Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Uganda fits inside Algeria 9.9 times
Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Uganda: 241,551 km² (2024)
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 much of the land is farmed?
Farmland covers 80% of Uganda, versus 17% of Algeria
Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Uganda: 80.3% (2024)
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 refugees does it host?
Uganda hosts 9.9 times as many refugees per resident as Algeria
Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Uganda: 37.7 per 1,000 (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uganda none
Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Uganda: 0 (2026)
How many official languages?
Uganda has 2 official languages, Algeria 1
Algeria: 1 (2026) · Uganda: 2 (2026)
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: 38.2 (2023)
How many live on less than $3 a day?
Algeria: no data · Uganda: 54.4% (2023)
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 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Uganda 2.0%
Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Uganda: 2% (2025)
How much does the central government collect in tax?
Algeria: no data · Uganda: 12.6% (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 many hospital beds are there?
Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Uganda: no data
How common is suicide?
The suicide rate in Uganda is 5.4 times that in Algeria
Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 17.2 per 100k (2023)
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)
How many World Heritage sites?
Algeria has 4 more World Heritage sites than Uganda (7 against 3)
Algeria: 7 (2026) · Uganda: 3 (2026)
How many Olympic medals has it won?
Algeria has won 20 Olympic medals, Uganda 13
Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Uganda: 13 (2026 edition)
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)
How fast is home internet?
Home internet in Algeria is 3.1 times as fast as in Uganda
Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Uganda: 53 Mbps (2026)
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: 0.00042 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Uganda, but only 0.7% of Algeria
Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Uganda: 11.9% (2024)
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)
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 Uganda are 8% deadlier than in Algeria
Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Uganda: 24.1 per 100k (2023)
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)
Between them
People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other
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).
