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{{Infobox place demographics|image_size=350
|caption=Population pyramid of Algeria in 2020
|size_of_population = 46,814,258 (2024 est.)
|growth             = 1.52% (2023)
|birth              = 19.32 births/1,000 population (2023)
|death              = 2.15 deaths/1,000 population (2023)
|life               = 79.6 years (2023)
|life_male          = 78.2 years (2023)
|life_female        = 81 years (2023)
|fertility          = 2.53 children (2023)
|infant_mortality   = 19.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023)
|net_migration      = -0.82 migrant(s)/1,000
|total_mf_ratio     = 1.03 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
|sr_at_birth        = 1.05 male(s)/female
|official           = [[Arabic]], [[Amazigh language|Amazigh]]<ref name="lang">[https://www.britannica.com/place/Algeria/Languages Languages of Algeria], Britannica</ref>|
|spoken             = Arabic, Amazigh<ref name="lang"/>
|place              = [[Algeria]]
|image              = File:Algeria single age population pyramid 2020.png
<!-- nationality -->
|nation             = [[Algerians|Algerian]]
|major_ethnic       = [[Arabs]] (73.6%)<ref name="britannica.com">{{Cite web |title=Algeria {{!}} Flag, Capital, Population, Map, & Language {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Algeria|access-date=2022-09-18 |website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
|minor_ethnic       = {{unbulleted list
|{{Tree list}}
* [[Berbers]] (26.2%)
** [[Arabized Berber]]s (3.0%)
** Other Berbers (23.2%)
* Others (0.2%)<ref name="britannica.com"/>
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}}
}}

[[demography|Demographic]] features of the [[population]] of [[Algeria]] include [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. All figures are from [[National Office of Statistics|National Office of Statistics Algeria]]<ref>{{Cite web|url =http://www.ons.dz/-Demographie-.html|title =National Office of Statistics|date =2015-06-09|url-status =dead|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120306220607/http://www.ons.dz/-Demographie-.html|archive-date =2012-03-06}}</ref> and the United Nations Demographic Yearbooks,<ref>{{Cite web|title = United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics|url = http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001|website = unstats.un.org|access-date = 2015-06-09}}</ref> unless otherwise indicated.

Ninety-one percent of the Algerian population lives along the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] coast on 12% of the country's total land mass. 75% of the population is urban, and [[urbanization]] continues, despite government efforts to discourage migration to the cities.

97% of the population follows [[Sunni Islam]]; the few non-Sunni Muslims are mainly [[Ibadi]]s from the [[Mozabite people|Mozabite]] valley at 1.3%{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} (see [[Islam in Algeria]]).

[[Christianity in Algeria]] constitutes about 1% of the total population.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Algeria: Hope in a Hidden Church {{!}} EWTN |url=https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/algeria-hope-in-a-hidden-church-1371 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=EWTN Global Catholic Television Network |language=en}}</ref> While significantly greater during the [[French Algeria|French colonial years]], a mostly foreign Roman Catholic community still exists, as do some [[Protestantism|Protestants]]. The [[Jews in Algeria|Jewish community of Algeria]], which once constituted 2% of the total population,{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} has substantially decreased due to emigration, mostly to France and Israel.

Algeria's educational system has grown rapidly since 1962. In 2022, there were almost 11 million pupils and 2 million students.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-11 |title=Rentrée scolaire 2022-2023: Onze millions d'élèves scolarisés - L'Express Algérie |url=https://www.lexpressquotidien.dz/2022/09/11/rentree-scolaire-2022-2023-onze-millions-deleves-scolarises/ |access-date=2023-05-16 |language=fr-FR}}</ref> Education is free and compulsory to age 16. Modest numbers of Algerian students study abroad, primarily in [[France]] and French-speaking [[Canada]]. In 2000, the government launched a major review of the country's educational system.

==Population size and structure==
{{see also|List of cities in Algeria}}
{{Historical populations
|source = Our World in Data<ref>{{cite web |title=Algeria Population - Our World in Data |url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/population?time=-2000..latest&country=~DZA |website=www.ourworldindata.org |language=en}}</ref> and Office National des Statistiques (ONS)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ons.dz/-Population-et-Demographie-.html |title=Office National des Statistiques |access-date=31 December 2011 |archive-date=4 June 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120604090003/http://www.ons.dz/-Population-et-Demographie-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align       = right
|title       = Historical population
|shading     = black
|percentages = pagr
|3=1000|4=2000000|5=1500|6=1500000|7=1901|8=4739300|9=1906|10=5231700|11=1911|12=5563800|13=1921|14=5804200|15=1926|16=6066400|17=1931|18=6553500|19=1936|20=7234700|21=1948|22=8681800|23=2010|24=35600000|25=2011|26=36300000|27=2012|28=37100000|29=2013|30=37900000|31=2017|32=42200000}}

===Age distribution===

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{| class="wikitable"
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 17 232 753
| align="right" | 16 847 277
| align="right" | 34 080 030
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 1 750 097
| align="right" | 1 654 821
| align="right" | 3 404 918
| align="right" | 9.99
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 1 475 674
| align="right" | 1 412 702
| align="right" | 2 888 376
| align="right" | 8.48
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 1 662 262
| align="right" | 1 596 511
| align="right" | 3 258 773
| align="right" | 9.56
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 1 847 312
| align="right" | 1 787 859
| align="right" | 3 635 171
| align="right" | 10.67
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 1 895 703
| align="right" | 1 867 801
| align="right" | 3 763 504
| align="right" | 11.04
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 1 730 411
| align="right" | 1 691 966
| align="right" | 3 422 377
| align="right" | 10.04
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 1 379 085
| align="right" | 1 361 910
| align="right" | 2 740 996
| align="right" | 8.04
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 1 167 250
| align="right" | 1 175 529
| align="right" | 2 342 779
| align="right" | 6.87
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 1 007 683
| align="right" | 1 010 644
| align="right" | 2 018 327
| align="right" | 5.92
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 817 005
| align="right" | 812 432
| align="right" | 1 629 436
| align="right" | 4.78
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 682 358
| align="right" | 664 336
| align="right" | 1 346 695
| align="right" | 3.95
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 547 180
| align="right" | 515 398
| align="right" | 1 062 578
| align="right" | 3.12
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 354 694
| align="right" | 356 788
| align="right" | 711 482
| align="right" | 2.09
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 314 958
| align="right" | 316 345
| align="right" | 631 303
| align="right" | 1.85
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 248 672
| align="right" | 256 254
| align="right" | 504 926
| align="right" | 1.48
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 181 478
| align="right" | 182 364
| align="right" | 363 843
| align="right" | 1.07
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 93 472
| align="right" | 93 657
| align="right" | 187 130
| align="right" | 0.55
|-
| align="right" | 85-89
| align="right" | 43 307
| align="right" | 46 416
| align="right" | 89 722
| align="right" | 0.26
|-
| align="right" | 90-94
| align="right" | 13 575
| align="right" | 16 097
| align="right" | 29 672
| align="right" | 0.09
|-
| align="right" | 95-99
| align="right" | 4 178
| align="right" | 5 851
| align="right" | 10 028
| align="right" | 0.03
|-
| align="right" | 100+
| align="right" | 252
| align="right" | 398
| align="right" | 650
| align="right" | <0.01
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 4 888 033
| align="right" | 4 664 034
| align="right" | 9 552 067
| align="right" | 28.03
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 11 428 682
| align="right" | 11 244 661
| align="right" | 22 673 343
| align="right" | 66.53
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 899 892
| align="right" | 917 382
| align="right" | 1 817 274
| align="right" | 5.33
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 16 146
| align="right" | 21 200
| align="right" | 37 347
| align="right" | 0.11
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | '''Total'''
| align="right" | '''21 118 894'''
| align="right" | '''20 576 732'''
| align="right" | '''41 695 626'''
| align="right" | '''100'''
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 2 537 210
| align="right" | 2 400 525
| align="right" | 4 937 735
| align="right" | 11.84
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 2 155 222
| align="right" | 2 034 306
| align="right" | 4 189 528
| align="right" | 10.05
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 1 672 925
| align="right" | 1 583 253
| align="right" | 3 256 178
| align="right" | 7.81
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 1 513 910
| align="right" | 1 449 966
| align="right" | 2 963 876
| align="right" | 7.11
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 1 728 672
| align="right" | 1 662 960
| align="right" | 3 391 633
| align="right" | 8.13
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 1 887 412
| align="right" | 1 837 618
| align="right" | 3 725 030
| align="right" | 8.93
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 1 891 310
| align="right" | 1 868 670
| align="right" | 3 759 980
| align="right" | 9.02
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 1 672 000
| align="right" | 1 638 996
| align="right" | 3 310 996
| align="right" | 7.94
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 1 322 807
| align="right" | 1 314 955
| align="right" | 2 637 762
| align="right" | 6.33
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 1 128 564
| align="right" | 1 141 789
| align="right" | 2 270 354
| align="right" | 5.45
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 957 002
| align="right" | 964 127
| align="right" | 1 921 129
| align="right" | 4.61
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 764 232
| align="right" | 765 395
| align="right" | 1 529 628
| align="right" | 3.67
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 623 980
| align="right" | 613 837
| align="right" | 1 237 817
| align="right" | 2.97
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 464 950
| align="right" | 452 674
| align="right" | 917 624
| align="right" | 2.20
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 288 205
| align="right" | 304 720
| align="right" | 592 925
| align="right" | 1.42
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 237 094
| align="right" | 252 360
| align="right" | 489 454
| align="right" | 1.17
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 156 185
| align="right" | 171 174
| align="right" | 327 360
| align="right" | 0.79
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 117 213
| align="right" | 119 406
| align="right" | 236 619
| align="right" | 0.57
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 6 365 357
| align="right" | 6 018 084
| align="right" | 12 383 441
| align="right" | 29.70
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 13 489 890
| align="right" | 13 258 314
| align="right" | 26 748 204
| align="right" | 64.15
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 1 263 647
| align="right" | 1 300 334
| align="right" | 2 563 981
| align="right" | 6.15
|-
|}
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{| class="wikitable"
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | '''Total'''
| align="right" | '''22 407 000'''
| align="right" | '''21 819 000'''
| align="right" | '''44 226 000'''
| align="right" | '''100'''
|-
| align="right" | 0-4
| align="right" | 2 593 000
| align="right" | 2 454 000
| align="right" | 5 047 000
| align="right" | 11.41
|-
| align="right" | 5-9
| align="right" | 2 402 000
| align="right" | 2 270 000
| align="right" | 4 672 000
| align="right" | 10.56
|-
| align="right" | 10-14
| align="right" | 1 949 000
| align="right" | 1 838 000
| align="right" | 3 787 000
| align="right" | 8.56
|-
| align="right" | 15-19
| align="right" | 1 557 000
| align="right" | 1 480 000
| align="right" | 3 037 000
| align="right" | 6.87
|-
| align="right" | 20-24
| align="right" | 1 579 000
| align="right" | 1 517 000
| align="right" | 3 096 000
| align="right" | 7.00
|-
| align="right" | 25-29
| align="right" | 1 800 000
| align="right" | 1 738 000
| align="right" | 3 538 000
| align="right" | 8.00
|-
| align="right" | 30-34
| align="right" | 1 908 000
| align="right" | 1 875 000
| align="right" | 3 783 000
| align="right" | 8.55
|-
| align="right" | 35-39
| align="right" | 1 827 000
| align="right" | 1 799 000
| align="right" | 3 636 000
| align="right" | 8.22
|-
| align="right" | 40-44
| align="right" | 1 514 000
| align="right" | 1 489 000
| align="right" | 3 003 000
| align="right" | 6.79
|-
| align="right" | 45-49
| align="right" | 1 227 000
| align="right" | 1 232 000
| align="right" | 2 459 000
| align="right" | 5.56
|-
| align="right" | 50-54
| align="right" | 1 053 000
| align="right" | 1 067 000
| align="right" | 2 120 000
| align="right" | 4.79
|-
| align="right" | 55-59
| align="right" | 860 000
| align="right" | 869 000
| align="right" | 1 729 000
| align="right" | 3.91
|-
| align="right" | 60-64
| align="right" | 687 000
| align="right" | 690 000
| align="right" | 1 377 000
| align="right" | 3.11
|-
| align="right" | 65-69
| align="right" | 546 000
| align="right" | 537 000
| align="right" | 1 083 000
| align="right" | 2.45
|-
| align="right" | 70-74
| align="right" | 354 000
| align="right" | 362 000
| align="right" | 716 000
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| align="right" | 75-79
| align="right" | 240 000
| align="right" | 261 000
| align="right" | 501 000
| align="right" | 1.13
|-
| align="right" | 80-84
| align="right" | 170 000
| align="right" | 191 000
| align="right" | 361 000
| align="right" | 0.82
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 141 000
| align="right" | 150 000
| align="right" | 291 000
| align="right" | 0.66
|-
! width="50"|Age group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0-14
| align="right" | 6 944 000
| align="right" | 6 562 000
| align="right" | 13 506 000
| align="right" | 30.54
|-
| align="right" | 15-64
| align="right" | 14 012 000
| align="right" | 13 756 000
| align="right" | 27 768 000
| align="right" | 62.79
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 1 451 000
| align="right" | 1 501 000
| align="right" | 2 952 000
| align="right" | 6.67
|-
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== Vital statistics ==

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right"
!
! width="70" |Average population (1 January)
! width="70" |Live births
! width="70" |Deaths
! width="70" |Natural change
! width="70" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! width="70" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! width="70" |Natural change (per 1000)
! width="70" |Crude migration rate (per 1000)
! width="70" |Total fertility rate
! width="70" |Male life expectancy
! width="70" |Female life expectancy
|-
| 1966
|13,123,000
|667,000||  ||
|style="color:blue"|50.8|| || ||
|
|
|
|-
| 1967
|13,497,000
|630,000||  214,000||416,000
|50.1|| 15.9||style="color:blue"|34.2||-6.5
|
|
|
|-
| 1968
|13,887,000
|618,000||  241,000||style="color:red"|377,000
|47.7||style="color:red"|17.4||30.3|| -2.2
|
|
|
|-
| 1969
|14,287,000
|665,000||  243,000||422,000
|49.8|| 17.0||32.8||-4.8
|
|
|
|-
| 1970
|14,691,000
|689,000||  226,000||463,000
|50.2|| 16.5||33.7||-6.2
|
|
|
|-
| 1971
|15,098,000
|687,000||  241,000||446,000
|48.4|| 17.0||31.4||-4.4
|
|
|
|-
| 1972
|15,512,000
|697,000||  229,000||468,000
|47.7|| 15.7||32.0||-5.3
|
|
|
|-
| 1973
|15,936,000
|717,000||  246,000||471,000
|47.6|| 16.3||31.3||-4.7
|
|
|
|-
| 1974
|16,375,000
|722,000||  234,000||488,000
|46.5|| 15.1||31.4||-4.6
|
|
|
|-
| 1975
|16,834,000
|738,000||  249,000||489,000
|46.1|| 15.5||30.6||-3.3
|
|
|
|-
| 1976
|17,311,000
|751,000||  258,000||493,000
|45.4|| 15.6||29.8||-2.2
|
|
|
|-
| 1977
|17,809,000
|796,000||  241,000||555,000
|45.0|| 14.4||30.6||-2.6
|
|
|
|-
| 1978
|18,331,000
|817,000||  238,000||579,000
|46.4|| 13.5||32.9||-4.4
|
|
|
|-
| 1979
|18,885,000
|774,000||  212,000||562,000
|42.8|| 11.7||31.1||-1.8
|
|
|
|-
| 1980
|19,475,000
|797,000||  203,000||594,000
|42.7|| 10.9||31.8||-1.5
|
|
|
|-
| 1981
|20,104,000
|791,000||  178,000||613,000
|41.0|| 9.4||31.6||-0.3
|
|
|
|-
| 1982
|20,767,000
|808,000||  180,000||628,000
|40.6|| 9.1||31.5||0.4
|
|
|
|-
| 1983
|21,453,000
|830,000||  181,000||649,000
|40.4|| 8.8||31.6||0.4
|
|
|
|-
| 1984
|22,150,000
|850,000||  173,000||677,000
|40.2|| 8.6||31.6||-0.1
|
|
|
|-
| 1985
|22,847,000
|864,000||  183,000||681,000
|39.5|| 8.4||31.1||-0.6
|
|
|
|-
| 1986
|23,539,000
|781,000||  165,000||616,000
|34.7|| 7.3||27.4||2.0
|
|
|
|-
| 1987
|24,226,000
|755,000||  161,000||594,000
|34.6|| 7.0||27.6||0.8
|
|
|
|-
| 1988
|24,905,000
|806,000||  157,000||649,000
|33.9|| 6.6||27.3||0
|
|
|
|-
| 1989
|25,577,000
|755,000||153,000||602,000
|31.0|| 6.0||25.0||1.3
|
|
|
|-
| 1990
|25,022,000
|775,000||151,000||624,000
|30.9||6.0||24.9||-47.1||style="color:blue"|4.50
|
|
|-
| 1991
|25,643,000
|773,000||155,000||618,000
|30.1||6.0||24.1||0.1
|
|
|
|-
| 1992
|26,271,000
|799,000||160,000||639,000
|30.4||6.1||24.3||-0.4
|
|
|
|-
| 1993
|26,894,000
|775,000||168,000||607,000
|28.8||6.2||22.6||0.6
|
|
|
|-
| 1994
|27,496,000
|776,000||180,000||596,000
|28.2||6.5||21.7||0.2
|
|
|
|-
| 1995
|28,060,000
|711,000||180,000||531,000
|25.3||6.4||18.9||1.2
|
|
|
|-
| 1996
|28,566,000
|654,000||172,000||482,000
|22.9||6.0||16.9||0.8
|
|
|
|-
| 1997
|29,045,000
|654,000||178,000||476,000
|22.5||6.1||16.4||0.1
|
|
|
|-
| 1998
|29,507,000
|607,000||144,000||463,000
|20.6||4.9||15.7||0
|
|
|
|-
| 1999
|29,965,000
|593,643||141,000||452,643
|19.8||4.7||15.1||0.2
|
|
|
|-
| 2000
|30,416,000
|style="color:red"|588,628||140,000||448,628
|19.4||4.6||style="color:red"|14.8||0||style="color:blue"|2.40
|
|
|-
| 2001
|30,879,000
|618,380||141,000||477,380
|20.0||4.6||15.5||-0.5
|
|
|
|-
| 2002
|31,357,000
|616,963||style="color:blue"|138,000||478,963
|19.7||4.4||15.3||-0.1||style="color:blue"|2.48
|
|
|-
| 2003
|31,848,000
|649,000||145,000||504,000
|20.4||4.6||15.8||-0.4||style="color:blue"|2.53
|
|
|-
| 2004
|32,364,000
|669,000||141,000||528,000
|20.7||4.4||16.3||-0.4
|
|
|
|-
| 2005
|32,906,000
|703,000||147,000||556,000
|21.4||4.5||16.9||-0.4||style="color:blue"|2.52
|
|
|-
| 2006
|33,481,000
|739,000||144,000||595,000
|22.1||4.3||17.8||-0.6||
|
|
|-
| 2007
|34,096,000
|783,000||149,000||634,000
|23.0||4.4||18.6||-0.6
|
|74.7
|76.8
|-
| 2008
|34,591,000
|817,000||153,000||664,000
|23.6||4.4||19.2||-4.9||style="color:blue"|2.81
|74.8
|76.4
|-
| 2009
|35,268,000
|849,000||159,000||690,000
|24.1||4.5||19.6||-0.4||style="color:blue"|2.84
|74.7
|76.3
|-
| 2010
|35,978,000
|888,000||157,000||731,000
|24.7||4.4||20.3||-0.6||style="color:blue"|2.87
|75.6
|77.0
|-
| 2011
|36,717,000
|910,000||162,000||748,000
|24.8||4.4||20.4||-0.3||style="color:blue"|2.87||75.6
|77.4
|-
| 2012
|37,495,000
|978,000||170,000||808,000
|26.1||4.5||21.6||-0.9||style="color:blue"|3.02||75.8||77.1
|-
| 2013
|38,297,000
|963,000||168,000||795,000
|25.1||4.4||20.7||0.2||style="color:blue"|2.93||76.5||77.6
|-
| 2014
|39,114,000
|1,014,000||174,000||840,000
|25.9||4.4||21.5||-0.6||style="color:blue"|3.03||76.6||77.8
|-
| 2015
|39,963,000
|1,040,285||182,570||857,715
|26.0||4.6||21.4||-0.2||style="color:blue"|3.09||76.4||77.8
|-
| 2016
|40,836,000
|style="color:blue"|1,066,823||180,404||style="color:blue"|886,419
|26.1||4.5||21.6||-0.2||style="color:blue"|3.13||77.1||78.2
|-
| 2017
|41,721,000
|1,060,000||190,000||870,000
|25.4||4.6||20.8||0.4||style="color:blue"|3.13||76.9||78.2
|-
| 2018
|42,578,000
|1,038,000||193,000||845,000
|24.4 ||4.5||19.9||0.2||style="color:blue"|2.97
|| 77.1 || 78.4
|-
| 2019
|43,424,000
|1,034,000||198,000||837,000
|23.8 ||4.6||19.2||0.3||style="color:blue"|2.99
|| 77.2 || 78.6
|-
| 2020
|44,241,000
|988,209||241,069||747,140
|22.3 ||5.4||16.9||1.4||style="color:blue"|2.8
|| 74.2||77.9
|-
| 2021
|44,938,000
|949,799||style="color:red"|258,491||691,308
|21.1 ||5.8||15.4||-8.8||style="color:blue"|2.7||74.4
| 77.2
|-
| 2022
|45,631,000
|915,223||203,146||712,077
|20.1 ||4.5||15.6||-9.8||style="color:blue"|2.62(e)|| 77.0||80.0
|-
| 2023
|46,344,163
|895,140||192,186||702,954|||19.3 || style="color:blue" |4.1||15.2||0.1||style="color:blue"|2.53(e)|| 78.2||81.0
|-
|2024
|style="color:blue"|46,700,000
|873,000 (est.)||||
|style="color:red"|18.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|2025
||
|||||
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|}
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elkhabar.com/fr/societe/demographie-recul-du-nombre-de-mariages-et-baisse-de-la-natalite-260473|title=Démographie: recul du nombre de mariages et baisse de la natalité|website=elkhabar.com}}</ref>
=== Life expectancy ===
[[File:Life expectancy in Algeria.svg|thumb|[[Life expectancy]] in Algeria since 1923]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Algeria -diff.png|thumb|Life expectancy in Algeria since 1960 by gender]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in <br /> Years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations|website=esa.un.org|access-date=2018-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919061238/https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|archive-date=2016-09-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|1950–1955
|42.89
|-
|1955–1960
|{{increase}} 45.00
|-
|1960–1965
|{{increase}} 47.29
|-
|1965–1970
|{{increase}} 49.47
|-
|1970–1975
|{{increase}} 51.48
|-
|1975–1980
|{{increase}} 54.93
|-
|1980–1985
|{{increase}} 61.57
|-
|1985–1990
|{{increase}} 65.85
|-
|1990–1995
|{{increase}} 67.20
|-
|1995–2000
|{{increase}} 69.14
|-
|2000–2005
|{{increase}} 71.50
|-
|2005–2010
|{{increase}} 73.88
|-
|2010–2015
|{{increase}} 75.27
|}
{{clear}}

==Ethnic groups==
{{Main|Ethnic groups in Algeria}}{{Pie chart|caption=Ethnic groups in Algeria<ref name="britannica.com"/>|label1=[[Arabs]]|color1=DarkGreen|label2=[[Berbers]]|color2=Yellow|label3=[[Arabized Berber]]s|color3=Red|label4=Others|color4=LightBlue|value1=73.6|value2=23.2|value3=3|value4=0.2}}
[[Arabs]] make up 73.6% of the population of Algeria, [[Berbers]] make up 23.2%, [[Arabized Berber]]s make up 3%, and others  constitute 0.2%.<ref name="britannica.com"/> [[Phoenicians]], [[Ancient Rome|Romans]], [[Byzantine Greeks|Byzantines]], [[Arab people|Arabs]], [[Turkish people|Turks]] as well as other ethnic groups have contributed to the [[ethnic]] makeup and genetic structure of the Algerian population.<ref>{{cite web|author=UNESCO |year=2009 |title=Diversité et interculturalité en Algérie |url=http://rabat.unesco.org/IMG/pdf/Diversite_InterculturalitAlgerie.pdf |publisher=UNESCO |page=9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725111743/http://rabat.unesco.org/IMG/pdf/Diversite_InterculturalitAlgerie.pdf |archive-date=25 July 2013 }}</ref> Descendants of [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] refugees are also present in the population of Algiers and other cities.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WIRWgrbE_fEC&pg=PA22 |title=Modern Algeria&nbsp;– The Origins and Development of a Nation |page=22 |author=Ruedy, John Douglas |publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=9780253217820|year=2005}}</ref> Moreover, [[Spanish language|Spanish]] was spoken by these [[Aragon]]ese and [[Castilian people|Castillian]] [[Moriscos|Morisco]] descendants deep into the 18th century, and even [[Catalan language|Catalan]] was spoken at the same time by [[Catalonia|Catalan]] [[Moriscos|Morisco]] descendants in the small town of Grish El-Oued.<ref>{{cite book|last=De Epalza|first=Mikel|title=El español hablado en Túnez por los moriscos (siglos XVII-XVIII)|year=2011|publisher=Universitat de València|pages=32–38–39–444|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D7_VKzdSIzwC|isbn=9788437084152}}</ref>

[[File:Algerians in traditional costumes.jpg|thumb|left|Algerian women in traditional clothes]]

The Arab population of Algeria is a result of the inflow of sedentary and nomadic Arab tribes from [[Arabian Peninsula|Arabia]] since the [[Muslim conquest of the Maghreb]] in the 7th century with a major wave in the 11th century.<ref name="stearns">{{cite book |last1=Stearns |first1=Peter N. |title=The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged |last2=Leonard Langer |first2=William |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]] |year=2001 |isbn=978-0-395-65237-4 |edition=6 |pages=129–131}}</ref> The majority of Algerians identify with an Arab-based identity due to the 20th century [[Arab nationalism]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stokes|first=Jamie|title=Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Africa and the Middle East: L to Z|year=2009|publisher=Infobase Publishing|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=stl97FdyRswC&pg=PA21|isbn=978-1-4381-2676-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Oxford Business Group|title=The Report: Algeria 2011|year=2011|publisher=Oxford Business Group|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uSGzIPz8cYIC|isbn=978-1-907065-37-8}}</ref> The ethnic Berbers are divided into many groups with varying languages. The largest of these are the [[Kabyle people|Kabyles]], who live in the [[Kabylia]] region east of Algiers, the [[Chaoui people|Chaoui]] of North-East Algeria, the [[Tuareg people|Tuaregs]] in the southern desert and the [[Chenouas|Shenwa people]] of North Algeria.<ref>{{cite book|last=Marion Mill Preminger|title=The sands of Tamanrasset: the story of Charles de Foucauld|year=1961|publisher=Hawthorn Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xfCfAAAAMAAJ}}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2013}}

During the colonial period, there was a large (15% in 1960)<ref name="Cook">{{Cite book | author=Cook, Bernard A. | title=Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia | year=2001 | publisher=Garland | location=New York | isbn=978-0-8153-4057-7 | page=398}}</ref> [[Ethnic groups in Europe|European]] population who became known as ''[[Pied-Noir]]s''. They were primarily of French, [[Spanish people|Spanish]] and [[Italian Algerians|Italian origin]]. Almost all of this population left during the war of independence or immediately after its end.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N8VHizsqaH0C&pg=PA25 |title=Migration and Development Co-Operation |page=25 |author=De Azevedo, Raimond Cagiano |publisher=Council of Europe|isbn=9789287126115|year=1994}}</ref>

=== Genetics ===
{{further|Genetic history of North Africa}}

==== Y-DNA frequencies in coastal Algeria ====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size: 75%;"
! Population
! Nb
! E1a
! [[Haplogroup E-V38|E1b1a]]
! E1b1b1a
! E1b1b1b
! E1b1b1c
! F
! K
! J1
! [[Haplogroup J-M172|J2]]
! R1a
! [[Haplogroup R1b|R1b]]
! Q
! Study
|-
| 1 [[Oran]]||102||0||7.85%||5.90%||45.10%||0||0||0||22.50%||4.90%||1%||11.80%||1%||Robino et al. (2008)<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|pmid=17909833|year=2008|last1=Robino|first1=C|title=Analysis of Y-chromosomal SNP haplogroups and STR haplotypes in an Algerian population sample|journal=International Journal of Legal Medicine|volume=122|issue=3|pages=251–5|last2=Crobu|first2=F|last3=Di Gaetano|first3=C|last4=Bekada|first4=A|last5=Benhamamouch|first5=S|last6=Cerutti|first6=N|last7=Piazza|first7=A|last8=Inturri|first8=S|last9=Torre|first9=C|doi=10.1007/s00414-007-0203-5|s2cid=11556974}}</ref>
|-
| 2 [[Algiers]]||35||2.85%||0||11.40%||42.85%||0||11.80%||2.85%||22.85%||5.70%||0||0||0||Arredi et al. (2004)<ref name=":1">Arredi et al. (2004),[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1216069/ A Predominantly Neolithic Origin for Y-Chromosomal DNA Variation in North Africa ]</ref>
|-
| 3 [[Tizi Ouzou]]||19||0||0||0||47.35%||10.50%||10.50%||0||15.80%||0||0||15.80%||0||Arredi et al. (2004)
|-
|-
|  Total||156||0.65%||5.10%||6.40%||44.90%||1.30%||9.58%||0.65%||21.80%||4.50%||0.65%||9.60%||0.65%||
|-
|}

In a recent genetic study by Semino et al. (2004), the [[Haplogroup J-M267|Haplogroup J1]] associated with the diffusion of Arabs was found at 35% in [[Algeria]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Semino |first1=Ornella |last2=Magri |first2=Chiara |last3=Benuzzi |first3=Giorgia |last4=Lin |first4=Alice A. |last5=Al-Zahery |first5=Nadia |last6=Battaglia |first6=Vincenza |last7=Maccioni |first7=Liliana |last8=Triantaphyllidis |first8=Costas |last9=Shen |first9=Peidong |last10=Oefner |first10=Peter J. |last11=Zhivotovsky |first11=Lev A. |last12=King |first12=Roy |last13=Torroni |first13=Antonio |last14=Cavalli-Sforza |first14=L. Luca |last15=Underhill |first15=Peter A. |date=May 2004 |title=Origin, Diffusion, and Differentiation of Y-Chromosome Haplogroups E and J: Inferences on the Neolithization of Europe and Later Migratory Events in the Mediterranean Area |journal=American Journal of Human Genetics |volume=74 |issue=5 |pages=1023–1034 |doi=10.1086/386295 |issn=0002-9297 |pmc=1181965 |pmid=15069642}}</ref><ref name=":2">Semino et al. (2004), [http://hpgl.stanford.edu/publications/AJHG_2004_v74_p1023-1034.pdf Origin, Diffusion, and Differentiation of Y-Chromosome Haplogroups E and J] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709064219/http://hpgl.stanford.edu/publications/AJHG_2004_v74_p1023-1034.pdf|date=2011-07-09}}</ref> which is one of the most common haplogroups in Algeria, like the rest of the [[Maghreb]], along with [[Haplogroup E-M215 (Y-DNA)|E1b1b]].

Recent studies on the common J1 Y chromosome suggest it arrived over 10,000 years ago in North Africa, and M81/E3b2 is a Y chromosome specific to North African ancestry, dating to the [[Neolithic]]. A thorough study by Arredi et al. (2004) which analyzed populations from Algeria concludes that the North African pattern of Y-chromosomal variation (including both E3b2 and J haplogroups is largely of Neolithic origin, which suggests that the Neolithic transition in this part of the world was accompanied by demic diffusion of Afro-Asiatic–speaking pastoralists from the [[Middle East]]. This Neolithic origin was later confirmed by Myles et al. (2005) which suggest that "contemporary Berber populations possess the genetic signature of a past migration of pastoralists from the Middle East", although later papers have suggested that this date could have been as longas ten thousand years ago, with the transition from the Oranian to the Capsian culture in North Africa.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs00439-005-1266-3 | doi=10.1007/s00439-005-1266-3 | title=Genetic evidence in support of a shared Eurasian-North African dairying origin | year=2005 | last1=Myles | first1=Sean | last2=Bouzekri | first2=Nourdine | last3=Haverfield | first3=Eden | last4=Cherkaoui | first4=Mohamed | last5=Dugoujon | first5=Jean-Michel | last6=Ward | first6=Ryk | journal=Human Genetics | volume=117 | issue=1 | pages=34–42 | pmid=15806398 | s2cid=23939065 | url-access=subscription }}</ref>

==Languages==
{{main|Languages of Algeria}}
[[File:Panneau de signalisation multilingue à Issers (Algérie).jpg|thumb|Traffic sign in [[Isser (municipality)|Isser]] in three languages: [[Arabic]], [[Berber languages|Berber]], and French]]
[[Arabic]] and [[Berber languages|Berber]] serve as both official languages and national languages in Algeria.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.aps.dz/images/doc/PROJET-DE%20REVISION-DE-LA-CONSTITUTION-28-DECEMBRE-2015.pdf|title = APS|access-date = 1 January 2016|publisher = [[Algeria Press Service.]]|url-status = dead|archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160522160159/http://www.aps.dz/images/doc/PROJET-DE%20REVISION-DE-LA-CONSTITUTION-28-DECEMBRE-2015.pdf|archive-date = 22 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/algerie_406/presentation-algerie_922/index.html |title=Présentation de l'Algérie |publisher=French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs |date=23 October 2012 |access-date=17 January 2013 |archive-date=20 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110320023115/http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/fr/pays-zones-geo_833/algerie_406/presentation-algerie_922/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Algerian Arabic]] (Algerian Dziriya or Darja) is the language used by the majority of the population. Colloquial Algerian Arabic has many Berber and French loanwords.

Although French has no official status, Algeria is the second-largest [[Geographical distribution of French speakers|Francophone]] country in the world in terms of speakers,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senat.fr/colloques/actes_mondialisation_francophonie/actes_mondialisation_francophonie10.html |title=La mondialisation, une chance pour la francophonie |publisher=Senat.fr |access-date=17 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513075102/http://www.senat.fr/colloques/actes_mondialisation_francophonie/actes_mondialisation_francophonie10.html |archive-date=13 May 2013 }} () "L'Algérie, non-membre de l'Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, comptabilise la seconde communauté francophone au monde, avec environ 16 millions de locuteurs, suivie par la Côte d'Ivoire avec près de 12 millions de locuteurs francophones, le Québec avec 6 millions et la Belgique avec plus de 4 millions de francophones."</ref> and French is widely used in government, media (newspapers, radio, local television), and both the education system (from primary school onwards) and academia due to [[French rule in Algeria|Algeria's colonial history]]. It can be regarded as the ''de facto'' co-official language of Algeria. In 2008, 11.2 million Algerians could read and write in French.<ref>{{cite web |title=Le dénombrement des francophones |url=http://www.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/1e.pdf |publisher=Organisation internationale de la Francophonie |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012052949/http://www.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/1e.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-12 }} () p. 9 "Nous y agrégeons néanmoins quelques données disponibles pour des pays n’appartenant pas à l’OIF mais dont nous savons, comme pour l’Algérie (11,2 millions en 2008<sup>1</sup>)," and "1. Nombre de personnes âgées de cinq ans et plus déclarant savoir lire et écrire le français, d’après les données du recensement de 2008 communiquées par l’[[Office national des statistiques d’Algérie]]."</ref> An Abassa Institute study in April 2000 found that 60% of households could speak and understand French. In recent decades the government has reinforced the study of French and TV programs have reinforced use of the language.

Algeria emerged as a bilingual state after 1962.<ref>{{cite news|last=New |first=The |url=http://topics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/algerias-liberation-terrorism-and-arabization/ |title=Algeria's liberation terrorism and Arabization |publisher=blogs.nytimes.com |date= 19 November 2008|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref> Colloquial [[Arabic]] is spoken by about 83% of the population and [[Berber languages|Berber]] by 27.4%.<ref name="leclerc">{{cite web | author=Leclerc, Jacques | title=''Algérie: Situation géographique et démolinguistique'' | website=L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde | language=fr | publisher=[[Université Laval]] | date=5 April 2009 | url=http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/AXL/AFRIQUE/algerie-1demo.htm | access-date=8 January 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124150058/http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/afrique/algerie-1demo.htm | archive-date=24 January 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Spoken and popular languages===
* [[Arabic language]]: 83% (dialectal [[Algerian Arabic]] including all dialects: Eastern, Western, Algiers dialect, Saharan)<ref name="leclerc" />
* [[French language|French]]: 70% (as a 2nd or 3rd language, spoken by both low and highly educated people)<ref>[[:fr:Langues en Algérie]]</ref>
* [[Berber languages]]: 27.4% [[Shawiya language|Chaouia]], [[Kabyle language|Kabyle]], [[Tamahaq]], [[Chenoua language|Chenoua]], [[Mozabite language|Mozabite]] (Tumẓabt)<ref name="leclerc" />
* [[English language|English]]: 15% (as a 3rd language, spoken by highly educated people)
* [[Korandje language]] (Kwarandzyey): 0.01%

===Official and recognized languages===
* [[Modern Standard Arabic]]: official language of the state.
* [[Berber language]] (Tamazight): official language of the state.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.aps.dz/images/doc/PROJET-DE%20REVISION-DE-LA-CONSTITUTION-28-DECEMBRE-2015.pdf|title = APS|access-date = 1 January 2016|publisher = [[Algeria Press Service]]|url-status = dead|archive-url = http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160522160159/http://www.aps.dz/images/doc/PROJET-DE%20REVISION-DE-LA-CONSTITUTION-28-DECEMBRE-2015.pdf|archive-date = 22 May 2016}}</ref>

==Religion==
{{Main|Religion in Algeria}}
{{See also|Early African Church}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions of Algeria (2020)
|titlebar=#ddd
|left1=Religions
|right1=percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Islam]] (official; [[Sunni]]) |green|99}}
{{bar percent|Other  (includes [[Christians|Christian]] and [[Algerian Jews|Jewish]]) |Orange|1}}
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Islam is the predominant religion with 99% of the population. There are about 150,000 [[Ibadi]]s in the M'zab Valley in the region of [[Ghardaia]].<ref>{{unreliable source?|date=August 2011|reason=angelfire.com is a user-generated website. linked page is to a "chapter 8" of an unknown work. it presents no credentials of author and no link to a main page.}} {{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/az/rescon/mgcibadi.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010702084833/http://www.angelfire.com/az/rescon/mgcibadi.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 July 2001 |title=Ibadis and Kharijis |publisher=(via [[Angelfire]]) |access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref>

There were an estimated 10,000 [[Christianity in Algeria|Christians in Algeria]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Algerian Christian converts fined|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7433869.stm|work=BBC News | date=3 June 2008}}</ref> In a 2009 study the UNO estimated there were 45,000 Catholics and 50,000–100,000 Protestants in Algeria.<ref name=rm>[[Mary-Jane Deeb|Deeb, Mary Jane]]. "[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+dz0074) Religious minorities]" ''Algeria (Country Study)''. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress; Helen Chapan Metz, ed. December 1993. ''This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the [[public domain]].''</ref> A 2015 study estimates 380,000 Muslims converted to Christianity in [[Algeria]].<ref name="Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background">[https://www.academia.edu/16338087/Believers_in_Christ_from_a_Muslim_Background_A_Global_Census Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background: A Global Census]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Demographics of Algeria}}
* [http://www.ons.dz/ (ONS.dz) Official Demographics Statistics of Algeria]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091008020229/http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/carto_dza.htm Population cartogram of Algeria]
* [http://www.ined.fr/fichier/t_publication/1581/publi_pdf2_pesa486.pdf Unexpected developments in Maghrebian fertility]
*''and the {{As of|2003}} U.S. Department of State website.''
* Laouisset, Djamel (2009). A Retrospective Study of the Algerian Iron and Steel Industry. New York City: Nova Publishers. {{ISBN|978-1-61761-190-2}}.

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