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

Algeria is 65.8 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 919,595 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Algeria is 919,595 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 65.8 times difference in territory size.

Algeria ranks 10/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Algeria occupies 1.6% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
17.4% of Algeria's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Algeria has 0.87% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
0.83% of Algeria is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.05% of the world's forests are in Algeria, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Algeria vs Taiwan

See how Algeria and Taiwan 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	Taiwan
Total area	919,595 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	65.8	1
Total area rank	10/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.47%	0.007%
Land area	919,595 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	65.8	1
Land area rank	10/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	1.6%	0.02%
Population	46,814,308	23,331,886
Population density	52.3 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Algeria	Taiwan
Forest area	7,636 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	0.83%	60.8%
Forest area rank	110/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.05%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	159,633 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	17.4%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	24/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.87%	0.02%
Arable land	29,077 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	3.16%	n/a
Arable land area rank	34/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	3,887 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.42%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	37/192	79/192
Water area	0.39 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	0.00004%	0%
Water area rank	161/197	193/197
Roads length	87,613 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	4,184 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	620 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	0.1%	n/a

Algeria vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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