 (2024)

How many doctors are there?

Algeria has 8.7 times as many doctors per person as Uganda.

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Uganda: 0.2 per 1,000 (2022)

How common is obesity?

24% of adults in Algeria are obese, versus 8.2% in Uganda.

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Uganda: 8.2% (2024)

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 7.5% in Uganda.

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Uganda: 7.5% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

How do people rate their lives?

People in Algeria rate their lives 1.22 points higher than in Uganda.

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Uganda: 4.49 (2025)

How much do people drink?

Adults in Uganda drink 9.6 times as much alcohol as in Algeria.

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Uganda: 4 litres (2023)

How much meat is on the menu?

Algeria has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Uganda.

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Uganda: 10.9 kg (2023)

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 1,018 kcal more food per person per day than Uganda.

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Uganda: 2,378 kcal (2023)

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 105 more hours a year than in Uganda.

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Uganda: 2,128 hours (2023)

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Algeria went to school 1.1 years longer than in Uganda.

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Uganda: 6.3 years (2023)

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Uganda: 0.04 (2019)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

How many people are online?

77% of people in Algeria are online, versus 8.9% in Uganda.

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Uganda: 9% (2024)

Who has electricity at home?

100% of people in Algeria have electricity, versus 55% in Uganda.

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Uganda: 55.3% (2024)

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 32% in Uganda.

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Uganda: 32% (2025)

How many phones per person?

Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uganda 83.

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Uganda: 83 (2024)

How much railway is there?

Algeria’s railway network is 3.2 times as long as Uganda’s.

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Uganda: 1,244 km (2014)

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Algeria fly 358 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uganda.

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Uganda: 0 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 11% of Uganda, but only 0.8% of Algeria.

Algeria: 0.8% (2023) · Uganda: 11% (2023)

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 33 times as much CO₂ as someone in Uganda.

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Uganda: 0.1 t (2024)

How green is the power grid?

97% of Uganda’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Uganda: 97.1% (2024)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uganda carries 2.6 times as much fine dust as in Algeria.

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uganda: 37.3 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

How common is murder?

You are 7.7 times as likely to be murdered in Uganda as in Algeria.

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 9 per 100k (2023)

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 14% deadlier than in Uganda.

Algeria: 18.3 per 100k (2021) · Uganda: 16 per 100k (2021)

Climate

What the year feels like

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 1.0 °C warmer than Uganda.

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 23.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

How much rain falls?

Uganda gets 25 times as much rain as Algeria.

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uganda: 1,470 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?
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Quick answers

Is Algeria bigger than Uganda?

Algeria is larger. Uganda fits inside Algeria 9.9 times.

Which has more people, Algeria or Uganda?

Uganda has 8% more people than Algeria (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Algeria or Uganda?

People in Algeria live 8 years longer than in Uganda. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 68.5 in Uganda.

Are people taller in Algeria or Uganda?

Men in Algeria are 6.3 cm taller than in Uganda (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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