Algeria
Africa · Northern Africa
Key facts
- Capital
- Algiers
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Population (2025)
- 47.4 million (47,435,312) · rank 33 of 193
- Area (2023)
- 2,381,740 km² · rank 10 of 193
- People per km²
- 20 (calculated from the two figures above)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (2025, 2023), CC BY 4.0. data.worldbank.org
Test yourself
The first question is always Algeria, then four more countries of the same region.
Unfolding the map…
Neighbours on the map
Countries whose outline shares a border with Algeria in the map data: 6.
- Libya capitals 1,020 km apart
- Mali capitals 2,900 km apart
- Mauritania capitals 2,790 km apart
- Morocco capitals 950 km apart
- Niger capitals 2,590 km apart
- Tunisia capitals 630 km apart
Algeria also touches land that the map shows in grey: areas that are disputed or not independent, which the quizzes leave out.
Based on the Natural Earth 1:110m outlines. The 29 states drawn as dots are not counted as neighbours.
The flag
Flags with a similar colour layout, used as wrong options on Hard: Nepal, Finland, United States, Vatican City.
In the quizzes
The levels on which Algeria is asked in each selection:
| Selection | Map | Flag | Capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| World | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium · Hard | Easy · Medium · Hard |
| Africa | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium | Easy · Medium |
| Giants by area | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard | Medium · Hard |
In four languages
| Country | Capital | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Algeria | Algiers |
| Italiano | Algeria | Algeri |
| Magyar | Algéria | Algír |
| Suomi | Algeria | Alger |