Algeria vs Mauritania
Algeria vs Mauritania: Internet users
Internet users in 2024: 77.4% in Algeria and 45.8% in Mauritania, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Algeria, by 31.6 percentage points, or 1.69 times that in Mauritania.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 1999, when it overtook Mauritania.
- In 2024, Algeria ranked 103 and Mauritania ranked 150 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Algeria | Mauritania | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 77.4 | 45.8 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 76.2 | 45 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 74.8 | 42.5 | 67 |
| 2021 | 72.2 | 35.6 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 63.5 | 29.9 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 55.8 | 25.1 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 49 | 23 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 47.7 | 21 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 43 | 19.2 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 38.2 | 17.6 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 29.5 | 11.8 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 22.5 | 6.2 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 18.2 | 5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 14.9 | 4.5 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 12.5 | 4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 11.2 | 2.3 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 7.4 | 1 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 4.6 | 0.5 | – |
| 2003 | 2.2 | 0.4 | – |
| 2002 | 1.6 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.6 | 0.3 | – |
| 2000 | 0.5 | 0.2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Algeria vs Mauritania
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Mauritania: 68.5 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Mauritania: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Mauritania: 30.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Mauritania: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlgeria: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Mauritania: 6.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Mauritania: 5.02 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Mauritania: 2.95% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Mauritania: 4.7 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Mauritania: 61.5% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Mauritania: 17.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Mauritania: 3.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Mauritania: 0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Mauritania: 2.75% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Mauritania: $315M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Mauritania: $61 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Mauritania: 10.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Mauritania: 21,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Mauritania: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Mauritania: 2% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Mauritania: 126 million TIV in 2024