Algeria is 1.07× the size of Greenland

Algeria covers about 2,309,000 km² (891,000 mi²) and Greenland about 2,154,000 km² (832,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

2,309,000km²Algeria
2,154,000km²Greenland

500 km

Algeria
Greenland

What fits

Greenland is 93% of the size of Algeria.
Algeria is larger by 154,000 km² (59,600 mi²), which is 7.2% of the area of Greenland.
Measured in Belgiums: Algeria is about 75.3, Greenland about 70.2.

How they differ

Algeria also has the larger population: 46.2 million against 57,000, 815× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 20 in Algeria against 0.0 in Greenland: Algeria is 761× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 5,640 km apart.
On a standard web map Greenland looks larger than Algeria: Algeria at 28°N is drawn about 1.3× too large and Greenland at 73°N about 11.9×, so the map shows Greenland as 8.63× the size of Algeria, when Algeria is 1.07× the size of Greenland.
Together Algeria and Greenland cover 4,463,000 km², close to the size of India (3,151,000 km², 29% smaller).
The gap between them, 154,000 km², is about the size of Tunisia (157,000 km²).
At Greenland's density, Algeria would have 61,000 people (it has 46.2 million). At Algeria's density, Greenland would have 43.1 million (it has 57,000).
Greenland's centre is 45.1° of latitude, about 5,010 km, farther north than Algeria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Algeria	1.07×
More people	Algeria	815×
More crowded	Algeria	761×
Farther north	Greenland	45.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Greenland	11.9× against 1.3×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Algeria	Greenland
Belgium 30,700 km²	75.3×	70.2×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	9.47×	8.84×
Germany 358,000 km²	6.46×	6.02×
Japan 374,000 km²	6.18×	5.77×
France 548,000 km²	4.21×	3.93×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.73×	0.68×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.27×	0.25×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.24×	0.23×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.14×	0.13×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Algeria	Greenland
Area, main territory	2,309,000 km²891,000 mi²	2,154,000 km²832,000 mi²
Population	46.2 millionWikidata, 2023	57,000Wikidata, 2023
Density	20 per km²	0.0 per km²
Official area	2,382,000 km²Wikidata	2,166,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Algiers	Nuuk
Latitude range	19°N to 37°N	60°N to 84°N
Continent	Africa	North America

Population: Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 2,309,000 km² is 3.1% below Wikidata's official figure of 2,382,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
Wikidata's official figure of 2,166,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 2,154,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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