Algeria Population 2024

Algeria is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, borders Tunisia to the north-east, Libya to the east, Niger to the south-east, Mali and Mauritania to the south-west, Morocco to the west and Mediterranean Sea to the north. Algeria population in 2024 is estimated to be 47.21 million, covers country area of 2,381,741 sq km (919,595 sq mi), largest country in Africa, world's tenth largest country by area, and the thirty-forth most populous country in the world. Its capital is Algiers and other popular cities are Oran, Constantine, Annaba, Bilda, Batna, Djelfa, Sétif, Sidi Bel Abbès and Biskra. Country code is DZA, The official language of Algeria is Arabic, other recognized language are Berber and French. Muslim Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate conquered Algeria in the early 8th century. Algeria is the former French colony between 1830 and 1962, and largest nation in Africa, It is a member of the African Union, and its military is the largest in Africa.

Year	Population
1960	11,057,864
1965	12,550,880
1970	14,464,992
1975	16,607,706
1980	19,221,659
1985	22,431,507
1990	25,758,872
1995	28,757,788
2000	31,042,238
2005	33,149,720
2010	35,977,451
2015	39,728,020
2020	43,851,043

Algeria Population Growth

Algeria population in 1960 is 11,057,864, by 1970 the population is increased by 3,407,128 totaling to 14,464,992, by 1980 the population is increased to 19,221,659, and by 1990 the total increase of 25,758,872 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 25,758,872. From 1990 to 2000, population increased to 31,042,238, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Algeria increase by 4,935,213 with a change of 15.90 percent and increase of population from 2010 to 2020 by 7,873,592 with a change of 21.88 percent and make up to 43,851,043. According to 2018 Census Algeria population is 42,577,722. Algeria population in 2023 is estimated to be 46.53 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 45.5 million, Population of Algeria in 2021 is estimated as 44.6 million.

Algeria Provinces

As on 2019, Algeria is divided into 58 provinces (wilayas), prior to this period there are 48 provinces ons,dz .

Code	Province	Arabic name	Area (sq km)	Population 2008
1	Adrar	أدرار	254,471	261,258
2	Chlef	الشلف	4,795	1,002,088
3	Laghouat	الأغواط	25,057	455,602
4	Oum El Bouaghi	أم البواقي	6,783	621,612
5	Batna	باتنة	12,192	1,119,791
6	Béjaïa	بجاية	3,268	912,577
7	Biskra	بسكرة	9,576	547,137
8	Béchar	بشار	60,850	219,898
9	Blida	البليدة	1,575	1,002,937
10	Bouïra	البويرة	4,439	695,583
11	Tamanrasset	تمنراست	336,839	115,043
12	Tébessa	تبسة	14,227	648,703
13	Tlemcen	تلمسان	9,061	949,135
14	Tiaret	تيارت	20,673	846,823
15	Tizi Ouzou	تيزي وزو	2,956	1,127,608
16	Algiers	الجزائر	1,190	2,988,145
17	Djelfa	الجلفة	66,415	1,092,184
18	Jijel	جيجل	2,577	636,948
19	Sétif	سطيف	6,504	1,489,979
20	Saïda	سعيدة	6,764	330,641
21	Skikda	سكيكدة	4,026	898,680
22	Sidi Bel Abbès	سيدي بلعباس	9,096	604,744
23	Annaba	عنابة	1,439	609,499
24	Guelma	قالمة	4,101	482,430
25	Constantine	قسنطينة	2,187	938,475
26	Médéa	المدية	8,866	819,932
27	Mostaganem	مستغانم	2,175	737,118
28	M'Sila	المسيلة	18,718	990,591
29	Mascara	معسكر	5,941	784,073
30	Ouargla	ورقلة	194,552	311,337
31	Oran	وهران	2,121	1,454,078
32	El Bayadh	البيض	78,870	228,624
33	Illizi	اليزي	198,815	34,715
34	Bordj Bou Arréridj	برج بوعريريج	4,115	628,475
35	Boumerdès	بومرداس	1,356	802,083
36	El Tarf	الطارف	3,339	408,414
37	Tindouf	تندوف	159,000	49,149
38	Tissemsilt	تسمسيلت	3,152	294,476
39	El Oued	الوادي	45,738	647,548
40	Khenchela	خنشلة	9,811	386,683
41	Souk Ahras	سوق أهراس	4,541	438,127
42	Tipaza	تيبازة	1,605	591,010
43	Mila	ميلة	3,407	766,886
44	Aïn Defla	عين الدفلى	4,891	766,013
45	Naâma	النعامة	29,950	192,891
46	Aïn Témouchent	عين تموشنت	2,379	371,239
47	Ghardaïa	غرداية	23,890	306,322
48	Relizane	غليزان	4,870	726,180
49	El M'Ghair	المغير	8,835	162,267
50	El Menia	المنيعة	62,215	57,276
51	Ouled Djellal	أولاد جلال	11,410	174,219
52	Bordj Baji Mokhtar	برج باجي مختار	120,026	16,437
53	Béni Abbès	بني عباس	101,350	50,163
54	Timimoun	تيميمون	65,203	122,019
55	Touggourt	تقرت	17,428	247,221
56	Djanet	جانت	86,185	17,618
57	In Salah	عين صالح	131,220	50,392
58	In Guezzam	عين قزّام	88,126	11,202
Total			2,381,741	34,080,030

Algeria population by Age Group

Age Group	Male	Female	Total(2018)
00-01	526,232	498,639	1,024,872
01-04	2,063,895	1,950,497	4,014,392
05-09	2,232,694	2,111,866	4,344,560
10-14	1,772,879	1,671,473	3,444,352
15-19	1,499,629	1,434,551	2,934,180
20-24	1,682,762	1,617,421	3,300,183
25-29	1,862,782	1,807,128	3,669,910
30-34	1,905,203	1,882,687	3,787,889
35-39	1,734,451	1,700,541	3,434,992
40-44	1,376,957	1,363,452	2,740,408
45-49	1,159,980	1,172,185	2,332,165
50-54	991,470	1,000,488	1,991,958
55-59	792,743	796,596	1,589,339
60-64	644,678	639,318	1,283,995
65-69	496,978	482,422	979,399
70-74	301,371	316,741	618,112
75-79	240,582	256,457	497,039
80-84	160,764	177,181	337,945
85+	124,506	127,524	252,030
TOTAL	21,570,555	21,007,167	42,577,722