Algeria is the largest country in Africa by area, with vast Sahara Desert in the south and Mediterranean coast to the north.
Arabic, Tamazight, French
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 19 people per km² rank 167 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.571 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Africa | 3.1% of its people, 7.9% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 919,595 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Congo (DR) (2,344,858 km²) |
| Closest in population | Argentina (45,538,401 people) |
Algeria is the only country in our list that uses DZD.