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🇩🇿 Algeria vs 🇳🇪 Niger

Algeria has 19.5M more people — 47,435,312 against 27,917,831. Below, 35 indicators both countries publish, side by side.

🇩🇿 Algeria
47,435,312
Africa · rank #33 · +1.32%
World Bank, 2025
🇳🇪 Niger
27,917,831
Africa · rank #54 · +3.22%
World Bank, 2025

Every Shared Indicator

35 indicators published for both countries. Ranks are out of the countries that report each indicator.

Values are each country's most recent published observation, so the two sides of a row may be from different years — the country pages show the year for each.
IndicatorAlgeriaNiger
Population47,435,31233rd of 24027,917,83154th of 240
Annual Growth Rate+1.32%83rd of 240+3.22%10th of 240
Population Density/km²19/km²202nd of 24021/km²198th of 240
Land Areakm²2,381,740 km²10th of 2401,266,700 km²20th of 240
Urban Population75.8%84th of 24018.4%232nd of 240
GDP per Capita$6,051152nd of 240$775231st of 240
GDP Growth+3.8%83rd of 210+7.0%20th of 210
Life Expectancyyears76.5 years109th of 24061.4 years230th of 240
Fertility Ratebirths per woman2.72 births per woman66th of 2405.94 births per woman5th of 240
Birth Rateper 1,00018.8 per 1,00081st of 21341.4 per 1,0004th of 213
Death Rateper 1,0004.6 per 1,000199th of 2138.7 per 1,00065th of 213
Infant Mortalityper 1,000 live births19.5 per 1,000 live births70th of 19465.6 per 1,000 live births3rd of 194
Unemployment Rate11.6%29th of 1860.4%184th of 186
Inflation Rate1.4%143rd of 191-4.5%189th of 191
Poverty Rate5.5%155th of 16441.2%32nd of 164
Gini Index27.6151st of 17032.9112th of 170
Health Spendingof GDP4.4% of GDP144th of 1924.0% of GDP153rd of 192
Physiciansper 1,0001.66 per 1,000101st of 2060.04 per 1,000206th of 206
Hospital Bedsper 1,0001.61 per 1,000130th of 1990.28 per 1,000196th of 199
Literacy Rate75.1%136th of 17535.6%173rd of 175
Education Spendingof GDP9.0% of GDP6th of 2024.1% of GDP104th of 202
School Enrollmentgross, secondary105.2% gross, secondary41st of 20719.9% gross, secondary203rd of 207
Renewable Energyof final consumption0.1% of final consumption201st of 21179.6% of final consumption18th of 211
Forest Coverageof land area0.8% of land area195th of 2110.8% of land area196th of 211
Internet Penetration77.4%114th of 21115.6%201st of 211
Mobile Subscriptionsper 100 people115.5 per 100 people104th of 21260.6 per 100 people193rd of 212
Maternal Mortalityper 100,000 live births62 per 100,000 live births85th of 193350 per 100,000 live births21st of 193
Military Spendingof GDP7.97% of GDP4th of 1632.24% of GDP54th of 163
Protected Areasof land area4.7% of land area180th of 21121.0% of land area84th of 211
Median Ageyears28.6 years151st of 24015.6 years239th of 240
Mean Years of Schoolingyears8.2 years100th of 1483.0 years147th of 148
Human Development Index0.76395th of 1920.419187th of 192
Happiness Index/ 105.71/ 1087th of 1644.94/ 10111th of 164
CO₂ Emissionstonnes per capita4.23 tonnes per capita80th of 2120.12 tonnes per capita207th of 212
Obesity Rate24.3%100th of 1986.0%187th of 198

Population, 1950–2100

Observed to 2024, then the UN medium-variant projection.

AlgeriaNiger
020M40M60M80M19501971199320142036205720792100projected →
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Values from 2025 onward are projections, not observations.
Algeria and Niger population, 1950 to 2100
SeriesYearValue
Algeria19509.02M
Algeria197515.7M
Algeria200030.9M
Algeria202547.4M
Algeria205059.6M
Algeria207564.3M
Algeria210064.5M
Niger19502.6M
Niger19755.32M
Niger200011.5M
Niger202527.9M
Niger205052.5M
Niger207576.4M
Niger210090.8M

Reading This Comparison

Size is not the same as rate

Totals and per-capita measures answer different questions. A country can have a far larger economy and a far lower GDP per capita at the same time — both facts are in the table.

Mind the vintages

Each value is the latest available for that country, which is not always the same year on both sides. For indicators that move slowly this rarely matters; for inflation or GDP growth it can.

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