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

Algeria is 11.5 times bigger by total area compared to Belarus: 919,595 sq mi vs 80,154 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 78,372 sq mi for Belarus — a 11.7 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 84/197 for Belarus.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.14% for Belarus.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 39.6% in Belarus.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Belarus has 0.17%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 43.4% in Belarus.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.22% are in Belarus.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs Belarus

See how Algeria and Belarus 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

	Algeria	Belarus
Total area	919,595 sq mi	80,154 sq mi
Size difference ratio	11.5	1
Total area rank	10/197	84/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.04%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	78,372 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	11.7	1
Land area rank	10/197	83/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.14%
Population	46,814,308	9,132,629
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	115 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	Belarus
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	34,020 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	43.4%
Forest area rank	110/196	57/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.22%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	31,019 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	39.6%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	78/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.17%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	21,497 sq mi
Arable land share	3.16%	27.4%
Arable land area rank	34/191	45/191
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	330 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.42%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	105/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	1,781 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	2.22%
Water area rank	161/197	66/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	n/a
Land borders length	4,184 mi	2,236 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Algeria vs Belarus size on the map

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

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