| Population: |
33,769,669 (July 2008 est.) |
| Age structure: |
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: |
total: 26 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 26.2 years (2008 est.) |
| Population growth rate: |
1.209% (2008 est.) |
| Birth rate: |
17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Death rate: |
4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Net migration rate: |
-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
| Sex ratio: |
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: |
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: |
total population: 73.77 years
male: 72.13 years
female: 75.49 years (2008 est.) |
| Total fertility rate: |
1.82 children born/woman (2008 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.) |
| 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.) |
