The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 11,858,610 people in Belgium in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 48,034,519 people compared to 11,895,018 in Belgium.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 4.04 times bigger than Belgium's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Belgium is the 83rd.
- The countries together account for 0.72% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.14% for Belgium.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +0.55% in Belgium.
- Since 2006, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.6M people to 48M (42.9% growth), while Belgium has grown from 10.5M to 11.9M (12.8% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 12M people in 2044 for Belgium.
Algeria vs Belgium: live population counter
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| Current population |
48034519
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11895018
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 83/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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6.68 minutes
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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4.75 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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4.75 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | +36,243 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +216 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +78,664 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +0.67% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 120/197 |
Algeria and Belgium: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 9,153,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 9,183,948 | 1.79% | 0.33% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 9,220,578 | 1.48% | 0.4% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 9,289,770 | 1.54% | 0.75% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 9,378,113 | 1.65% | 0.95% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 9,463,667 | 1.53% | 0.91% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 9,527,807 | 1.81% | 0.68% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 9,580,991 | 2.27% | 0.56% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 9,618,756 | 2.3% | 0.39% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 9,646,032 | 2.3% | 0.28% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 9,655,549 | 2.28% | 0.1% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 9,673,162 | 2.29% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 9,711,115 | 2.33% | 0.39% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 9,741,720 | 2.38% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 9,772,419 | 2.45% | 0.32% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 9,800,700 | 3.6% | 0.29% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 9,818,227 | 4.66% | 0.18% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 9,830,358 | 3.7% | 0.12% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 9,839,534 | 2.89% | 0.09% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 9,848,382 | 3.03% | 0.09% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 9,859,242 | 3.16% | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 9,858,982 | 3.3% | -0.003% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 9,856,303 | 3.39% | -0.03% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 9,855,520 | 3.45% | -0.008% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 9,855,372 | 3.47% | -0.002% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 9,858,308 | 3.46% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 9,861,823 | 3.35% | 0.04% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 9,870,234 | 3.07% | 0.09% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 9,901,664 | 2.84% | 0.32% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 9,937,697 | 2.68% | 0.36% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 9,967,379 | 2.51% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 10,004,486 | 2.41% | 0.37% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 10,045,158 | 2.47% | 0.41% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 10,084,475 | 2.44% | 0.39% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 10,115,603 | 2.24% | 0.31% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 10,136,811 | 2.09% | 0.21% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 10,156,637 | 1.98% | 0.2% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 10,181,245 | 1.88% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 10,203,008 | 1.61% | 0.21% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 10,226,419 | 1.4% | 0.23% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 10,251,250 | 1.41% | 0.24% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 10,286,570 | 1.38% | 0.34% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 10,332,785 | 1.34% | 0.45% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 10,376,133 | 1.34% | 0.42% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 10,421,137 | 1.41% | 0.43% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 10,478,617 | 1.47% | 0.55% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 10,547,958 | 1.55% | 0.66% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 10,625,700 | 1.68% | 0.74% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 10,709,973 | 1.84% | 0.79% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 10,796,493 | 1.93% | 0.81% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 10,895,586 | 1.97% | 0.92% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 11,038,264 | 1.98% | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 11,106,932 | 2.01% | 0.62% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 11,159,407 | 2.04% | 0.47% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 11,209,057 | 2.06% | 0.44% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 11,274,196 | 2.08% | 0.58% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 11,331,422 | 2.08% | 0.51% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 11,375,158 | 2.05% | 0.39% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 11,427,054 | 1.96% | 0.46% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 11,488,980 | 1.86% | 0.54% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 11,538,604 | 1.73% | 0.43% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 11,586,195 | 1.63% | 0.41% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 11,680,210 | 1.6% | 0.81% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 11,779,946 | 1.51% | 0.85% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 11,858,610 | 1.41% | 0.67% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 11,878,653 | 1.33% | 0.17% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 11,894,864 | 1.25% | 0.14% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 11,909,001 | 1.18% | 0.12% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 11,922,115 | 1.12% | 0.11% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 11,934,272 | 1.06% | 0.1% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 11,944,861 | 1% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 11,953,823 | 0.96% | 0.08% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 11,962,020 | 0.94% | 0.07% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 11,970,216 | 0.92% | 0.07% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 11,977,922 | 0.9% | 0.06% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 11,984,704 | 0.9% | 0.06% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 11,991,147 | 0.89% | 0.05% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 11,997,789 | 0.88% | 0.06% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 12,004,230 | 0.88% | 0.05% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 12,009,488 | 0.88% | 0.04% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 12,013,619 | 0.88% | 0.03% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 12,017,411 | 0.87% | 0.03% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 12,020,456 | 0.87% | 0.03% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 12,022,156 | 0.87% | 0.01% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 12,023,061 | 0.86% | 0.008% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 12,022,487 | 0.85% | -0.005% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 12,020,034 | 0.83% | -0.02% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 12,015,998 | 0.81% | -0.03% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 12,010,009 | 0.78% | -0.05% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 12,001,950 | 0.76% | -0.07% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 11,992,103 | 0.73% | -0.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Belgium gained 783,464 people (a 7.43% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Belgium's population increased by 563,596 (a 4.97% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Belgium was ranked 77th in 2006 and ranked 83rd 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 Belgium will increase by 0.82% to 11,992,103 people and rank change from 83rd to 92nd.
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Population differences between Algeria and Belgium
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 82.6 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.47 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 1,007 ppl/mi² |
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