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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Uzbekistan fits inside Algeria 5.3 times

Algeria: 2,381,740 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

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

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 1,735 m above Algeria’s

Algeria: 2,908 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 17% of Algeria

Algeria: 17.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Algeria has 28% more people than Uzbekistan

Algeria: 47.4 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 4.2 times as densely populated as Algeria

Algeria: 20 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Algeria are 4.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 175 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Algeria are 2.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 162.4 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Algeria is 1.3 years older than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 28.2 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 0.8 more children on average than in Algeria

Algeria: 2.72 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

6.8% of people in Algeria are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 6.8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Algeria hosts 28,211 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Algeria: 3.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Algeria has produced 0.4 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uzbekistan none

Algeria: 0.4 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Uzbekistan has 2 official languages, Algeria 1

Algeria: 1 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Algeria’s economy is 2 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Algeria: $287 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Algeria produces 37% more per person than Uzbekistan

Algeria: Int$18,586 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Algeria: no data · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Algeria: no data · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 12% in Algeria, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 11.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Algeria spends 8.8% of its GDP on the military, Uzbekistan 2.5%

Algeria: 8.8% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Algeria: no data · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

Algeria: 33% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Algeria spends 21% more on health per person than Uzbekistan

Algeria: $233 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Algeria live 3.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 76.5 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Algeria is 52% more likely to die before turning one than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 19.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Uzbekistan has 69% more doctors per person than Algeria

Algeria: 1.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 3 times as many hospital beds per person as Algeria

Algeria: 1.6 per 1,000 (2017) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 2.4 times that in Algeria

Algeria: 3.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Uzbekistan are obese, versus 24% in Algeria

Algeria: 24.3% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

22% of adults in Algeria smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 22.4% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 0.57 points higher than in Algeria

Algeria: 5.71 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 5 times as much alcohol as in Algeria

Algeria: 0.4 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Uzbekistan has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Algeria

Algeria: 22.3 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Algeria has 99 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Algeria: 3,396 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Algeria put in 134 more hours a year than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 2,232 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 4.5 years longer than in Algeria

Algeria: 7.4 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Algeria: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Uzbekistan has 1 more World Heritage site than Algeria (8 against 7)

Algeria: 7 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Algeria 20

Algeria: 20 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 77% in Algeria

Algeria: 77% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 30% faster than in Algeria

Algeria: 165 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Algeria and Uzbekistan are practically level

Algeria: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

76% of people in Algeria live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 76% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Algeria has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Algeria: 115 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 18% longer than Algeria’s

Algeria: 4,001 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Algeria fly 15% more passengers per resident than those from Uzbekistan

Algeria: 0.15 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 0.7% of Algeria

Algeria: 0.7% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Algeria emits 11% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 4.2 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

19% of Uzbekistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.1% in Algeria

Algeria: 1.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Algeria

Algeria: 14.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 20% more likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan than in Algeria

Algeria: 1.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Algeria are 72% deadlier than in Uzbekistan

Algeria: 22.3 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Algeria is on average 10.3 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Algeria: 24.7°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Uzbekistan gets 3.8 times as much rain as Algeria

Algeria: 58 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

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People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
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Quick answers

Is Algeria bigger than Uzbekistan?

Algeria is larger. Uzbekistan fits inside Algeria 5.3 times.

Which has more people, Algeria or Uzbekistan?

Algeria has 28% more people than Uzbekistan (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Algeria or Uzbekistan?

People in Algeria live 3.9 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 76.5 years in Algeria and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Algeria or Uzbekistan?

Men in Algeria are 4.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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