Total & land area: Algeria vs Switzerland size comparison

Algeria is 57.7 times bigger by total area compared to Switzerland: 919,595 sq mi vs 15,943 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland — a 60.3 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 131/197 for Switzerland.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.03% for Switzerland.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 37.8% in Switzerland.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Switzerland has 0.03%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 32.4% in Switzerland.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.03% are in Switzerland.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs Switzerland

See how Algeria and Switzerland 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	Switzerland
Total area	919,595 sq mi	15,943 sq mi
Size difference ratio	57.7	1
Total area rank	10/197	131/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.008%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	15,255 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	60.3	1
Land area rank	10/197	131/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.03%
Population	46,814,308	9,005,582
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	596 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	Switzerland
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	4,940 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	32.4%
Forest area rank	110/196	116/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.03%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	5,765 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	37.8%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	129/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.03%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	1,531 sq mi
Arable land share	3.16%	10%
Arable land area rank	34/191	130/191
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	97.7 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	0.64%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	144/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	688 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	4.31%
Water area rank	161/197	96/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	52,266 mi
Land borders length	4,184 mi	1,100 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	0 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Algeria vs Switzerland size on the map

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

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