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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Morocco	Algeria	Morocco
1960	11,424,922	11,624,933	-	-
1961	11,628,883	11,931,085	1.79%	2.63%
1962	11,800,771	12,253,092	1.48%	2.7%
1963	11,982,118	12,577,502	1.54%	2.65%
1964	12,179,813	12,898,886	1.65%	2.56%
1965	12,365,976	13,239,171	1.53%	2.64%
1966	12,590,069	13,597,065	1.81%	2.7%
1967	12,876,118	13,968,175	2.27%	2.73%
1968	13,172,614	14,347,899	2.3%	2.72%
1969	13,475,960	14,734,255	2.3%	2.69%
1970	13,783,719	15,129,449	2.28%	2.68%
1971	14,098,936	15,527,225	2.29%	2.63%
1972	14,427,072	15,924,692	2.33%	2.56%
1973	14,771,147	16,326,269	2.38%	2.52%
1974	15,133,502	16,733,842	2.45%	2.5%
1975	15,678,596	17,150,786	3.6%	2.49%
1976	16,409,170	17,574,182	4.66%	2.47%
1977	17,015,994	18,014,756	3.7%	2.51%
1978	17,506,974	18,477,385	2.89%	2.57%
1979	18,036,655	18,955,589	3.03%	2.59%
1980	18,607,174	19,459,943	3.16%	2.66%
1981	19,220,704	19,985,401	3.3%	2.7%
1982	19,872,348	20,520,318	3.39%	2.68%
1983	20,558,115	21,060,696	3.45%	2.63%
1984	21,271,969	21,593,778	3.47%	2.53%
1985	22,008,544	22,113,953	3.46%	2.41%
1986	22,745,499	22,600,803	3.35%	2.2%
1987	23,443,624	23,054,392	3.07%	2.01%
1988	24,109,536	23,500,524	2.84%	1.94%
1989	24,754,485	23,939,414	2.68%	1.87%
1990	25,375,810	24,375,551	2.51%	1.82%
1991	25,987,928	24,799,014	2.41%	1.74%
1992	26,628,568	25,212,468	2.47%	1.67%
1993	27,277,048	25,614,586	2.44%	1.59%
1994	27,887,279	26,000,822	2.24%	1.51%
1995	28,470,191	26,399,429	2.09%	1.53%
1996	29,033,044	26,808,107	1.98%	1.55%
1997	29,579,301	27,213,337	1.88%	1.51%
1998	30,054,133	27,621,648	1.61%	1.5%
1999	30,474,354	28,027,179	1.4%	1.47%
2000	30,903,893	28,423,435	1.41%	1.41%
2001	31,331,221	28,814,643	1.38%	1.38%
2002	31,750,835	29,198,142	1.34%	1.33%
2003	32,175,818	29,571,415	1.34%	1.28%
2004	32,628,286	29,953,018	1.41%	1.29%
2005	33,109,249	30,358,144	1.47%	1.35%
2006	33,623,506	30,771,178	1.55%	1.36%
2007	34,189,416	31,186,468	1.68%	1.35%
2008	34,816,961	31,606,767	1.84%	1.35%
2009	35,490,445	32,030,778	1.93%	1.34%
2010	36,188,236	32,467,016	1.97%	1.36%
2011	36,903,376	32,912,588	1.98%	1.37%
2012	37,646,166	33,355,241	2.01%	1.34%
2013	38,414,171	33,787,571	2.04%	1.3%
2014	39,205,031	34,204,780	2.06%	1.23%
2015	40,019,529	34,607,588	2.08%	1.18%
2016	40,850,721	35,023,457	2.08%	1.2%
2017	41,689,299	35,446,392	2.05%	1.21%
2018	42,505,035	35,839,760	1.96%	1.11%
2019	43,294,546	36,210,898	1.86%	1.04%
2020	44,042,091	36,584,208	1.73%	1.03%
2021	44,761,099	36,954,442	1.63%	1.01%
2022	45,477,389	37,329,064	1.6%	1.01%
2023	46,164,219	37,712,505	1.51%	1.03%
2024	46,814,308	38,081,173	1.41%	0.98%
2025	47,435,316	38,430,771	1.33%	0.92%
2026	48,028,344	38,762,439	1.25%	0.86%
2027	48,593,419	39,080,092	1.18%	0.82%
2028	49,135,532	39,384,122	1.12%	0.78%
2029	49,655,386	39,674,554	1.06%	0.74%
2030	50,154,168	39,953,461	1%	0.7%
2031	50,637,369	40,221,736	0.96%	0.67%
2032	51,113,505	40,477,986	0.94%	0.64%
2033	51,584,249	40,722,975	0.92%	0.61%
2034	52,048,009	40,957,241	0.9%	0.58%
2035	52,516,794	41,182,092	0.9%	0.55%
2036	52,986,277	41,398,224	0.89%	0.52%
2037	53,452,788	41,604,025	0.88%	0.5%
2038	53,921,847	41,802,267	0.88%	0.48%
2039	54,396,263	41,990,437	0.88%	0.45%
2040	54,873,482	42,168,202	0.88%	0.42%
2041	55,351,998	42,339,039	0.87%	0.41%
2042	55,834,554	42,500,324	0.87%	0.38%
2043	56,319,606	42,650,491	0.87%	0.35%
2044	56,806,185	42,792,499	0.86%	0.33%
2045	57,290,162	42,925,305	0.85%	0.31%
2046	57,767,681	43,046,175	0.83%	0.28%
2047	58,234,183	43,158,165	0.81%	0.26%
2048	58,690,893	43,262,402	0.78%	0.24%
2049	59,136,165	43,355,724	0.76%	0.22%
2050	59,565,558	43,440,428	0.73%	0.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Morocco gained 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2005 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.