Algeria's population rose from 29M in 1996 to 47.4M in 2025.
Algeria · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Algeria's population growth fell from 2.0 % in 1996 to 1.3 % in 2025.
Algeria's population density rose from 11.7 in 1994 to 19.4 in 2023.
Algeria's population, female (% of total) rose from 48.4 % in 1996 to 49.0 % in 2025.
Algeria's urbanisation rose from 56.8 % in 1996 to 75.8 % in 2025.
Algeria's urban population rose from 16.5M in 1996 to 36M in 2025.
Algeria's rural population fell from 12.5M in 1996 to 11.5M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.6 %63rd of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −4.0 %81st of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.5 %203rd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −1.3 %58th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs127th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts71st of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.2 pts133rd of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts128th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.5 pts85th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts126th of 217
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- Net migrationup +11.9 %182nd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts188th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +86.0 %35th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs93rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs110th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs74th of 217