Total & land area: Algeria vs Saint Lucia size comparison

Algeria is 3,860 times bigger by total area compared to Saint Lucia: 919,595 sq mi vs 238.2 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 235.5 sq mi for Saint Lucia — a 3,904 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 178/197 for Saint Lucia.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.0004% for Saint Lucia.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 16.3% in Saint Lucia.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Saint Lucia has 0.0002%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 34% in Saint Lucia.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.0005% are in Saint Lucia.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs Saint Lucia

See how Algeria and Saint Lucia 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	Saint Lucia
Total area	919,595 sq mi	238.2 sq mi
Size difference ratio	3,860	1
Total area rank	10/197	178/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.0001%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	235.5 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	3,904	1
Land area rank	10/197	178/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.0004%
Population	46,814,308	179,744
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	767 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	Saint Lucia
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	80.2 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	34%
Forest area rank	110/196	172/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.0005%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	38.4 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	16.3%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	178/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.0002%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	10.3 sq mi
Arable land share	3.16%	4.38%
Arable land area rank	34/191	180/191
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	26.6 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	11.3%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	156/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	2.71 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	1.14%
Water area rank	161/197	150/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	752 mi
Land borders length	4,184 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	98.2 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	0.3%

Algeria vs Saint Lucia size on the map

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

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The map above outlines the borders of Algeria and Saint Lucia but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.