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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 |
33,333,216 (July 2007 est.) |
Age structure |
0-14 years: 27.2% (male 4,627,479/female 4,447,468) 15-64 years: 67.9% (male 11,413,121/female 11,235,096) 65 years and over: 4.8% (male 752,058/female 857,994) (2007 est.) |
Median Age |
total: 25.5 years male: 25.2 years female: 25.7 years (2007 est.) |
Population growth rate |
1.216% (2007 est.) |
Birth rate |
17.11 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Death rate |
4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Net migration rate |
-0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.016 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.877 male(s)/female total population: 1.015 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
Infant mortality rate |
total: 28.78 deaths/1,000 live births male: 32.45 deaths/1,000 live births female: 24.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 73.52 years male: 71.91 years female: 75.21 years (2007 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
9,100 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
less than 500 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne disease: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a high risk in some locations (2007) |
Nationality |
noun: Algerian(s) adjective: Algerian |
Ethnic groups |
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 |
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
Languages |
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects |
Literacy |
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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