The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 251,269,164 people in Pakistan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 47,911,682 people compared to 258,497,127 in Pakistan.
Population statistics:
- Pakistan's population is 5.4 times bigger than Algeria's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Pakistan is the 5th.
- The countries together account for 3.71% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 3.13% for Pakistan.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs +1.6% in Pakistan.
- Since 2005, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.1M people to 47.9M (44.7% growth), while Pakistan has grown from 175M to 258M (47.3% growth).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people compared to the peak of 511M people in 2100 for Pakistan.
Algeria vs Pakistan: live population counter
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| Current population |
47911682
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258497127
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 5/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 3.13% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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8.38 seconds
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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4.58 seconds
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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19.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | -1,401,173 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | +10,314 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | +3,764,669 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | +1.52% |
| Population growth rate rank | 76/197 | 73/197 |
Algeria and Pakistan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 45,709,310 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 46,921,277 | 1.79% | 2.65% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 48,156,128 | 1.48% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 49,447,776 | 1.54% | 2.68% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 50,799,999 | 1.65% | 2.73% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 52,209,010 | 1.53% | 2.77% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 53,678,667 | 1.81% | 2.81% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 55,214,768 | 2.27% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 56,810,507 | 2.3% | 2.89% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 58,460,939 | 2.3% | 2.91% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 60,166,719 | 2.28% | 2.92% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 61,847,899 | 2.29% | 2.79% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 63,583,194 | 2.33% | 2.81% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 65,461,912 | 2.38% | 2.95% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 67,415,487 | 2.45% | 2.98% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 69,461,175 | 3.6% | 3.03% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 71,620,254 | 4.66% | 3.11% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 73,901,827 | 3.7% | 3.19% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 76,307,379 | 2.89% | 3.26% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 78,997,039 | 3.03% | 3.52% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 82,291,010 | 3.16% | 4.17% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 85,802,049 | 3.3% | 4.27% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 89,089,246 | 3.39% | 3.83% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 92,227,711 | 3.45% | 3.52% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 95,164,936 | 3.47% | 3.18% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 98,229,285 | 3.46% | 3.22% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 101,606,764 | 3.35% | 3.44% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 105,130,717 | 3.07% | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 108,724,739 | 2.84% | 3.42% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 112,336,629 | 2.68% | 3.32% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 116,155,576 | 2.51% | 3.4% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 120,060,406 | 2.41% | 3.36% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 123,546,848 | 2.47% | 2.9% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 127,020,117 | 2.44% | 2.81% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 130,748,083 | 2.24% | 2.93% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 134,582,253 | 2.09% | 2.93% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 138,557,092 | 1.98% | 2.95% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 142,531,804 | 1.88% | 2.87% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 146,522,356 | 1.61% | 2.8% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 150,565,377 | 1.4% | 2.76% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 154,879,127 | 1.41% | 2.87% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 159,270,907 | 1.38% | 2.84% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 163,222,549 | 1.34% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 167,110,248 | 1.34% | 2.38% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 171,286,000 | 1.41% | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 175,453,212 | 1.47% | 2.43% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 179,682,690 | 1.55% | 2.41% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 184,493,231 | 1.68% | 2.68% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 189,499,113 | 1.84% | 2.71% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 194,376,534 | 1.93% | 2.57% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 199,239,047 | 1.97% | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 203,746,065 | 1.98% | 2.26% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 207,667,125 | 2.01% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 211,073,978 | 2.04% | 1.64% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 214,264,647 | 2.06% | 1.51% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 217,290,883 | 2.08% | 1.41% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 220,138,869 | 2.08% | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 223,273,967 | 2.05% | 1.42% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 226,928,892 | 1.96% | 1.64% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 230,800,899 | 1.86% | 1.71% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 235,001,746 | 1.73% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 239,477,801 | 1.63% | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 243,700,667 | 1.6% | 1.76% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 247,504,495 | 1.51% | 1.56% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 251,269,164 | 1.41% | 1.52% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 255,219,564 | 1.33% | 1.57% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 259,299,796 | 1.25% | 1.6% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 263,515,827 | 1.18% | 1.63% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 267,881,923 | 1.12% | 1.66% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 272,337,520 | 1.06% | 1.66% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 276,883,261 | 1% | 1.67% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 281,528,070 | 0.96% | 1.68% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 286,241,141 | 0.94% | 1.67% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 291,012,268 | 0.92% | 1.67% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 295,820,153 | 0.9% | 1.65% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 300,643,518 | 0.9% | 1.63% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 305,491,504 | 0.89% | 1.61% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 310,353,293 | 0.88% | 1.59% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 315,227,709 | 0.88% | 1.57% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 320,105,882 | 0.88% | 1.55% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 324,937,703 | 0.88% | 1.51% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 329,746,478 | 0.87% | 1.48% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 334,551,874 | 0.87% | 1.46% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 339,334,851 | 0.87% | 1.43% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 344,095,467 | 0.86% | 1.4% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 348,837,732 | 0.85% | 1.38% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 353,552,859 | 0.83% | 1.35% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 358,207,159 | 0.81% | 1.32% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 362,796,532 | 0.78% | 1.28% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 367,344,429 | 0.76% | 1.25% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 371,863,804 | 0.73% | 1.23% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.
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 |
| Karachi | 14.9M |
| Lahore | 11.1M |
| Faisalabad | 3.2M |
| Rawalpindi | 2.1M |
| Gujranwala | 2.03M |
| Peshawar | 1.97M |
| Multan | 1.87M |
| Hyderabad | 1.73M |
| Islamabad | 1.01M |
| Quetta | 1M |
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Population differences between Algeria and Pakistan
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| Life expectancy | 76.7 years | 67.9 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 25.6 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 21.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 50.7:49.3 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 3.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 844 ppl/mi² |
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