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Algeria

Algeria's best placing is 10th of 194 for land area.

Best placing: #10Land area
Top 10 placings: 1 / 17
Population: 47.4 million
Land area: 2.4 million km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking Algeria is.

Land area

#10 of 194

2,381,740 km² of land

1st in Africa · World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#28 of 194

0.050 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Population

#33 of 195

47,435,312 people

10th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

GDP

#49 of 182

287,031,225,988 US$ (current prices)

4th in Africa · World Bank · 2025

Airports

#57 of 193

95 airports

10th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Railways

#46 of 135

4,020 km of railway

6th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Coastline

#76 of 151

998 km of coastline

13th in Africa · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Forest

#109 of 194

19,776 km² of forest

35th in Africa · World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#104 of 182

6,051 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Railways per person

#80 of 134

84.75 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Airports per person

#141 of 192

2.00 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest per person

#158 of 194

0.0004 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Population by area

#167 of 194

19.92 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Railways by area

#118 of 133

1.69 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2019

Forest by area

#182 of 194

0.8 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#173 of 179

89 mm of precipitation per year

52nd in Africa · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#185 of 191

0.40 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

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