Algeria

Official name:
the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Name in native language:
الجزائر / Al Jazā̄'ir
Capital:
Algiers
ISO country code
DZ
Nat. statistical agency:
Office National des Statistique
Region:
Northern Africa

Census Results

1851-xx-xx :
1856-xx-xx :
1861-xx-xx :
1866-xx-xx : 2,912,630
1872-xx-xx : 2,414,218
1876-xx-xx :
1881-12-28 : 3,310,412
1886-xx-xx :
1891-xx-xx :
1896-xx-xx :
1901-xx-xx : 4,739,331
1906-xx-xx : 5,231,850
1911-xx-xx : 5,563,828
1921-xx-xx : 5,802,464
1931-xx-xx :
1936-xx-xx : 7,234,684
1948-10-31 :
1954-10-31 : 9,529,726
1960-02-01 :
1966-04-04 : 12,096,347
1977-02-12 : 16,260,491
1987-03-20 : 22,600,957
1998-06-25 : 29,100,867
2008-04-16 : 34,080,030

the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

Administrative units

administrative unitsnative namecapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1998-06-25
census		population
2008-04-16
census
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.
source: area - Ministére de l'Intérieur et des Collectivités Locales, Algeria.
Wilaya d'AdrarأدرارAdrar439,700311,615399,714
Wilaya de ChlefالشلفChlef4,795858,6951,002,088
Wilaya de LaghouatالأغواطLaghouat25,057317,125455,602
Wilaya d'Oum el Bouaghiأم البواقيOum Bouaghi6,783519,170621,612
Wilaya de BatnaباتنةBatna12,192962,6231,119,791
Wilaya de BejaïaبجايةBejaïa3,268856,840912,577
Wilaya de BiskraبسكرةBiskra20,986575,858721,356
Wilaya de BécharبشارBéchar162,200225,546270,061
Wilaya de BlidaالبليدةBlida1,575784,2831,002,937
Wilaya de BouiraالبويرةBouira4,439629,560695,583
Wilaya de TamanrassetتمنراستTamanrasset556,185137,175176,637
Wilaya de TébessaتبسةTébessa14,227549,066648,703
Wilaya de TlemcenتلمسانTlemcen9,061842,053949,135
Wilaya de TiaretتيارتTiaret20,673725,853846,823
Wilaya de Tizi Ouzouتيزي وزوTizi Ouzou3,5681,108,7081,127,607
Wilaya d'AlgerالجزائرAlger1,1902,562,4282,988,145
Wilaya de DjelfaالجلفةDjelfa66,415797,7061,092,184
Wilaya de JijelجيجلJijel2,577573,208636,948
Wilaya de SétifسطيفSétif6,5041,311,4131,489,979
Wilaya de SaïdaسعيدةSaïda6,764279,526330,641
Wilaya de SkikdaسكيكدةSkikda4,026786,154898,680
Wilaya de Sidi bel Abbësسيدي بلعباسSidi bel Abbës9,096525,632604,744
Wilaya d'AnnabaعنابةAnnaba1,439557,818609,499
Wilaya de GuelmaقالمةGuelma4,101430,000482,430
Wilaya de ConstantineقسنطينةConstantine2,187810,914938,475
Wilaya de MédéaالمديةMédéa8,866802,078819,932
Wilaya de MostaganemمستغانمMostaganem2,175631,057737,118
Wilaya de M'SilaمسيلةM'sila18,718805,519990,591
Wilaya de MascaraمعسكرMascara5,941676,192784,073
Wilaya de OuarglaورقلةOuargla211,980445,619558,558
Wilaya de OranوهرانOran2,1211,213,8391,454,078
Wilaya d'El BayadhالبيضEl Bayadh78,870168,789228,624
Wilaya d'IlliziإليزيIllizi285,00034,10852,333
Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridjبرج بوعريريجBordj Bou Arréridj4,115555,402628,475
Wilaya de BoumerdesبومرداسBoumerdes1,356647,389802,083
Wilaya d'El TarefالطارفEl Tarf3,339352,588408,414
Wilaya de TindoufتندوفTindouf159,00027,06049,149
Wilaya de TissemsiltتسمسيلتTissemsilt3,152264,240294,476
Wilaya d'El OuedالوادEl Oued54,573504,401647,548
Wilaya de KhenchelaخنشلةKhenchela9,811327,917386,683
Wilaya de Souk Ahrasسوق أهراسSouk Ahras4,541367,455438,127
Wilaya de TipazaتيبازةTipaza1,605506,053591,010
Wilaya de MilaميلةMila9,373674,480766,886
Wilaya de Aïn Deflaعين الدفلةAin Defla4,891660,342766,013
Wilaya de NaamaالنعامةNaama29,950127,314192,891
Wilaya de Aïn Temouchentعين تيموشنتAïn Temouchent2,379327,331371,239
Wilaya de GhardaïaغردايةGhardaïa86,105300,516363,598
Wilaya de RelizaneغليزانRelizane4,870642,205726,180
total  2,381,74129,100,86734,080,030

Agglomerations

namenative namepopulation
1998-06-25
census		population
2008-04-16
census
Algiersالجزائر2,135,6302,712,944
Oranوهران991,8851,165,687
Sétifسطيف..856,457
Djelfaالجلفة..825,411
Batnaباتنة..768,444
Blidaالبليدة..719,515
Constantineقسنطينة689,982717,646
Tlemcenتلمسان..672,490
M'silaمسيلة..666,848
Tiaretتيارت..637,991
Tizi Ouzouتيزي وزو..585,775
Biskraبسكرة..563,245
Bejaïaبجاية..559,981
Skikdaسكيكدة..543,402
Chlefالشلف..521,070
Médéaالمدية..519,383
Sidi Bel Abbësسيدي بلعباس..517,836
Tébessaتبسة..515,786
Mascaraمعسكر..513,432
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
1987
estimate		population
1998-06-25
census		latitude /
longitude
El Djazair [EN Algiers]الجزائر1,507,2411,569,89736.71/3.08
Oranوهران609,823705,335 
Constantineقسنطينة443,727465,021 
Annabaعنابة305,526352,523 
Batnaباتنة181,601246,800 
Blidaالبليدة127,284229,788 
Sétifسطيف170,182214,842 
Sidi Bel Abbësسيدي بلعباس152,778183,931 
Biskraبسكرة128,281177,060 
El Djelfaالجلفة84,207158,679 
Tlemcenتلمسان107,632156,258 
Tébessaتبسة107,559154,335 
Skikdaسكيكدة128,747153,531 
Tiaretتيارت95,821148,850 
Chlefالشلف129,976146,157 
Bejaïaبجاية114,534144,405 
Ouarglaورقلة81,721139,381 
Bécharبشار107,311134,405 
Bordj Bou Arreidjبرج بو عريريج84,264129,004 
Médéaالمدية84,792128,427 
Ghardaïaغرداية89,415127,959 
Mostaganemمستغانم114,037125,911 
Souk Ahrasسوق أهراس83,015114,512 
Tougourtتوغرة70,645114,183 
Saïdaسعيدة80,825113,533 
Guelmaقالمة77,821108,682 
Jijelجيجل62,793106,306 
El Ouedالوادي72,065105,151 
El Eulmaالعلمة67,933104,758 
Relizaneغليزان80,091104,644 
Bordj el Kiffanبرج الكيفان61,035103,690 
M'Silaالمسيلة65,805102,151 
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.