Population: Age structure: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization: Sex ratio: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility rate: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Religions: Languages: Literacy: School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): Education expenditures:
34,586,184 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years: 25.4% (male 4,436,591/female 4,259,729)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-64 years:
69.5% (male 11,976,965/female 11,777,618)
[see also: Age structure - 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over:
5.1% (male 798,576/female 928,709) (2010 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total: 27.1 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
26.8 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female:
27.3 years (2010 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
1.177% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
16.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
4.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 197
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population: 65% of total population (2008)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - under 15 years country ranks ]
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over:
0.86 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population:
1.01 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
total: 26.75 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male:
29.8 deaths/1,000 live births
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female:
23.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
total population: 74.26 years
country comparison to the world: 99
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male:
72.57 years
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female:
76.04 years (2010 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
1.76 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
21,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
noun: Algerian(s)
adjective:
Algerian
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
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
69.9%
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male:
79.6%
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female:
60.1% (2002 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 13 years
male:
13 years
female:
13 years (2005)
4.3% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 98
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]