| Population |
32,129,324 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age structure |
0-14 years: 29.9% (male 4,893,971; female 4,705,933)
15-64 years: 65.5% (male 10,593,840; female 10,443,300)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male 703,420; female 788,860) (2004 est.) |
| Median age |
total: 23.8 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 24 years (2004 est.) |
| Population growth rate |
1.28% (2004 est.) |
| Birth rate |
17.76 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death rate |
4.61 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net migration rate |
-0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex ratio |
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate |
total: 32.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 28.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life expectancy at birth |
total population: 72.74 years
male: 71.22 years
female: 74.34 years (2004 est.) |
| Total fertility rate |
2.04 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
0.1% note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths |
NA |
| 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 Algeirs; 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 |
conventional long form: people's democratic republic of algeria
conventional short form: algeria
local short form: al jaza'ir
local long form: al jumhuriyah al jaza'iriyah ad dimuqratiyah ash sha'biyah |