Population in Algeria compared to Egypt: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Algeria and Egypt: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Egypt	Algeria	Egypt
1960	11,424,922	26,896,479	-	-
1961	11,628,883	27,600,898	1.79%	2.62%
1962	11,800,771	28,337,013	1.48%	2.67%
1963	11,982,118	29,091,869	1.54%	2.66%
1964	12,179,813	29,858,922	1.65%	2.64%
1965	12,365,976	30,629,174	1.53%	2.58%
1966	12,590,069	31,406,541	1.81%	2.54%
1967	12,876,118	32,196,360	2.27%	2.51%
1968	13,172,614	32,998,319	2.3%	2.49%
1969	13,475,960	33,811,615	2.3%	2.46%
1970	13,783,719	34,623,990	2.28%	2.4%
1971	14,098,936	35,433,368	2.29%	2.34%
1972	14,427,072	36,258,328	2.33%	2.33%
1973	14,771,147	37,102,043	2.38%	2.33%
1974	15,133,502	37,969,667	2.45%	2.34%
1975	15,678,596	38,875,327	3.6%	2.39%
1976	16,409,170	39,795,557	4.66%	2.37%
1977	17,015,994	40,748,870	3.7%	2.4%
1978	17,506,974	41,761,431	2.89%	2.48%
1979	18,036,655	42,818,628	3.03%	2.53%
1980	18,607,174	43,950,413	3.16%	2.64%
1981	19,220,704	45,147,224	3.3%	2.72%
1982	19,872,348	46,407,611	3.39%	2.79%
1983	20,558,115	47,786,402	3.45%	2.97%
1984	21,271,969	49,247,334	3.47%	3.06%
1985	22,008,544	50,734,968	3.46%	3.02%
1986	22,745,499	52,206,295	3.35%	2.9%
1987	23,443,624	53,674,435	3.07%	2.81%
1988	24,109,536	55,187,681	2.84%	2.82%
1989	24,754,485	56,710,642	2.68%	2.76%
1990	25,375,810	58,396,618	2.51%	2.97%
1991	25,987,928	60,028,997	2.41%	2.8%
1992	26,628,568	61,480,660	2.47%	2.42%
1993	27,277,048	62,915,681	2.44%	2.33%
1994	27,887,279	64,285,589	2.24%	2.18%
1995	28,470,191	65,652,622	2.09%	2.13%
1996	29,033,044	67,028,048	1.98%	2.1%
1997	29,579,301	68,431,740	1.88%	2.09%
1998	30,054,133	69,943,294	1.61%	2.21%
1999	30,474,354	71,520,954	1.4%	2.26%
2000	30,903,893	73,083,284	1.41%	2.18%
2001	31,331,221	74,652,029	1.38%	2.15%
2002	31,750,835	76,239,137	1.34%	2.13%
2003	32,175,818	77,853,548	1.34%	2.12%
2004	32,628,286	79,477,443	1.41%	2.09%
2005	33,109,249	81,101,004	1.47%	2.04%
2006	33,623,506	82,700,403	1.55%	1.97%
2007	34,189,416	84,276,225	1.68%	1.91%
2008	34,816,961	85,864,789	1.84%	1.88%
2009	35,490,445	87,501,636	1.93%	1.91%
2010	36,188,236	89,196,072	1.97%	1.94%
2011	36,903,376	91,093,059	1.98%	2.13%
2012	37,646,166	93,161,001	2.01%	2.27%
2013	38,414,171	95,333,553	2.04%	2.33%
2014	39,205,031	97,528,654	2.06%	2.3%
2015	40,019,529	99,597,342	2.08%	2.12%
2016	40,850,721	101,644,589	2.08%	2.06%
2017	41,689,299	103,696,057	2.05%	2.02%
2018	42,505,035	105,682,094	1.96%	1.92%
2019	43,294,546	107,553,158	1.86%	1.77%
2020	44,042,091	109,315,124	1.73%	1.64%
2021	44,761,099	110,957,008	1.63%	1.5%
2022	45,477,389	112,618,250	1.6%	1.5%
2023	46,164,219	114,535,772	1.51%	1.7%
2024	46,814,308	116,538,258	1.41%	1.75%
2025	47,435,316	118,365,997	1.33%	1.57%
2026	48,028,344	120,101,181	1.25%	1.47%
2027	48,593,419	121,847,622	1.18%	1.45%
2028	49,135,532	123,608,457	1.12%	1.45%
2029	49,655,386	125,373,058	1.06%	1.43%
2030	50,154,168	127,139,323	1%	1.41%
2031	50,637,369	128,912,256	0.96%	1.39%
2032	51,113,505	130,695,084	0.94%	1.38%
2033	51,584,249	132,485,612	0.92%	1.37%
2034	52,048,009	134,287,838	0.9%	1.36%
2035	52,516,794	136,097,214	0.9%	1.35%
2036	52,986,277	137,913,263	0.89%	1.33%
2037	53,452,788	139,738,699	0.88%	1.32%
2038	53,921,847	141,565,835	0.88%	1.31%
2039	54,396,263	143,393,267	0.88%	1.29%
2040	54,873,482	145,213,662	0.88%	1.27%
2041	55,351,998	147,018,554	0.87%	1.24%
2042	55,834,554	148,800,785	0.87%	1.21%
2043	56,319,606	150,547,655	0.87%	1.17%
2044	56,806,185	152,255,332	0.86%	1.13%
2045	57,290,162	153,919,190	0.85%	1.09%
2046	57,767,681	155,535,951	0.83%	1.05%
2047	58,234,183	157,114,404	0.81%	1.01%
2048	58,690,893	158,657,392	0.78%	0.98%
2049	59,136,165	160,161,615	0.76%	0.95%
2050	59,565,558	161,630,197	0.73%	0.92%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.