The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 232,679,478 people in Nigeria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 241,467,099 in Nigeria.
Population statistics:
- Nigeria's population is 5.04 times bigger than Algeria's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Nigeria is the 6th.
- The countries together account for 3.5% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 2.92% for Nigeria.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +2.31% in Nigeria.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Nigeria has grown from 145M to 241M (66.5% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 477M people in 2100 for Nigeria.
Algeria vs Nigeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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241467099
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 6/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 2.92% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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6.58 seconds
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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4.2 seconds
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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11.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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14.9 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | -35,202 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +13,141 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +4,796,533 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +2.1% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 50/197 |
Algeria and Nigeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 45,053,782 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 45,989,310 | 1.79% | 2.08% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 46,965,292 | 1.48% | 2.12% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 47,973,575 | 1.54% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 49,012,016 | 1.65% | 2.16% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 50,086,764 | 1.53% | 2.19% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 51,188,234 | 1.81% | 2.2% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 52,293,065 | 2.27% | 2.16% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 53,432,783 | 2.3% | 2.18% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 54,631,914 | 2.3% | 2.24% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 55,893,838 | 2.28% | 2.31% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 57,214,684 | 2.29% | 2.36% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 58,601,748 | 2.33% | 2.42% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 60,082,139 | 2.38% | 2.53% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 61,679,144 | 2.45% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 63,410,815 | 3.6% | 2.81% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 65,258,009 | 4.66% | 2.91% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 67,234,590 | 3.7% | 3.03% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 69,326,532 | 2.89% | 3.11% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 71,498,242 | 3.03% | 3.13% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 73,764,641 | 3.16% | 3.17% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 76,068,103 | 3.3% | 3.12% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 78,378,701 | 3.39% | 3.04% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 80,438,260 | 3.45% | 2.63% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 82,526,443 | 3.47% | 2.6% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 84,897,973 | 3.46% | 2.87% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 87,235,953 | 3.35% | 2.75% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 89,591,716 | 3.07% | 2.7% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 92,020,090 | 2.84% | 2.71% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 94,531,014 | 2.68% | 2.73% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 97,120,925 | 2.51% | 2.74% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 99,720,162 | 2.41% | 2.68% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 102,372,770 | 2.47% | 2.66% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 105,122,069 | 2.44% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 107,935,714 | 2.24% | 2.68% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 110,819,428 | 2.09% | 2.67% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 113,754,779 | 1.98% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 116,754,792 | 1.88% | 2.64% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 119,846,254 | 1.61% | 2.65% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 123,047,320 | 1.4% | 2.67% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 126,382,494 | 1.41% | 2.71% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 129,862,595 | 1.38% | 2.75% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 133,471,989 | 1.34% | 2.78% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 137,202,644 | 1.34% | 2.8% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 141,057,045 | 1.41% | 2.81% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 145,017,253 | 1.47% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 149,077,334 | 1.55% | 2.8% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 153,267,261 | 1.68% | 2.81% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 157,595,014 | 1.84% | 2.82% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 162,049,464 | 1.93% | 2.83% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 166,642,886 | 1.97% | 2.83% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 171,379,598 | 1.98% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 176,200,625 | 2.01% | 2.81% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 181,049,443 | 2.04% | 2.75% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 185,896,915 | 2.06% | 2.68% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 190,671,878 | 2.08% | 2.57% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 195,443,700 | 2.08% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 200,254,579 | 2.05% | 2.46% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 204,938,755 | 1.96% | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 209,485,641 | 1.86% | 2.22% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 213,996,181 | 1.73% | 2.15% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 218,529,286 | 1.63% | 2.12% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 223,150,896 | 1.6% | 2.11% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 227,882,945 | 1.51% | 2.12% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 232,679,478 | 1.41% | 2.1% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 237,527,783 | 1.33% | 2.08% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 242,431,830 | 1.25% | 2.06% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 247,374,258 | 1.18% | 2.04% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 252,346,128 | 1.12% | 2.01% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 257,352,638 | 1.06% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 262,380,975 | 1% | 1.95% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 267,421,079 | 0.96% | 1.92% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 272,483,635 | 0.94% | 1.89% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 277,555,116 | 0.92% | 1.86% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 282,622,388 | 0.9% | 1.83% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 287,685,757 | 0.9% | 1.79% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 292,739,390 | 0.89% | 1.76% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 297,773,236 | 0.88% | 1.72% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 302,782,350 | 0.88% | 1.68% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 307,764,754 | 0.88% | 1.65% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 312,710,403 | 0.88% | 1.61% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 317,607,237 | 0.87% | 1.57% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 322,450,302 | 0.87% | 1.52% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 327,243,941 | 0.87% | 1.49% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 331,983,354 | 0.86% | 1.45% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 336,662,502 | 0.85% | 1.41% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 341,281,757 | 0.83% | 1.37% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 345,844,004 | 0.81% | 1.34% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 350,347,757 | 0.78% | 1.3% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 354,792,418 | 0.76% | 1.27% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 359,185,550 | 0.73% | 1.24% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.
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Population differences between Algeria and Nigeria
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 54.8 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 23.4 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 19 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 50.6:49.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 4.48 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 662 ppl/mi² |
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