Algeria Demographics Profile 2009

Population

34,178,188 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 25.4% (male 4,436,591/female 4,259,729)
15-64 years: 69.5% (male 11,976,965/female 11,777,618)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 798,576/female 928,709) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 26.6 years
male: 26.3 years
female: 26.8 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

1.196% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

16.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

4.64 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 65% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

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 (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 27.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.45 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 74.02 years
male: 72.35 years
female: 75.77 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.79 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

21,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)

Nationality

noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian

Ethnic groups

Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber 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

Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

Languages

Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

Literacy

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)

total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)

Education expenditures

5.1% of GDP (1999)