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🇩🇿 Algeria

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3DZA
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2DZ
UN M49 numeric012
IOC codeALG
Official namePeople's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Native name(s)ara: official: الجمهورية الديمقراطية الشعبية الجزائرية; common: الجزائر
Alt spellingsDZ, Dzayer, Algérie
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAfrica
SubregionNorthern Africa
UN regional groupAfrican Group
CapitalAlgiers
Area (km²)2,381,741
Lat / Lng28.0000, 3.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)TUN, LBY, NER, ESH, MRT, MLI, MAR
Top-level domain.dz, الجزائر.
Calling coderoot: +2; suffixes: 13

Demographics

Population (World Bank)47,435,312 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)76.475 (2024)
Languagesara: Arabic
Demonymseng: f: Algerian; m: Algerian; fra: f: Algérienne; m: Algérien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)287,031,225,987.736 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)6,051.003 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)11.633 (2025)
CurrenciesDZD: name: Algerian dinar; symbol: د.ج

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19509,018,426
19519,269,864
19529,521,207
19539,772,645
195410,014,381
195510,247,424
195610,482,182
195710,717,501
195810,953,639
195911,189,622
196011,424,922
196111,628,883
196211,800,771
196311,982,118
196412,179,813
196512,365,976
196612,590,069
196712,876,118
196813,172,614
196913,475,960
197013,783,719
197114,098,936
197214,427,072
197314,771,147
197415,133,502
197515,678,596
197616,409,170
197717,015,994
197817,506,974
197918,036,655
198018,607,174
198119,220,704
198219,872,348
198320,558,115
198421,271,969
198522,008,544
198622,745,499
198723,443,624
198824,109,536
198924,754,485
199025,375,810
199125,987,928
199226,628,568
199327,277,048
199427,887,279
199528,470,191
199629,033,044
199729,579,301
199830,054,133
199930,474,354
200030,903,893
200131,331,221
200231,750,835
200332,175,818
200432,628,286
200533,109,249
200633,623,506
200734,189,416
200834,816,961
200935,490,445
201036,188,236
201136,903,376
201237,646,166
201338,414,171
201439,205,031
201540,019,529
201640,850,721
201741,689,299
201842,505,035
201943,294,546
202044,042,091
202144,761,099
202245,477,389
202346,164,219

Full raw record (JSON)

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