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Algeria:
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Other pages in this profile of Algeria:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 33,769,669 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 14.2 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 0-14 years: 26.3% (male 4,528,919/female 4,349,746) 15-64 years: 68.7% (male 11,699,701/female 11,509,619) 65 years and over: 5% (male 779,467/female 902,217) (2008 est.) |
Median Age |
Definition - World rank and map total: 26 years male: 25.8 years female: 26.2 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.209% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map -0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Sex ratio |
Definition at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
Definition - World rank and map total: 28.75 deaths/1,000 live births male: 31.95 deaths/1,000 live births female: 25.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 73.77 years male: 72.13 years female: 75.49 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 1.82 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 9,100 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Algerian(s) adjective: Algerian |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools |
Religions |
Definition Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
Languages |
Definition Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects |
Literacy |
Definition definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.) |
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