The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 45,696,159 people in Argentina in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 48,034,519 people compared to 46,005,372 in Argentina.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 1.04 times bigger than Argentina's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Argentina is the 35th.
- The countries together account for 1.14% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.56% for Argentina.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +0.64% in Argentina.
- Since 2006, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.6M people to 48M (42.9% growth), while Argentina has grown from 39.6M to 46M (16.1% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 48.3M people in 2050 for Argentina.
Algeria vs Argentina: live population counter
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| Current population |
48034519
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46005372
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 35/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.56% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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3.33 minutes
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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1.04 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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1.51 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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2.54 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | +3,454 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +432 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +157,758 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +0.35% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 144/197 |
Algeria and Argentina: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 20,386,045 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 20,726,276 | 1.79% | 1.67% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 21,072,538 | 1.48% | 1.67% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 21,421,705 | 1.54% | 1.66% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 21,769,453 | 1.65% | 1.62% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 22,112,629 | 1.53% | 1.58% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 22,453,893 | 1.81% | 1.54% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 22,799,059 | 2.27% | 1.54% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 23,150,583 | 2.3% | 1.54% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 23,508,711 | 2.3% | 1.55% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 23,878,327 | 2.28% | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 24,257,208 | 2.29% | 1.59% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 24,644,328 | 2.33% | 1.6% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 25,046,005 | 2.38% | 1.63% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 25,461,351 | 2.45% | 1.66% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 25,874,107 | 3.6% | 1.62% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 26,282,283 | 4.66% | 1.58% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 26,701,805 | 3.7% | 1.6% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 27,132,158 | 2.89% | 1.61% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 27,568,895 | 3.03% | 1.61% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 28,011,596 | 3.16% | 1.61% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 28,463,959 | 3.3% | 1.61% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 28,924,262 | 3.39% | 1.62% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 29,391,332 | 3.45% | 1.61% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 29,863,093 | 3.47% | 1.61% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 30,336,441 | 3.46% | 1.59% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 30,811,980 | 3.35% | 1.57% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 31,291,762 | 3.07% | 1.56% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 31,780,532 | 2.84% | 1.56% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 32,270,948 | 2.68% | 1.54% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 32,755,901 | 2.51% | 1.5% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 33,230,294 | 2.41% | 1.45% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 33,693,527 | 2.47% | 1.39% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 34,152,717 | 2.44% | 1.36% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 34,613,491 | 2.24% | 1.35% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 35,070,020 | 2.09% | 1.32% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 35,513,793 | 1.98% | 1.27% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 35,947,791 | 1.88% | 1.22% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 36,372,860 | 1.61% | 1.18% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 36,794,682 | 1.4% | 1.16% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 37,213,984 | 1.41% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 37,624,825 | 1.38% | 1.1% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 38,029,349 | 1.34% | 1.08% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 38,424,282 | 1.34% | 1.04% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 38,815,916 | 1.41% | 1.02% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 39,216,789 | 1.47% | 1.03% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 39,622,115 | 1.55% | 1.03% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 40,016,763 | 1.68% | 1% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 40,424,148 | 1.84% | 1.02% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 40,854,831 | 1.93% | 1.07% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 41,288,694 | 1.97% | 1.06% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 41,730,660 | 1.98% | 1.07% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 42,161,721 | 2.01% | 1.03% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 42,582,455 | 2.04% | 1% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 43,024,071 | 2.06% | 1.04% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 43,477,012 | 2.08% | 1.05% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 43,900,313 | 2.08% | 0.97% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 44,288,894 | 2.05% | 0.89% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 44,654,882 | 1.96% | 0.83% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 44,973,465 | 1.86% | 0.71% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 45,191,965 | 1.73% | 0.49% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 45,312,281 | 1.63% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 45,407,904 | 1.6% | 0.21% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 45,538,401 | 1.51% | 0.29% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 45,696,159 | 1.41% | 0.35% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 45,851,384 | 1.33% | 0.34% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 46,003,737 | 1.25% | 0.33% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 46,153,348 | 1.18% | 0.33% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 46,299,948 | 1.12% | 0.32% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 46,443,774 | 1.06% | 0.31% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 46,585,029 | 1% | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 46,723,742 | 0.96% | 0.3% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 46,859,882 | 0.94% | 0.29% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 46,993,528 | 0.92% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 47,124,543 | 0.9% | 0.28% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 47,251,997 | 0.9% | 0.27% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 47,375,364 | 0.89% | 0.26% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 47,494,519 | 0.88% | 0.25% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 47,608,792 | 0.88% | 0.24% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 47,716,834 | 0.88% | 0.23% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 47,817,648 | 0.88% | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 47,910,494 | 0.87% | 0.19% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 47,994,515 | 0.87% | 0.18% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 48,069,559 | 0.87% | 0.16% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 48,135,530 | 0.86% | 0.14% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 48,191,844 | 0.85% | 0.12% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 48,237,681 | 0.83% | 0.1% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 48,272,493 | 0.81% | 0.07% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 48,296,034 | 0.78% | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 48,308,275 | 0.76% | 0.03% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 48,308,953 | 0.73% | 0.001% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Argentina gained 4,278,198 people (a 10.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Argentina's population increased by 2,105,059 (a 4.8% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Argentina was ranked 31st in 2006 and ranked 35th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Argentina will increase by 5.01% to 48,308,953 people and rank change from 35th to 44th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Algiers | 2.36M |
| Oran | 803K |
| Constantine | 465K |
| Batna | 291K |
| Setif | 288K |
| Djelfa | 266K |
| Annaba | 257K |
| Sidi Bel Abbes | 213K |
| Biskra | 205K |
| Tebessa | 194K |
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| City | Population |
| Buenos Aires | 3.12M |
| Cordoba | 1.33M |
| Rosario | 1.19M |
| San Miguel de Tucuman | 606K |
| Mar del Plata | 593K |
| Salta | 535K |
| San Juan | 471K |
| Lanus | 459K |
| Santiago del Estero | 430K |
| Santa Fe | 406K |
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Population differences between Algeria and Argentina
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 77.8 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 35.8 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 33.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 43.2 ppl/mi² |
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