Total & land area: Albania vs Algeria size comparison [2026]

Algeria is 82.8 times bigger by total area compared to Albania: 919,595 sq mi vs 11,100 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 10,579 sq mi for Albania — a 86.9 times difference in territory size.

Albania ranks 140/197 by total surface area vs 10/197 for Algeria.
Albania occupies 0.02% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 1.6% for Algeria.
38.1% of Albania's area is agricultural land vs 17.4% in Algeria.
Albania has 0.02% of the world's agricultural land area — Algeria has 0.87%.
28.8% of Albania is covered by forests, compared to 0.83% in Algeria.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Albania, and 0.05% are in Algeria.

True size map comparison: Albania vs Algeria

See how Albania and Algeria compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Albania	Algeria
Total area	11,100 sq mi	919,595 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	82.8
Total area rank	140/197	10/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.006%	0.47%
Land area	10,579 sq mi	919,595 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	86.9
Land area rank	143/197	10/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.02%	1.6%
Population	2,377,128	46,814,308
Population density	221.4 ppl/mi²	52.3 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Albania	Algeria
Forest area	3,046 sq mi	7,636 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	28.8%	0.83%
Forest area rank	131/196	110/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	4,033 sq mi	159,633 sq mi
Agricultural land share	38.1%	17.4%
Agricultural land area rank	138/194	24/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.02%	0.87%
Arable land	2,281 sq mi	29,077 sq mi
Arable land share	21.6%	3.16%
Arable land area rank	120/191	34/191
Permanent cropland	339 sq mi	3,887 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	3.2%	0.42%
Permanent cropland area rank	104/192	37/192
Water area	520 sq mi	0.39 sq mi
Water as share of total area	4.69%	0.00004%
Water area rank	104/197	161/197
Roads length	2,451 mi	87,613 mi
Land borders length	429 mi	4,184 mi
Coastline length	224.9 mi	620 mi
Share of marine protected waters	3.4%	0.1%

Albania vs Algeria size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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