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Algeria
Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
female
74.2% (2019 est.)
Languages
Languages
Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Tamazight (official) (dialects include Kabyle (Taqbaylit), Shawiya (Tacawit), Mzab, Tuareg (Tamahaq))
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
Muslim (official; predominantly Sunni) 99%, other (includes Christian, Jewish, Ahmadi Muslim, Shia Muslim, Ibadi Muslim) <1% (2012 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1.03 male(s)/female
total population
1.03 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.96 male(s)/female
Birth rate
19.62 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
4.39 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
28.8 years
total
29.3 years (2025 est.)
female
29.4 years
Population
male
24,219,668
total
47,735,685 (2025 est.)
female
23,516,017
Nationality
noun
Algerian(s)
adjective
Algerian
Tobacco use
male
41.6% (2025 est.)
total
21.4% (2025 est.)
female
0.6% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
75.3% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
30.8% (male 7,411,337/female 7,062,794)
15-64 years
62.3% (male 14,846,102/female 14,441,034)
65 years and over
6.9% (2024 est.) (male 1,597,382/female 1,663,824)
Ethnic groups
Arab-Amazigh 99%, European less than 1%
note: although almost all Algerians are Amazigh in origin and not Arab, only a minority identify themselves as primarily Amazigh, about 15% of the total population; these people live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers and in several other communities; the Amazigh are also Muslim but identify with their Amazigh rather than Arab cultural heritage; some Amazigh have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has officially recognized Amazigh languages and introduced them into public schools
Child marriage
women married by age 15
0% (2019)
women married by age 18
3.8% (2019)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
60.5 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
48.9 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
8.7 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
11.5 (2025 est.)
Physician density
1.66 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
5.5% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
5.4% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-0.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Total fertility rate
2.91 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 90.4% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 94.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 96.1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 9.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 5.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 3.9% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
5.6% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
15.5% national budget (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
19.8 deaths/1,000 live births
total
18.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
17.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
1.47% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
1.42 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast
Life expectancy at birth
male
77.2 years
female
78.7 years
total population
77.9 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
62 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 91.7% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 96.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 98.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 8.3% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 3.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 1.7% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
0.31 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.2 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
0.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
0.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
2.902 million ALGIERS (capital), 936,000 Oran (2022)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
27.4% (2016)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
55.5% (2019 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.7% (2019 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
15 years (2023 est.)
total
15 years (2023 est.)
female
16 years (2023 est.)