Algeria

Official name:
the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Native name:
الجزائر
Capital:
Algiers
ISO country code
DZ
Nat. statistical agency:
Office National des Statistique
Population (2010-07-01):
34,586,184 (CIA)
Area:
2,381,740 sq.km.
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 : 34,459,729

Algeria

Administrative units

administrative unitscapitalarea (sq.km.)population
1998-06-25
census		population
2008-04-16
census
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.
source: area - Quid 1993, Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1992. The total given in Quid matches the area of Algeria given in other sources, but it's significantly different from the sum of the province areas.
note: 2008 census numbers are preliminary results.
Wilaya d' Adrar 464,900311,615402,197
Wilaya de Aïn Defla 4,260660,342771,890
Wilaya de Aïn Temouchent 2,630327,331368,713
Wilaya d' Alger 2732,562,4282,947,461
Wilaya d' Annaba 1,412557,818640,050
Wilaya de Batna 12,028962,6231,128,030
Wilaya de Béchar 161,400225,546274,866
Wilaya de Bejaïa 3,329856,840915,835
Wilaya de Biskra 21,671575,858730,262
Wilaya de Blida 1,541784,2831,009,892
Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridj 3,920555,402634,396
Wilaya de Bouira 4,517629,560694,750
Wilaya de Boumerdes 1,558647,389795,019
Wilaya de Chlef 4,651858,6951,013,718
Wilaya de Constantine 2,288810,914943,112
Wilaya de Djelfa 29,035797,7061,223,223
Wilaya d' El Bayadh 70,539168,789262,187
Wilaya d' El Oued 80,000504,401673,934
Wilaya d' El Taref 2,998352,588411,783
Wilaya de Ghardaïa 86,105300,516375,988
Wilaya de Guelma 3,911430,000482,261
Wilaya d' Illizi 284,61834,10854,490
Wilaya de Jijel 2,399573,208634,412
Wilaya de Khenchela 9,811327,917384,268
Wilaya de Laghouat 25,052317,125477,328
Wilaya de M'Sila 18,447805,519991,846
Wilaya de Mascara 5,962676,192780,959
Wilaya de Médéa 8,700802,078830,943
Wilaya de Mila 3,408674,480768,419
Wilaya de Mostaganem 2,269631,057746,947
Wilaya de Naama 30,644127,314209,470
Wilaya de Oran 2,1141,213,8391,443,052
Wilaya de Ouargla 270,030445,619552,539
Wilaya d' Oum el Bouaghi 7,638519,170644,364
Wilaya de Relizane 4,840642,205733,060
Wilaya de Saïda 6,631279,526328,685
Wilaya de Sétif 6,5041,311,4131,496,150
Wilaya de Sidi bel Abbès 9,151525,632603,369
Wilaya de Skikda 4,137786,154904,195
Wilaya de Souk Ahras 4,360367,455440,299
Wilaya de Tamanrasset 556,000137,175198,691
Wilaya de Tébessa 13,878549,066657,227
Wilaya de Tiaret 20,087725,853842,060
Wilaya de Tindouf 21527,06058,193
Wilaya de Tipaza 2,219506,053617,661
Wilaya de Tissemsilt 3,151264,240296,366
Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou 2,9931,108,7081,119,646
Wilaya de Tlemcen 9,018842,053945,525
total 2,381,74129,100,86734,459,729

Agglomerations

namepopulation
1998-06-25
census
Algiers2,135,630
Oran991,885
Constantine689,982
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.

Main cities

namepopulation
1987
estimate		population
1998-06-25
census		latitude /
longitude
El Djazair (Algiers)1,507,2411,569,89736.71/3.08
Oran609,823705,335 
Constantine443,727465,021 
Annaba305,526352,523 
Batna181,601246,800 
Blida127,284229,788 
Sétif170,182214,842 
Sidi-bel-Abbès152,778183,931 
Biskra128,281177,060 
El Djelfa84,207158,679 
Tlemcen107,632156,258 
Tébessa107,559154,335 
Skikda128,747153,531 
Tiaret (Tihert)95,821148,850 
Chlef129,976146,157 
Bejaïa114,534144,405 
Ouargla (Wargla)81,721139,381 
Béchar107,311134,405 
Bordj Bou Arreidj84,264129,004 
Médéa84,792128,427 
Ghardaïa89,415127,959 
Mostaganem114,037125,911 
Souk Ahras83,015114,512 
Tougourt70,645114,183 
Saïda80,825113,533 
Guelma77,821108,682 
Jijel62,793106,306 
El Oued (El-Wad)72,065105,151 
El Eulma67,933104,758 
Relizane (Ghilizane)80,091104,644 
Bordj el Kiffan61,035103,690 
M'Sila65,805102,151 
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.