Demographics of Algeria

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Algeria is projected at 44.61 million, up by 1.75% compared with 43.85 million in 2020. Algeria is ranked 34th in terms of population and 60th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.97 million births in Algeria in 2021. That is 2,669 per day, which is ranked 28th. The crude birth rate is 21.92 per 1000 people. There are 0.21 million deaths in Algeria in 2021. That is 576 per day, which is ranked 46th. The crude death rate is 6.04 per 1000 people.

32.65 million people are living in urban areas, which is 74.26% of Algeria population. Algeria is ranked 87th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Algeria in 2021 is 102.11 males per 100 females. There are 22.54 million males and 22.07 million females in Algeria. The percentage of female population is 49.48% compare to 50.52% male population. Algeria has 0.47 million more males than females. Algeria is at 162nd position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Algeria population

Year Population Growth (%)
19508,872,250-
19559,774,2802.24
196011,057,8642.55
196512,550,8802.69
197014,464,9922.87
197516,607,7062.84
198019,221,6593.08
198522,431,5073.07
199025,758,8722.6
199528,757,7881.93
200031,042,2381.37
200533,149,7201.4
201035,977,4511.82
201539,728,0202.07
201640,551,3982.07
201741,389,1742.07
201842,228,4152.03
201943,053,0541.95
202043,851,0431.85
202144,616,6261.75
  • Total
  • Crude

Algeria death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
1950212,673453,15223.7750.54
1955218,360489,08822.2049.80
1960225,334549,67320.3649.66
1965231,868611,97518.3848.58
1970241,517681,88516.6547.09
1975246,693768,92814.7646.10
1980216,833834,82211.2643.23
1985174,588857,4247.7638.17
1990160,349827,4436.2132.13
1995157,743712,5995.5024.88
2000153,948606,6544.9619.55
2005155,435692,1714.6720.77
2010168,122885,0264.6624.50
2015187,5111,014,1694.7125.48
2020206,354995,3684.7222.78
2021210,149974,2254.7221.92
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Algeria

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19501,970,8106,901,437-22.213
19552,570,3927,259,32710048.8226.149
19603,394,2387,730,65011365.0830.510
19654,753,1227,873,83013051.6137.643
19705,747,2038,802,83114511.2939.500
19756,738,7639,970,33616678.5340.330
19808,419,98410,917,73119635.1143.542
198510,824,40011,741,50522891.9947.968
199013,496,50212,415,86526210.0052.085
199516,185,66412,718,63429211.7755.997
200018,684,81312,498,84731505.9659.919
200521,247,94612,040,49133594.2763.830
201024,393,69611,723,94136403.3067.540
201528,248,24711,623,28140127.6370.848
202031,950,91011,382,34543555.3473.733
202132,651,84811,317,45544183.9074.261
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Algeria population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 2,566,605 2,460,870 5,027,475 11.27 104.297
05-09 2,428,508 2,328,413 4,756,921 10.66 104.299
10-14 2,045,085 1,963,791 4,008,876 8.99 104.140
15-19 1,542,214 1,482,163 3,024,377 6.78 104.052
20-24 1,487,861 1,426,505 2,914,366 6.53 104.301
25-29 1,761,724 1,708,543 3,470,267 7.78 103.113
30-34 1,875,553 1,844,992 3,720,545 8.34 101.656
35-39 1,813,729 1,794,614 3,608,343 8.09 101.065
40-44 1,568,503 1,558,013 3,126,516 7.01 100.673
45-49 1,261,798 1,266,559 2,528,357 5.67 99.624
50-54 1,054,099 1,063,848 2,117,947 4.75 99.084
55-59 893,063 899,801 1,792,864 4.02 99.251
60-64 723,154 709,880 1,433,034 3.21 101.870
65-69 603,482 581,483 1,184,965 2.66 103.783
70-74 387,914 388,108 776,022 1.74 99.950
75-79 247,964 275,082 523,046 1.17 90.142
80-84 160,745 189,488 350,233 0.78 84.831
85-89 85,265 96,213 181,478 0.41 88.621
90-94 28,475 31,093 59,568 0.13 91.580
95-99 5,164 5,225 10,389 0.02 98.833
100+ 556 481 1,037 0.00 115.593
Total 22,541,461 22,075,165 44,616,626 102.112