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Afghanistan vs Algeria
How Afghanistan and Algeria compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Algeria was higher: 76.3 years against 66 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Algeria was higher: $4,766 against $374
- Population · In 2023, Algeria was higher: 46.2 million people against 41.5 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Algeria was higher: 4.89% of GDP against 1.83% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Algeria was higher: 3.98 tonnes against 0.28 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Algeria: 76.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Algeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Algeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Algeria: 70.6% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Algeria: 3.66% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Algeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Algeria: 46.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Algeria: 1.44% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Algeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Algeria: 75.8% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Algeria: 28.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Algeria: 6.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Algeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Algeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Algeria: $24.1B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Algeria: $540 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Algeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Algeria: 326,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Algeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Algeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Algeria: 108 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Algeria: 12 million TIV in 1984
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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