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Algeria population
Algeria population now
48,170,175
A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 47.3–49.3 million.
Mid-2023, UN estimate: 46,164,219
- Year
- 2026
- projection · medium
- Population, mid-2026
- 48.0283 million
- 95% range, 31 Dec: 47.3–49.3 million
- Median age
- 29.8
- Aged 65+
- 7.0%
male female projection · one cell = 10,000 people
How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.
DZA · 1950–2100 · in brief
Algeria in numbers
Algeria had 46,164,219 people in mid-2023, the 33rd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.57% of the world's people. That is 5.1 times its 1950 population of 9.0 million.
The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2090 at 65.1 million, then falling to 64.5 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 36.5 million to 112 million.
The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2092 and staying above them from then on.
The median age was 19.4 in 1950 and 29.2 in 2023; the projection has 47.8 in 2100. 6.4% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 28.8% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2072 at 40.7 million.
By size it is the 33rd country in 2023; the projection puts it 33rd in 2050 and 42nd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Spain in 2026, South Korea in 2032 and Italy in 2041. It is overtaken by Iraq in 2027, Afghanistan in 2031 and Yemen in 2034.
- Population, mid-2023
- 46,164,219
- Rank by population, 2023
- 33 of 236
- Share of the world, 2023
- 0.57%
- Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
- +1.51% · +686,829 people
- People per km² of land, 2023
- 19
- Land area, 2023
- 2,381,740 km²
- Births, 2023
- 905,981
- Deaths, 2023
- 214,259
- Net migration, 2023
- −25,963
- Children per woman, 2023
- 2.77
- Median age, 2023
- 29.2 years
- Life expectancy at birth, 2023
- 76.3 years
- In a city, 2025
- 43 of every 100
- Population, mid-1950
- 9,018,426
- Projected, mid-2050
- 59,565,554
- Projected, mid-2100
- 64,487,528
DZA · 1950–2100 · total population
Population, 1950–2100
estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.
Show the numbers: Algeria, 1950–2100
| Year | Kind | Population, 1 Jan | 95% range | Births | Deaths | Children per woman | Life expectancy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | estimate | 8,892,792 | 456,352 | 203,874 | 7.32 | 42.7 | |
| 1951 | estimate | 9,144,061 | 466,128 | 207,928 | 7.31 | 43.3 | |
| 1952 | estimate | 9,395,668 | 475,687 | 212,637 | 7.29 | 43.5 | |
| 1953 | estimate | 9,646,746 | 486,150 | 216,942 | 7.29 | 43.6 | |
| 1954 | estimate | 9,898,544 | 497,370 | 242,853 | 7.31 | 40.6 | |
| 1955 | estimate | 10,130,218 | 508,524 | 245,926 | 7.34 | 40.9 | |
| 1956 | estimate | 10,364,629 | 519,035 | 250,405 | 7.36 | 40.9 | |
| 1957 | estimate | 10,599,735 | 529,482 | 255,014 | 7.39 | 40.9 | |
| 1958 | estimate | 10,835,266 | 541,079 | 259,916 | 7.44 | 40.9 | |
| 1959 | estimate | 11,072,013 | 549,569 | 264,526 | 7.45 | 40.9 | |
| 1960 | estimate | 11,307,232 | 559,939 | 269,350 | 7.50 | 40.8 | |
| 1961 | estimate | 11,542,612 | 570,791 | 274,324 | 7.56 | 40.8 | |
| 1962 | estimate | 11,715,155 | 577,509 | 293,600 | 7.61 | 39.5 | |
| 1963 | estimate | 11,886,386 | 583,861 | 268,217 | 7.65 | 43.1 | |
| 1964 | estimate | 12,077,850 | 588,100 | 275,369 | 7.67 | 43.0 | |
| 1965 | estimate | 12,281,776 | 593,286 | 282,086 | 7.71 | 42.9 | |
| 1966 | estimate | 12,450,175 | 594,913 | 285,292 | 7.71 | 42.8 | |
| 1967 | estimate | 12,729,963 | 605,282 | 288,991 | 7.71 | 42.7 | |
| 1968 | estimate | 13,022,272 | 617,064 | 292,504 | 7.71 | 42.8 | |
| 1969 | estimate | 13,322,956 | 629,861 | 295,324 | 7.71 | 43.0 | |
| 1970 | estimate | 13,628,963 | 643,374 | 296,803 | 7.70 | 43.3 | |
| 1971 | estimate | 13,938,476 | 652,748 | 296,687 | 7.67 | 43.8 | |
| 1972 | estimate | 14,259,396 | 663,182 | 294,998 | 7.63 | 44.4 | |
| 1973 | estimate | 14,594,747 | 675,003 | 292,267 | 7.59 | 45.1 | |
| 1974 | estimate | 14,947,548 | 687,801 | 288,288 | 7.54 | 46.0 | |
| 1975 | estimate | 15,319,456 | 700,970 | 283,168 | 7.49 | 46.9 | |
| 1976 | estimate | 16,037,736 | 724,981 | 284,775 | 7.41 | 48.0 | |
| 1977 | estimate | 16,780,604 | 746,973 | 281,563 | 7.31 | 49.3 | |
| 1978 | estimate | 17,251,383 | 762,849 | 270,981 | 7.21 | 50.6 | |
| 1979 | estimate | 17,762,564 | 780,536 | 256,662 | 7.12 | 52.4 | |
| 1980 | estimate | 18,310,745 | 799,359 | 239,385 | 6.99 | 54.5 | |
| 1981 | estimate | 18,903,603 | 810,522 | 215,361 | 6.84 | 57.4 | |
| 1982 | estimate | 19,537,806 | 819,265 | 198,834 | 6.67 | 59.6 | |
| 1983 | estimate | 20,206,890 | 828,462 | 187,310 | 6.50 | 61.3 | |
| 1984 | estimate | 20,909,341 | 833,869 | 177,391 | 6.28 | 62.7 | |
| 1985 | estimate | 21,634,597 | 839,496 | 167,320 | 6.04 | 64.2 | |
| 1986 | estimate | 22,382,492 | 820,921 | 159,295 | 5.64 | 65.3 | |
| 1987 | estimate | 23,108,505 | 798,654 | 153,353 | 5.30 | 66.1 | |
| 1988 | estimate | 23,778,743 | 785,976 | 148,759 | 5.02 | 66.9 | |
| 1989 | estimate | 24,440,328 | 774,645 | 146,101 | 4.76 | 67.5 | |
| 1990 | estimate | 25,068,643 | 759,522 | 147,150 | 4.51 | 67.7 | |
| 1991 | estimate | 25,682,977 | 766,307 | 149,459 | 4.37 | 67.7 | |
| 1992 | estimate | 26,292,878 | 780,107 | 152,826 | 4.27 | 67.7 | |
| 1993 | estimate | 26,964,257 | 767,514 | 156,229 | 4.08 | 67.8 | |
| 1994 | estimate | 27,589,839 | 761,045 | 166,590 | 3.91 | 67.3 | |
| 1995 | estimate | 28,184,718 | 699,241 | 166,116 | 3.49 | 67.7 | |
| 1996 | estimate | 28,755,663 | 648,953 | 165,326 | 3.14 | 68.2 | |
| 1997 | estimate | 29,310,426 | 613,429 | 163,271 | 2.89 | 68.9 | |
| 1998 | estimate | 29,848,175 | 589,139 | 163,224 | 2.69 | 69.3 | |
| 1999 | estimate | 30,260,091 | 592,808 | 158,634 | 2.62 | 70.1 | |
| 2000 | estimate | 30,688,616 | 604,906 | 157,892 | 2.59 | 70.6 | |
| 2001 | estimate | 31,119,169 | 607,972 | 157,330 | 2.52 | 71.0 | |
| 2002 | estimate | 31,543,274 | 606,306 | 154,930 | 2.43 | 71.6 | |
| 2003 | estimate | 31,958,395 | 631,106 | 156,839 | 2.45 | 71.9 | |
| 2004 | estimate | 32,393,240 | 663,545 | 154,798 | 2.50 | 72.5 | |
| 2005 | estimate | 32,863,332 | 699,801 | 156,628 | 2.56 | 72.8 | |
| 2006 | estimate | 33,355,166 | 739,665 | 158,853 | 2.63 | 73.1 | |
| 2007 | estimate | 33,891,846 | 782,007 | 161,811 | 2.70 | 73.3 | |
| 2008 | estimate | 34,486,986 | 826,387 | 164,347 | 2.79 | 73.6 | |
| 2009 | estimate | 35,146,936 | 858,476 | 166,997 | 2.83 | 73.9 | |
| 2010 | estimate | 35,833,954 | 888,644 | 169,287 | 2.88 | 74.1 | |
| 2011 | estimate | 36,542,517 | 913,717 | 171,895 | 2.90 | 74.4 | |
| 2012 | estimate | 37,264,234 | 965,845 | 175,216 | 3.00 | 74.6 | |
| 2013 | estimate | 38,028,098 | 980,492 | 178,297 | 3.00 | 74.8 | |
| 2014 | estimate | 38,800,245 | 1,021,803 | 182,163 | 3.08 | 75.0 | |
| 2015 | estimate | 39,609,816 | 1,032,935 | 185,876 | 3.09 | 75.2 | |
| 2016 | estimate | 40,429,242 | 1,039,209 | 189,813 | 3.09 | 75.3 | |
| 2017 | estimate | 41,272,200 | 1,042,868 | 194,267 | 3.09 | 75.4 | |
| 2018 | estimate | 42,106,398 | 1,022,803 | 198,383 | 3.02 | 75.6 | |
| 2019 | estimate | 42,903,672 | 1,012,181 | 202,650 | 3.00 | 75.7 | |
| 2020 | estimate | 43,685,420 | 987,851 | 263,716 | 2.94 | 73.3 | |
| 2021 | estimate | 44,398,762 | 957,511 | 222,028 | 2.87 | 75.2 | |
| 2022 | estimate | 45,123,436 | 931,867 | 209,276 | 2.82 | 76.1 | |
| 2023 | estimate | 45,831,343 | 905,981 | 214,259 | 2.77 | 76.3 | |
| 2024 | estimate | 46,497,095 | 881,823 | 216,166 | 2.72 | 76.5 | |
| 2025 | projection | 47,131,520 | 46.8–47.5 million | 855,432 | 220,319 | 2.67 | 76.7 |
| 2026 | projection | 47,739,103 | 47.1–48.4 million | 832,197 | 224,898 | 2.62 | 76.9 |
| 2027 | projection | 48,317,564 | 47.3–49.3 million | 811,548 | 229,853 | 2.58 | 77.1 |
| 2028 | projection | 48,869,252 | 47.5–50.3 million | 794,567 | 235,193 | 2.53 | 77.3 |
| 2029 | projection | 49,401,793 | 47.6–51.2 million | 781,454 | 240,672 | 2.49 | 77.5 |
| 2030 | projection | 49,908,964 | 47.8–52.0 million | 771,716 | 246,660 | 2.45 | 77.7 |
| 2031 | projection | 50,399,367 | 48.0–52.9 million | 764,881 | 252,968 | 2.42 | 77.9 |
| 2032 | projection | 50,875,350 | 48.1–53.8 million | 761,645 | 259,830 | 2.38 | 78.1 |
| 2033 | projection | 51,351,639 | 48.2–54.6 million | 762,903 | 266,861 | 2.35 | 78.3 |
| 2034 | projection | 51,816,842 | 48.3–55.6 million | 768,066 | 274,364 | 2.32 | 78.4 |
| 2035 | projection | 52,279,165 | 48.5–56.5 million | 774,693 | 282,037 | 2.29 | 78.6 |
| 2036 | projection | 52,754,414 | 48.7–57.3 million | 785,171 | 289,919 | 2.26 | 78.8 |
| 2037 | projection | 53,218,120 | 48.8–58.2 million | 795,522 | 297,986 | 2.23 | 79.0 |
| 2038 | projection | 53,687,432 | 48.8–59.0 million | 808,529 | 306,157 | 2.21 | 79.2 |
| 2039 | projection | 54,156,261 | 48.9–59.9 million | 821,833 | 314,584 | 2.18 | 79.4 |
| 2040 | projection | 54,636,243 | 49.1–60.7 million | 835,074 | 322,958 | 2.16 | 79.6 |
| 2041 | projection | 55,110,709 | 49.1–61.8 million | 846,594 | 331,768 | 2.13 | 79.7 |
| 2042 | projection | 55,593,267 | 49.2–62.6 million | 857,664 | 340,505 | 2.12 | 79.9 |
| 2043 | projection | 56,075,843 | 49.2–63.6 million | 867,391 | 349,762 | 2.10 | 80.1 |
| 2044 | projection | 56,563,342 | 49.5–64.7 million | 875,493 | 358,895 | 2.08 | 80.3 |
| 2045 | projection | 57,049,015 | 49.7–65.8 million | 879,153 | 368,174 | 2.07 | 80.5 |
| 2046 | projection | 57,531,298 | 49.8–67.0 million | 880,961 | 377,318 | 2.05 | 80.6 |
| 2047 | projection | 58,004,035 | 49.8–67.8 million | 879,290 | 386,554 | 2.04 | 80.8 |
| 2048 | projection | 58,464,304 | 49.9–68.7 million | 875,128 | 395,746 | 2.03 | 81.0 |
| 2049 | projection | 58,917,467 | 50.1–69.8 million | 867,599 | 405,235 | 2.01 | 81.2 |
| 2050 | projection | 59,354,849 | 50.2–70.7 million | 859,208 | 414,863 | 2.00 | 81.3 |
| 2051 | projection | 59,776,260 | 50.3–71.5 million | 849,065 | 424,666 | 1.99 | 81.5 |
| 2052 | projection | 60,174,952 | 50.2–72.4 million | 835,997 | 434,246 | 1.98 | 81.7 |
| 2053 | projection | 60,539,302 | 50.2–73.2 million | 823,037 | 443,828 | 1.97 | 81.8 |
| 2054 | projection | 60,890,496 | 50.2–73.9 million | 808,681 | 453,357 | 1.96 | 82.0 |
| 2055 | projection | 61,217,963 | 50.1–74.4 million | 794,706 | 462,947 | 1.95 | 82.2 |
| 2056 | projection | 61,519,475 | 49.9–75.2 million | 779,618 | 472,749 | 1.94 | 82.3 |
| 2057 | projection | 61,804,713 | 49.8–76.0 million | 766,489 | 482,644 | 1.93 | 82.5 |
| 2058 | projection | 62,054,984 | 49.5–76.8 million | 753,933 | 492,242 | 1.92 | 82.7 |
| 2059 | projection | 62,287,895 | 49.3–77.5 million | 742,956 | 501,805 | 1.92 | 82.8 |
| 2060 | projection | 62,497,520 | 49.2–78.3 million | 732,255 | 511,216 | 1.91 | 83.0 |
| 2061 | projection | 62,682,396 | 48.9–79.1 million | 724,500 | 520,355 | 1.90 | 83.1 |
| 2062 | projection | 62,845,343 | 48.5–79.8 million | 717,914 | 529,716 | 1.90 | 83.3 |
| 2063 | projection | 63,006,047 | 48.2–80.3 million | 713,428 | 538,553 | 1.89 | 83.4 |
| 2064 | projection | 63,143,779 | 48.1–81.3 million | 710,885 | 547,121 | 1.89 | 83.6 |
| 2065 | projection | 63,279,334 | 48.1–82.3 million | 709,644 | 554,775 | 1.88 | 83.7 |
| 2066 | projection | 63,401,589 | 47.8–83.2 million | 710,198 | 562,338 | 1.88 | 83.9 |
| 2067 | projection | 63,514,040 | 47.6–84.1 million | 710,823 | 569,916 | 1.88 | 84.0 |
| 2068 | projection | 63,620,913 | 47.2–85.0 million | 711,731 | 576,850 | 1.87 | 84.2 |
| 2069 | projection | 63,721,997 | 47.1–85.9 million | 714,321 | 583,116 | 1.87 | 84.3 |
| 2070 | projection | 63,819,328 | 46.6–86.7 million | 717,013 | 588,258 | 1.86 | 84.4 |
| 2071 | projection | 63,898,576 | 46.2–87.6 million | 719,098 | 593,085 | 1.86 | 84.6 |
| 2072 | projection | 64,001,257 | 45.8–88.4 million | 720,935 | 597,320 | 1.85 | 84.7 |
| 2073 | projection | 64,101,935 | 45.7–89.3 million | 723,411 | 601,366 | 1.85 | 84.8 |
| 2074 | projection | 64,197,581 | 45.3–89.9 million | 724,145 | 603,628 | 1.84 | 85.0 |
| 2075 | projection | 64,294,335 | 44.9–90.2 million | 725,002 | 605,742 | 1.84 | 85.1 |
| 2076 | projection | 64,389,983 | 44.5–91.1 million | 724,237 | 607,403 | 1.84 | 85.3 |
| 2077 | projection | 64,472,321 | 44.0–91.8 million | 722,566 | 608,649 | 1.83 | 85.4 |
| 2078 | projection | 64,557,519 | 43.5–92.7 million | 719,335 | 609,395 | 1.83 | 85.5 |
| 2079 | projection | 64,636,967 | 43.2–93.6 million | 715,828 | 609,346 | 1.82 | 85.6 |
| 2080 | projection | 64,714,868 | 43.0–94.6 million | 710,789 | 609,016 | 1.82 | 85.8 |
| 2081 | projection | 64,786,583 | 42.8–95.4 million | 704,945 | 608,448 | 1.82 | 85.9 |
| 2082 | projection | 64,844,564 | 42.8–96.3 million | 697,539 | 607,187 | 1.81 | 86.0 |
| 2083 | projection | 64,896,851 | 42.5–97.3 million | 690,174 | 606,366 | 1.81 | 86.1 |
| 2084 | projection | 64,946,779 | 42.1–98.0 million | 682,166 | 605,914 | 1.81 | 86.3 |
| 2085 | projection | 64,992,889 | 42.0–99.0 million | 673,833 | 605,712 | 1.80 | 86.4 |
| 2086 | projection | 65,036,544 | 41.5–100.4 million | 665,389 | 605,786 | 1.80 | 86.5 |
| 2087 | projection | 65,074,721 | 41.1–101.4 million | 657,274 | 606,485 | 1.80 | 86.6 |
| 2088 | projection | 65,099,537 | 41.0–102.1 million | 649,737 | 608,150 | 1.80 | 86.8 |
| 2089 | projection | 65,116,436 | 40.4–102.5 million | 642,453 | 610,811 | 1.80 | 86.9 |
| 2090 | projection | 65,114,459 | 40.1–103.3 million | 634,865 | 614,084 | 1.79 | 87.0 |
| 2091 | projection | 65,116,490 | 39.6–104.1 million | 628,597 | 618,723 | 1.79 | 87.1 |
| 2092 | projection | 65,094,998 | 39.2–104.9 million | 622,334 | 624,427 | 1.79 | 87.2 |
| 2093 | projection | 65,067,196 | 39.0–105.6 million | 617,242 | 631,502 | 1.79 | 87.3 |
| 2094 | projection | 65,038,446 | 38.9–106.9 million | 612,928 | 639,152 | 1.79 | 87.4 |
| 2095 | projection | 64,982,075 | 38.6–108.0 million | 608,714 | 647,301 | 1.78 | 87.6 |
| 2096 | projection | 64,920,949 | 38.1–108.7 million | 605,453 | 656,303 | 1.78 | 87.7 |
| 2097 | projection | 64,844,303 | 37.7–109.4 million | 602,593 | 665,850 | 1.78 | 87.8 |
| 2098 | projection | 64,759,831 | 37.4–110.2 million | 601,183 | 676,881 | 1.78 | 87.9 |
| 2099 | projection | 64,658,480 | 37.0–111.5 million | 599,061 | 687,457 | 1.78 | 88.0 |
| 2100 | projection | 64,547,402 | 36.5–112.5 million | 598,006 | 698,468 | 1.78 | 88.1 |
Show the numbers: Algeria, mid-2026, by single year of age
| Age | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 424,263 | 406,828 |
| 1 | 434,952 | 417,287 |
| 2 | 446,645 | 428,463 |
| 3 | 458,502 | 439,784 |
| 4 | 470,837 | 451,666 |
| 5 | 484,330 | 464,696 |
| 6 | 497,461 | 477,414 |
| 7 | 505,602 | 485,446 |
| 8 | 512,677 | 492,572 |
| 9 | 516,307 | 496,310 |
| 10 | 513,499 | 493,580 |
| 11 | 508,931 | 488,846 |
| 12 | 495,682 | 475,730 |
| 13 | 481,453 | 461,858 |
| 14 | 464,467 | 445,481 |
| 15 | 444,976 | 426,486 |
| 16 | 430,903 | 412,494 |
| 17 | 414,748 | 396,733 |
| 18 | 394,617 | 377,448 |
| 19 | 371,632 | 355,556 |
| 20 | 349,726 | 334,691 |
| 21 | 329,416 | 315,566 |
| 22 | 311,118 | 298,586 |
| 23 | 295,882 | 284,614 |
| 24 | 289,138 | 278,869 |
| 25 | 287,764 | 278,354 |
| 26 | 283,048 | 274,746 |
| 27 | 278,082 | 270,938 |
| 28 | 295,869 | 281,828 |
| 29 | 319,900 | 298,357 |
| 30 | 329,240 | 307,566 |
| 31 | 338,156 | 316,262 |
| 32 | 346,541 | 324,492 |
| 33 | 354,641 | 331,855 |
| 34 | 360,688 | 337,797 |
| 35 | 365,863 | 343,756 |
| 36 | 371,530 | 349,910 |
| 37 | 375,908 | 355,149 |
| 38 | 379,133 | 359,362 |
| 39 | 381,160 | 362,113 |
| 40 | 381,721 | 362,940 |
| 41 | 380,614 | 361,588 |
| 42 | 377,901 | 358,158 |
| 43 | 373,488 | 352,866 |
| 44 | 366,936 | 345,780 |
| 45 | 357,896 | 336,871 |
| 46 | 346,288 | 326,128 |
| 47 | 332,303 | 313,692 |
| 48 | 317,022 | 300,356 |
| 49 | 302,417 | 287,490 |
| 50 | 289,603 | 276,035 |
| 51 | 278,514 | 266,034 |
| 52 | 269,038 | 257,294 |
| 53 | 260,788 | 249,520 |
| 54 | 252,959 | 242,096 |
| 55 | 245,040 | 234,622 |
| 56 | 236,882 | 226,988 |
| 57 | 228,448 | 219,167 |
| 58 | 219,711 | 211,074 |
| 59 | 210,589 | 202,535 |
| 60 | 201,020 | 193,472 |
| 61 | 190,962 | 183,801 |
| 62 | 180,577 | 173,641 |
| 63 | 170,172 | 163,476 |
| 64 | 160,091 | 153,914 |
| 65 | 150,584 | 145,351 |
| 66 | 141,644 | 137,800 |
| 67 | 133,234 | 131,137 |
| 68 | 125,277 | 125,022 |
| 69 | 117,682 | 118,938 |
| 70 | 110,423 | 112,616 |
| 71 | 103,506 | 106,037 |
| 72 | 96,875 | 99,224 |
| 73 | 90,144 | 92,161 |
| 74 | 82,728 | 84,791 |
| 75 | 74,386 | 77,109 |
| 76 | 65,250 | 69,178 |
| 77 | 55,659 | 61,168 |
| 78 | 46,441 | 53,526 |
| 79 | 38,589 | 46,735 |
| 80 | 32,522 | 41,028 |
| 81 | 28,050 | 36,326 |
| 82 | 24,819 | 32,460 |
| 83 | 22,266 | 29,121 |
| 84 | 19,780 | 25,950 |
| 85 | 17,134 | 22,800 |
| 86 | 14,414 | 19,712 |
| 87 | 11,762 | 16,750 |
| 88 | 9,324 | 13,963 |
| 89 | 7,216 | 11,398 |
| 90 | 5,475 | 9,100 |
| 91 | 4,082 | 7,104 |
| 92 | 2,993 | 5,418 |
| 93 | 2,154 | 4,030 |
| 94 | 1,507 | 2,914 |
| 95 | 1,016 | 2,039 |
| 96 | 657 | 1,378 |
| 97 | 406 | 895 |
| 98 | 240 | 560 |
| 99 | 136 | 338 |
| 100+ | 155 | 432 |
DZA · 1950–2100 · every age, every year
Algeria, every age in every year
Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.
DZA · ages 15–64
Who does the work in Algeria
On the UN's projection, Algeria will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2072: 40,679,200 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 29,076,000.
aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over
How to read this: the orange squares are 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023, and the rows below are how many children (teal) and how many people aged 65 or older (violet) lived alongside them.
Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 15 years: 2006–2013 and 2035–2041.
fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more
How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.
DZA · arrivals minus departures
Who arrives in Algeria, and who leaves
In 2020–2025 Algeria loses 20,370 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 5,174 a year more leaving than arriving.
more arrive than leave more leave than arrive
How to read this: left to right is age, from babies to 100. Blue squares above the line are ages at which more people arrive than leave; orange squares below it, ages at which more leave than arrive. These are the UN's projection for 2020–2025. There is no record of migration by age before 2020.
In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 302,662 (1976) and the most it lost was 142,810 (1965).
In 2024, 259,458 people living in Algeria had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 1 in 1990.
DZA · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100
Who has the babies in Algeria
Of every 100 babies born in Algeria in 2023, 2 had a mother under 20, 66 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 32 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 11 under 20 and 21 aged 35 or older.
11 · 68 · 21
2 · 66 · 32
1 · 72 · 27
The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected
How to read this: each block is 100 babies born in that year, one square each, coloured by how old the mother was. The numbers under a block are the three groups, youngest mothers first.
- Babies born, 2023
- 905,981
- Average age when women have a baby
- 31.5 years
- 30.2 in 1950
- Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
- 9
- 106 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
| Mother's age | 1950 | 1975 | 2000 | 2023 | 2050 projected | 2100 projected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10–14 | 1,041 | 665 | 112 | 35 | 19 | 15 |
| 15–19 | 49,073 | 73,064 | 15,805 | 14,744 | 12,041 | 10,270 |
| 20–24 | 119,510 | 188,872 | 116,017 | 112,106 | 116,695 | 80,312 |
| 25–29 | 104,201 | 163,742 | 174,235 | 229,200 | 251,718 | 183,321 |
| 30–34 | 88,491 | 126,097 | 159,216 | 254,990 | 245,261 | 176,715 |
| 35–39 | 59,677 | 95,217 | 99,559 | 212,973 | 180,645 | 113,885 |
| 40–44 | 28,927 | 43,883 | 34,431 | 72,520 | 40,143 | 25,743 |
| 45–49 | 5,162 | 9,037 | 5,348 | 9,165 | 11,522 | 7,103 |
| 50–54 | 270 | 393 | 183 | 248 | 1,164 | 642 |
| All babies | 456,352 | 700,970 | 604,906 | 905,981 | 859,208 | 598,006 |
The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.
DZA · healthy years · 2021
Years in good health in Algeria
Of the 76.0 years a baby born in Algeria in 2021 could expect, about 65.5 would be lived in full health (95% range 64.6–66.3). The years in less than full health come to 10.5, above the world's 9.5.
64.8 in full health, 11.8 not: 76.6 years
66.4 in full health, 9.1 not: 75.5 years
a year in full health a year in less than full health
How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.
Women: 64.8 healthy years of 76.6. Men: 66.4 of 75.5. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 66.1.
DZA · forced from home · end of 2025
Displacement in Algeria
At the end of 2025, Algeria was hosting 184,265 people who had crossed a border into it, about 4 of every 1,000 people living there.
- hosted from abroad184,265
- Algeria nationals abroad22,123
stayed inside their own country crossed a border
How to read this: each square is 5,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Algeria living in another country, wherever they are.
In 2025, 1,588 people asked for asylum in Algeria for the first time; 10,922 people from Algeria asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Algeria whose claims were decided that year, 12 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it
DZA · of every 100 people
How people live in Algeria
Of every 100 people in Algeria in 2025, 43 lived in a city, 38 in a town or suburb and 19 in the countryside.
cities towns and suburbs rural areas
Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 22.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).
How to read this: 100 squares, one for every 100th person, coloured by where they live, as the key says. The same rule is used in every country.
DZA · adults 25 and over · 2020
How far people in Algeria went in school
Of every 100 adults in Algeria in 2020, 20 never went to school and 41 finished upper secondary or went further.
20 never went to school 5 some primary 11 finished primary 23 finished lower secondary 28 finished upper secondary 13 studied after school
The young went further: 9.6 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 58.3 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 4.4 against 28.5).
Its people aged 15 to 64, and the ones among them who finished upper secondary, are projected to be most numerous in the same year, 2075.
How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).
DZA · cities · 2025
Cities in Algeria
Algeria had 109 cities in 2025, home to 20.3 million people. The largest, Algiers, holds 7 of every 100 people in Algeria.
- Algiers3,246,400
- Oran1,192,410
- Blida663,070
- Boumerdes550,700
- Djelfa542,414
- Constantine519,932
- Annaba474,367
- Batna366,415
- Setif349,825
- Tlemcen301,980
All 17 cities in Algeria that reach 300,000 people
How to read this: the 10 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.
Apparatus
Sources and method
Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.
The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Algeria are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.
Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →
Checked before it was drawn
Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.