Algeria Demographics Profile 2008

Population

33,769,669 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 26.3% (male 4,528,919/female 4,349,746)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 11,699,701/female 11,509,619)
65 years and over: 5% (male 779,467/female 902,217) (2008 est.)

Median age

total: 26 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 26.2 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate

1.209% (2008 est.)

Birth rate

17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate

4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate

-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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 (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 28.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 31.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 25.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.77 years
male: 72.13 years
female: 75.49 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.82 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

9,100 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

less than 500 (2003 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.)