The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 91,567,738 people in Iran in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 48,034,519 people compared to 93,175,818 in Iran.
Population statistics:
- Iran's population is 1.94 times bigger than Algeria's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Iran is the 17th.
- The countries together account for 1.71% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 1.13% for Iran.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +1.19% in Iran.
- Since 2006, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.6M people to 48M (42.9% growth), while Iran has grown from 73.4M to 93.2M (27% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 102M people in 2053 for Iran.
Algeria vs Iran: live population counter
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| Current population |
48034519
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93175818
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 17/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 1.13% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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32.9 seconds
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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26.9 seconds
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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1.24 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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2.76 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | +190,156 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +2,627 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +959,031 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +1.06% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 99/197 |
Algeria and Iran: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 21,470,434 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 22,125,726 | 1.79% | 3.05% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 22,807,907 | 1.48% | 3.08% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 23,519,005 | 1.54% | 3.12% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 24,262,859 | 1.65% | 3.16% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 25,036,978 | 1.53% | 3.19% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 25,829,270 | 1.81% | 3.16% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 26,628,432 | 2.27% | 3.09% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 27,437,391 | 2.3% | 3.04% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 28,273,482 | 2.3% | 3.05% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 29,145,100 | 2.28% | 3.08% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 30,029,071 | 2.29% | 3.03% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 30,921,179 | 2.33% | 2.97% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 31,839,838 | 2.38% | 2.97% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 32,796,463 | 2.45% | 3% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 33,802,973 | 3.6% | 3.07% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 34,837,271 | 4.66% | 3.06% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 35,933,181 | 3.7% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 37,126,535 | 2.89% | 3.32% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 38,424,952 | 3.03% | 3.5% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 39,842,324 | 3.16% | 3.69% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 41,989,312 | 3.3% | 5.39% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 44,272,141 | 3.39% | 5.44% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 46,029,535 | 3.45% | 3.97% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 47,793,998 | 3.47% | 3.83% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 49,582,289 | 3.46% | 3.74% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 51,446,045 | 3.35% | 3.76% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 53,323,493 | 3.07% | 3.65% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 55,072,694 | 2.84% | 3.28% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 56,704,914 | 2.68% | 2.96% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 58,380,092 | 2.51% | 2.95% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 59,986,931 | 2.41% | 2.75% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 61,184,983 | 2.47% | 2% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 61,403,543 | 2.44% | 0.36% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 61,520,598 | 2.24% | 0.19% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 62,205,567 | 2.09% | 1.11% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 62,881,300 | 1.98% | 1.09% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 63,639,638 | 1.88% | 1.21% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 64,519,859 | 1.61% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 65,445,391 | 1.4% | 1.43% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 66,418,659 | 1.41% | 1.49% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 67,452,005 | 1.38% | 1.56% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 68,011,317 | 1.34% | 0.83% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 68,769,340 | 1.34% | 1.11% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 70,256,316 | 1.41% | 2.16% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 71,828,455 | 1.47% | 2.24% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 73,392,747 | 1.55% | 2.18% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 74,602,648 | 1.68% | 1.65% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 75,514,204 | 1.84% | 1.22% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 76,457,825 | 1.93% | 1.25% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 77,420,842 | 1.97% | 1.26% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 78,383,598 | 1.98% | 1.24% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 79,370,580 | 2.01% | 1.26% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 80,414,686 | 2.04% | 1.32% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 81,502,045 | 2.06% | 1.35% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 82,619,362 | 2.08% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 83,812,228 | 2.08% | 1.44% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 85,026,754 | 2.05% | 1.45% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 86,117,998 | 1.96% | 1.28% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 87,051,648 | 1.86% | 1.08% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 87,723,443 | 1.73% | 0.77% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 88,455,488 | 1.63% | 0.83% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 89,524,246 | 1.6% | 1.21% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 90,608,707 | 1.51% | 1.21% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 91,567,738 | 1.41% | 1.06% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 92,417,685 | 1.33% | 0.93% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 93,168,494 | 1.25% | 0.81% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 93,838,646 | 1.18% | 0.72% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 94,440,024 | 1.12% | 0.64% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 94,985,102 | 1.06% | 0.58% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 95,486,672 | 1% | 0.53% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 95,960,723 | 0.96% | 0.5% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 96,415,457 | 0.94% | 0.47% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 96,850,659 | 0.92% | 0.45% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 97,271,044 | 0.9% | 0.43% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 97,679,258 | 0.9% | 0.42% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 98,075,324 | 0.89% | 0.41% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 98,458,805 | 0.88% | 0.39% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 98,828,318 | 0.88% | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 99,182,806 | 0.88% | 0.36% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 99,524,286 | 0.88% | 0.34% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 99,853,719 | 0.87% | 0.33% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 100,167,076 | 0.87% | 0.31% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 100,462,092 | 0.87% | 0.29% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 100,737,592 | 0.86% | 0.27% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 100,990,622 | 0.85% | 0.25% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 101,219,689 | 0.83% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 101,424,009 | 0.81% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 101,601,932 | 0.78% | 0.18% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 101,748,544 | 0.76% | 0.14% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 101,862,002 | 0.73% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Iran gained 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Iran's population increased by 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Iran was ranked 17th in 2006 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.
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Population differences between Algeria and Iran
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 78.2 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 34.3 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 34.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 50.8:49.2 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 146.2 ppl/mi² |
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