Total & land area: Algeria vs Lithuania size comparison

Algeria is 36.5 times bigger by total area compared to Lithuania: 919,595 sq mi vs 25,212 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 24,170 sq mi for Lithuania — a 38 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 121/197 for Lithuania.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.04% for Lithuania.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 45.9% in Lithuania.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Lithuania has 0.06%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 35.2% in Lithuania.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.05% are in Lithuania.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs Lithuania

See how Algeria and Lithuania 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	Lithuania
Total area	919,595 sq mi	25,212 sq mi
Size difference ratio	36.5	1
Total area rank	10/197	121/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.01%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	24,170 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	38	1
Land area rank	10/197	120/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.04%
Population	46,814,308	2,888,278
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	117.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	Lithuania
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	8,515 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	35.2%
Forest area rank	110/196	102/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	11,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	45.9%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	105/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.06%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	8,892 sq mi
Arable land share	3.16%	36.8%
Arable land area rank	34/191	78/191
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	127.4 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.53%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	136/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	1,042 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	4.13%
Water area rank	161/197	84/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	52,298 mi
Land borders length	4,184 mi	960 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	55.9 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	23.2%

Algeria vs Lithuania size on the map

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

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