| People | Algeria |
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Population:
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33,769,668 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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15 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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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:
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total: 26 years
male: 25.8 years
female: 26.2 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.209% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-0.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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 (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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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:
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total population: 73.77 years
male: 72.13 years
female: 75.49 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.82 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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9,100 (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2003 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian |
Ethnic groups:
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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:
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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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5.1% of GDP (1999) |
People - note:
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void |
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