The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 2,521,139 people in Botswana in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 2,595,266 in Botswana.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 18.5 times bigger than Botswana's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Botswana is the 143rd.
- The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.03% for Botswana.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +1.5% in Botswana.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Botswana has grown from 1.84M to 2.6M (41.1% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 3.89M people in 2088 for Botswana.
Algeria vs Botswana: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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2595266
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 143/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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12.9 minutes
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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8.58 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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37 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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1.52 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | -5,778 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +112 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +40,895 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +1.65% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 69/197 |
Algeria and Botswana: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 516,165 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 527,942 | 1.79% | 2.28% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 540,186 | 1.48% | 2.32% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 552,966 | 1.54% | 2.37% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 566,266 | 1.65% | 2.41% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 574,664 | 1.53% | 1.48% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 577,866 | 1.81% | 0.56% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 580,933 | 2.27% | 0.53% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 583,966 | 2.3% | 0.52% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 587,066 | 2.3% | 0.53% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 590,334 | 2.28% | 0.56% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 600,481 | 2.29% | 1.72% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 622,407 | 2.33% | 3.65% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 652,408 | 2.38% | 4.82% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 685,448 | 2.45% | 5.06% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 720,380 | 3.6% | 5.1% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 758,508 | 4.66% | 5.29% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 799,574 | 3.7% | 5.41% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 849,239 | 2.89% | 6.21% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 901,742 | 3.03% | 6.18% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 937,485 | 3.16% | 3.96% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 969,996 | 3.3% | 3.47% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 1,009,269 | 3.39% | 4.05% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 1,046,137 | 3.45% | 3.65% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 1,083,660 | 3.47% | 3.59% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 1,121,945 | 3.46% | 3.53% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 1,160,650 | 3.35% | 3.45% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 1,199,167 | 3.07% | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 1,235,476 | 2.84% | 3.03% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 1,270,274 | 2.68% | 2.82% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 1,305,696 | 2.51% | 2.79% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 1,341,756 | 2.41% | 2.76% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 1,380,033 | 2.47% | 2.85% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 1,420,115 | 2.44% | 2.9% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 1,460,023 | 2.24% | 2.81% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 1,498,836 | 2.09% | 2.66% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 1,535,914 | 1.98% | 2.47% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 1,571,691 | 1.88% | 2.33% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 1,606,899 | 1.61% | 2.24% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 1,641,997 | 1.4% | 2.18% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 1,677,382 | 1.41% | 2.15% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 1,712,254 | 1.38% | 2.08% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 1,744,763 | 1.34% | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 1,775,736 | 1.34% | 1.78% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 1,807,146 | 1.41% | 1.77% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 1,839,877 | 1.47% | 1.81% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 1,874,516 | 1.55% | 1.88% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 1,911,201 | 1.68% | 1.96% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 1,949,970 | 1.84% | 2.03% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 1,990,673 | 1.93% | 2.09% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 2,033,111 | 1.97% | 2.13% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 2,073,535 | 1.98% | 1.99% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 2,108,617 | 2.01% | 1.69% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 2,140,682 | 2.04% | 1.52% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 2,172,044 | 2.06% | 1.47% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 2,203,273 | 2.08% | 1.44% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 2,234,776 | 2.08% | 1.43% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 2,266,747 | 2.05% | 1.43% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 2,299,141 | 1.96% | 1.43% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 2,332,083 | 1.86% | 1.43% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 2,365,894 | 1.73% | 1.45% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 2,401,441 | 1.63% | 1.5% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 2,439,892 | 1.6% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 2,480,244 | 1.51% | 1.65% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 2,521,139 | 1.41% | 1.65% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 2,562,118 | 1.33% | 1.63% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 2,603,385 | 1.25% | 1.61% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 2,644,640 | 1.18% | 1.58% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 2,685,602 | 1.12% | 1.55% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 2,726,042 | 1.06% | 1.51% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 2,765,913 | 1% | 1.46% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 2,804,987 | 0.96% | 1.41% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 2,843,228 | 0.94% | 1.36% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 2,880,982 | 0.92% | 1.33% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 2,917,972 | 0.9% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 2,954,411 | 0.9% | 1.25% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 2,990,130 | 0.89% | 1.21% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 3,025,222 | 0.88% | 1.17% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 3,059,525 | 0.88% | 1.13% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 3,093,371 | 0.88% | 1.11% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 3,126,637 | 0.88% | 1.08% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 3,159,130 | 0.87% | 1.04% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 3,190,968 | 0.87% | 1.01% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 3,222,560 | 0.87% | 0.99% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 3,254,012 | 0.86% | 0.98% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 3,285,297 | 0.85% | 0.96% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 3,316,997 | 0.83% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 3,348,491 | 0.81% | 0.95% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 3,379,103 | 0.78% | 0.91% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 3,408,763 | 0.76% | 0.88% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 3,437,424 | 0.73% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Botswana gained 363,396 people (a 19.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Botswana's population increased by 391,993 (a 17.8% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Botswana was ranked 145th in 2005 and ranked 143rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Botswana will increase by 32.4% to 3,437,424 people and rank change from 143rd to 137th.
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 |
| Gaborone | 236K |
| Francistown | 103K |
| Molepolole | 67.6K |
| Kanye | 48K |
| Serowe | 47.4K |
| Mahalapye | 41.3K |
| Palapye | 36.2K |
| Lobatse | 26.9K |
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Population differences between Algeria and Botswana
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 69.4 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 26.7 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 24.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 11.5 ppl/mi² |
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