| People | Algeria |
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Population:
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34,994,937 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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15 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 66% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ALGIERS (capital) 2.74 million; Oran 770,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 24.2% (male 4,319,295/female 4,144,863)
15-64 years: 70.6% (male 12,455,378/female 12,242,604)
65 years and over: 5.2% (male 845,116/female 987,681) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 27.6 years
male: 27.4 years
female: 27.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.173% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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16.69 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.69 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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120 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 25.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.67 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.5 years
male: 72.78 years
female: 76.31 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.75 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.8% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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1.207 physicians/1,000 population (2007) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.7 beds/1,000 population (2004) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 85% of population
rural: 79% of population
total: 83% of population
unimproved:
urban: 15% of population
rural: 21% of population
total: 17% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 88% of population
total: 95% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 12% of population
total: 5% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1%; 0.1% note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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18,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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3.7% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian |
Ethnic groups:
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Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
note: although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin (not Arab), only a minority identify themselves as Berber, about 15% of the total population; these people live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools |
Religions:
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Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
Languages:
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Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.6%
female: 60.1% (2002 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.3% of GDP (2008) |
People - note:
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void |
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