The current population of Algeria is 47,911,682 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 46,814,308 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Algeria is ranked 33/197 by population and was ranked 34th in 2005.
- Algeria accounts for 0.58% of the world's population.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth in 20 years).
- Algeria is projected to reach 65.1M people in 2090.
- For the last 20 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of 2.24% per year.
Algeria population clock
Algeria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
47911682
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 33/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | N/A |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
2.45 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | -31,240 | N/A |
Algeria population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 11,424,922 | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 1.79% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 1.48% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 1.54% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 1.65% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 1.53% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 1.81% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 2.27% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 2.3% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 2.3% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 2.28% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 2.29% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 2.33% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 2.38% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 2.45% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 3.6% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 4.66% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 3.7% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 2.89% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 3.03% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 3.16% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 3.3% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 3.39% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 3.45% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 3.47% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 3.46% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 3.35% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 3.07% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 2.84% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 2.68% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 2.51% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 2.41% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 2.47% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 2.44% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 2.24% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 2.09% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 1.98% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 1.88% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 1.61% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 1.4% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 1.41% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 1.38% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 1.34% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 1.34% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 1.41% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 1.47% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 1.55% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 1.68% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 1.93% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 1.97% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 2.04% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 2.06% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 2.08% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 2.08% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 2.05% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 1.96% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 1.86% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 1.73% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 1.63% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 1.51% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 1.41% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 1.25% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 1.18% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 1.06% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 1% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 0.94% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 0.92% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 0.9% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 0.9% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 0.89% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 0.88% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 0.88% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 0.88% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 0.87% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 0.87% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 0.86% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 0.85% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 0.83% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 0.78% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 0.73% |
Algeria has a population of 47.9M as of 2025, compared to 40M in 2015, 33.1M in 2005, and 28.5M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.97% per year. Algeria is ranked 67th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Algeria will have 57,290,162 people (19.6% growth) with a rank change from 33rd to 35th.
By the year 2100, Algeria's population is projected to grow by 34.6% to 64.5M people.
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Algeria population statistics
|
Algeria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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