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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%
2023 | 2024 peak 2090

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.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

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

peak 2090estimates | projections020 m40 m60 m80 m100 m120 m1950197520002025205020752100

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
Algeria: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate8,892,792456,352203,8747.3242.7
1951estimate9,144,061466,128207,9287.3143.3
1952estimate9,395,668475,687212,6377.2943.5
1953estimate9,646,746486,150216,9427.2943.6
1954estimate9,898,544497,370242,8537.3140.6
1955estimate10,130,218508,524245,9267.3440.9
1956estimate10,364,629519,035250,4057.3640.9
1957estimate10,599,735529,482255,0147.3940.9
1958estimate10,835,266541,079259,9167.4440.9
1959estimate11,072,013549,569264,5267.4540.9
1960estimate11,307,232559,939269,3507.5040.8
1961estimate11,542,612570,791274,3247.5640.8
1962estimate11,715,155577,509293,6007.6139.5
1963estimate11,886,386583,861268,2177.6543.1
1964estimate12,077,850588,100275,3697.6743.0
1965estimate12,281,776593,286282,0867.7142.9
1966estimate12,450,175594,913285,2927.7142.8
1967estimate12,729,963605,282288,9917.7142.7
1968estimate13,022,272617,064292,5047.7142.8
1969estimate13,322,956629,861295,3247.7143.0
1970estimate13,628,963643,374296,8037.7043.3
1971estimate13,938,476652,748296,6877.6743.8
1972estimate14,259,396663,182294,9987.6344.4
1973estimate14,594,747675,003292,2677.5945.1
1974estimate14,947,548687,801288,2887.5446.0
1975estimate15,319,456700,970283,1687.4946.9
1976estimate16,037,736724,981284,7757.4148.0
1977estimate16,780,604746,973281,5637.3149.3
1978estimate17,251,383762,849270,9817.2150.6
1979estimate17,762,564780,536256,6627.1252.4
1980estimate18,310,745799,359239,3856.9954.5
1981estimate18,903,603810,522215,3616.8457.4
1982estimate19,537,806819,265198,8346.6759.6
1983estimate20,206,890828,462187,3106.5061.3
1984estimate20,909,341833,869177,3916.2862.7
1985estimate21,634,597839,496167,3206.0464.2
1986estimate22,382,492820,921159,2955.6465.3
1987estimate23,108,505798,654153,3535.3066.1
1988estimate23,778,743785,976148,7595.0266.9
1989estimate24,440,328774,645146,1014.7667.5
1990estimate25,068,643759,522147,1504.5167.7
1991estimate25,682,977766,307149,4594.3767.7
1992estimate26,292,878780,107152,8264.2767.7
1993estimate26,964,257767,514156,2294.0867.8
1994estimate27,589,839761,045166,5903.9167.3
1995estimate28,184,718699,241166,1163.4967.7
1996estimate28,755,663648,953165,3263.1468.2
1997estimate29,310,426613,429163,2712.8968.9
1998estimate29,848,175589,139163,2242.6969.3
1999estimate30,260,091592,808158,6342.6270.1
2000estimate30,688,616604,906157,8922.5970.6
2001estimate31,119,169607,972157,3302.5271.0
2002estimate31,543,274606,306154,9302.4371.6
2003estimate31,958,395631,106156,8392.4571.9
2004estimate32,393,240663,545154,7982.5072.5
2005estimate32,863,332699,801156,6282.5672.8
2006estimate33,355,166739,665158,8532.6373.1
2007estimate33,891,846782,007161,8112.7073.3
2008estimate34,486,986826,387164,3472.7973.6
2009estimate35,146,936858,476166,9972.8373.9
2010estimate35,833,954888,644169,2872.8874.1
2011estimate36,542,517913,717171,8952.9074.4
2012estimate37,264,234965,845175,2163.0074.6
2013estimate38,028,098980,492178,2973.0074.8
2014estimate38,800,2451,021,803182,1633.0875.0
2015estimate39,609,8161,032,935185,8763.0975.2
2016estimate40,429,2421,039,209189,8133.0975.3
2017estimate41,272,2001,042,868194,2673.0975.4
2018estimate42,106,3981,022,803198,3833.0275.6
2019estimate42,903,6721,012,181202,6503.0075.7
2020estimate43,685,420987,851263,7162.9473.3
2021estimate44,398,762957,511222,0282.8775.2
2022estimate45,123,436931,867209,2762.8276.1
2023estimate45,831,343905,981214,2592.7776.3
2024estimate46,497,095881,823216,1662.7276.5
2025projection47,131,52046.8–47.5 million855,432220,3192.6776.7
2026projection47,739,10347.1–48.4 million832,197224,8982.6276.9
2027projection48,317,56447.3–49.3 million811,548229,8532.5877.1
2028projection48,869,25247.5–50.3 million794,567235,1932.5377.3
2029projection49,401,79347.6–51.2 million781,454240,6722.4977.5
2030projection49,908,96447.8–52.0 million771,716246,6602.4577.7
2031projection50,399,36748.0–52.9 million764,881252,9682.4277.9
2032projection50,875,35048.1–53.8 million761,645259,8302.3878.1
2033projection51,351,63948.2–54.6 million762,903266,8612.3578.3
2034projection51,816,84248.3–55.6 million768,066274,3642.3278.4
2035projection52,279,16548.5–56.5 million774,693282,0372.2978.6
2036projection52,754,41448.7–57.3 million785,171289,9192.2678.8
2037projection53,218,12048.8–58.2 million795,522297,9862.2379.0
2038projection53,687,43248.8–59.0 million808,529306,1572.2179.2
2039projection54,156,26148.9–59.9 million821,833314,5842.1879.4
2040projection54,636,24349.1–60.7 million835,074322,9582.1679.6
2041projection55,110,70949.1–61.8 million846,594331,7682.1379.7
2042projection55,593,26749.2–62.6 million857,664340,5052.1279.9
2043projection56,075,84349.2–63.6 million867,391349,7622.1080.1
2044projection56,563,34249.5–64.7 million875,493358,8952.0880.3
2045projection57,049,01549.7–65.8 million879,153368,1742.0780.5
2046projection57,531,29849.8–67.0 million880,961377,3182.0580.6
2047projection58,004,03549.8–67.8 million879,290386,5542.0480.8
2048projection58,464,30449.9–68.7 million875,128395,7462.0381.0
2049projection58,917,46750.1–69.8 million867,599405,2352.0181.2
2050projection59,354,84950.2–70.7 million859,208414,8632.0081.3
2051projection59,776,26050.3–71.5 million849,065424,6661.9981.5
2052projection60,174,95250.2–72.4 million835,997434,2461.9881.7
2053projection60,539,30250.2–73.2 million823,037443,8281.9781.8
2054projection60,890,49650.2–73.9 million808,681453,3571.9682.0
2055projection61,217,96350.1–74.4 million794,706462,9471.9582.2
2056projection61,519,47549.9–75.2 million779,618472,7491.9482.3
2057projection61,804,71349.8–76.0 million766,489482,6441.9382.5
2058projection62,054,98449.5–76.8 million753,933492,2421.9282.7
2059projection62,287,89549.3–77.5 million742,956501,8051.9282.8
2060projection62,497,52049.2–78.3 million732,255511,2161.9183.0
2061projection62,682,39648.9–79.1 million724,500520,3551.9083.1
2062projection62,845,34348.5–79.8 million717,914529,7161.9083.3
2063projection63,006,04748.2–80.3 million713,428538,5531.8983.4
2064projection63,143,77948.1–81.3 million710,885547,1211.8983.6
2065projection63,279,33448.1–82.3 million709,644554,7751.8883.7
2066projection63,401,58947.8–83.2 million710,198562,3381.8883.9
2067projection63,514,04047.6–84.1 million710,823569,9161.8884.0
2068projection63,620,91347.2–85.0 million711,731576,8501.8784.2
2069projection63,721,99747.1–85.9 million714,321583,1161.8784.3
2070projection63,819,32846.6–86.7 million717,013588,2581.8684.4
2071projection63,898,57646.2–87.6 million719,098593,0851.8684.6
2072projection64,001,25745.8–88.4 million720,935597,3201.8584.7
2073projection64,101,93545.7–89.3 million723,411601,3661.8584.8
2074projection64,197,58145.3–89.9 million724,145603,6281.8485.0
2075projection64,294,33544.9–90.2 million725,002605,7421.8485.1
2076projection64,389,98344.5–91.1 million724,237607,4031.8485.3
2077projection64,472,32144.0–91.8 million722,566608,6491.8385.4
2078projection64,557,51943.5–92.7 million719,335609,3951.8385.5
2079projection64,636,96743.2–93.6 million715,828609,3461.8285.6
2080projection64,714,86843.0–94.6 million710,789609,0161.8285.8
2081projection64,786,58342.8–95.4 million704,945608,4481.8285.9
2082projection64,844,56442.8–96.3 million697,539607,1871.8186.0
2083projection64,896,85142.5–97.3 million690,174606,3661.8186.1
2084projection64,946,77942.1–98.0 million682,166605,9141.8186.3
2085projection64,992,88942.0–99.0 million673,833605,7121.8086.4
2086projection65,036,54441.5–100.4 million665,389605,7861.8086.5
2087projection65,074,72141.1–101.4 million657,274606,4851.8086.6
2088projection65,099,53741.0–102.1 million649,737608,1501.8086.8
2089projection65,116,43640.4–102.5 million642,453610,8111.8086.9
2090projection65,114,45940.1–103.3 million634,865614,0841.7987.0
2091projection65,116,49039.6–104.1 million628,597618,7231.7987.1
2092projection65,094,99839.2–104.9 million622,334624,4271.7987.2
2093projection65,067,19639.0–105.6 million617,242631,5021.7987.3
2094projection65,038,44638.9–106.9 million612,928639,1521.7987.4
2095projection64,982,07538.6–108.0 million608,714647,3011.7887.6
2096projection64,920,94938.1–108.7 million605,453656,3031.7887.7
2097projection64,844,30337.7–109.4 million602,593665,8501.7887.8
2098projection64,759,83137.4–110.2 million601,183676,8811.7887.9
2099projection64,658,48037.0–111.5 million599,061687,4571.7888.0
2100projection64,547,40236.5–112.5 million598,006698,4681.7888.1
Show the numbers: Algeria, mid-2026, by single year of age
Algeria: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
0424,263406,828
1434,952417,287
2446,645428,463
3458,502439,784
4470,837451,666
5484,330464,696
6497,461477,414
7505,602485,446
8512,677492,572
9516,307496,310
10513,499493,580
11508,931488,846
12495,682475,730
13481,453461,858
14464,467445,481
15444,976426,486
16430,903412,494
17414,748396,733
18394,617377,448
19371,632355,556
20349,726334,691
21329,416315,566
22311,118298,586
23295,882284,614
24289,138278,869
25287,764278,354
26283,048274,746
27278,082270,938
28295,869281,828
29319,900298,357
30329,240307,566
31338,156316,262
32346,541324,492
33354,641331,855
34360,688337,797
35365,863343,756
36371,530349,910
37375,908355,149
38379,133359,362
39381,160362,113
40381,721362,940
41380,614361,588
42377,901358,158
43373,488352,866
44366,936345,780
45357,896336,871
46346,288326,128
47332,303313,692
48317,022300,356
49302,417287,490
50289,603276,035
51278,514266,034
52269,038257,294
53260,788249,520
54252,959242,096
55245,040234,622
56236,882226,988
57228,448219,167
58219,711211,074
59210,589202,535
60201,020193,472
61190,962183,801
62180,577173,641
63170,172163,476
64160,091153,914
65150,584145,351
66141,644137,800
67133,234131,137
68125,277125,022
69117,682118,938
70110,423112,616
71103,506106,037
7296,87599,224
7390,14492,161
7482,72884,791
7574,38677,109
7665,25069,178
7755,65961,168
7846,44153,526
7938,58946,735
8032,52241,028
8128,05036,326
8224,81932,460
8322,26629,121
8419,78025,950
8517,13422,800
8614,41419,712
8711,76216,750
889,32413,963
897,21611,398
905,4759,100
914,0827,104
922,9935,418
932,1544,030
941,5072,914
951,0162,039
966571,378
97406895
98240560
99136338
100+155432

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.

100 aged 15–64
49 children
10 aged 65+

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.

How every country compares

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.

one square = 500 people a year
020406080+

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.

How migration works everywhere

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.

1950
11 · 68 · 21
2023
2 · 66 · 32
2050 · projected
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
Babies born in Algeria by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–141,041665112351915
15–1949,07373,06415,80514,74412,04110,270
20–24119,510188,872116,017112,106116,69580,312
25–29104,201163,742174,235229,200251,718183,321
30–3488,491126,097159,216254,990245,261176,715
35–3959,67795,21799,559212,973180,645113,885
40–4428,92743,88334,43172,52040,14325,743
45–495,1629,0375,3489,16511,5227,103
50–542703931832481,164642
All babies456,352700,970604,906905,981859,208598,006

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.

Women

64.8 in full health, 11.8 not: 76.6 years

Men

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.

  1. hosted from abroad184,265
  2. 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

How the world's displacement is counted

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.

How the world's people live

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).

How far the world's people went in school

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.

  1. Algiers3,246,400
  2. Oran1,192,410
  3. Blida663,070
  4. Boumerdes550,700
  5. Djelfa542,414
  6. Constantine519,932
  7. Annaba474,367
  8. Batna366,415
  9. Setif349,825
  10. 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.

All the world's cities

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.