General info

Entity:
Algeria
Capital:
Algiers
Population (2008-07-01):
33,769,668 (CIA)
Area:
2,381,740 sq.km.
Country code:
dz
Region:
Northern Africa

Algeria

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (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   464,900 311,615 402,197
Wilaya de Aïn Defla   4,260 660,342 771,890
Wilaya de Aïn Temouchent   2,630 327,331 368,713
Wilaya d' Alger   273 2,562,428 2,947,461
Wilaya d' Annaba   1,412 557,818 640,050
Wilaya de Batna   12,028 962,623 1,128,030
Wilaya de Béchar   161,400 225,546 274,866
Wilaya de Bejaïa   3,329 856,840 915,835
Wilaya de Biskra   21,671 575,858 730,262
Wilaya de Blida   1,541 784,283 1,009,892
Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridj   3,920 555,402 634,396
Wilaya de Bouira   4,517 629,560 694,750
Wilaya de Boumerdes   1,558 647,389 795,019
Wilaya de Chlef   4,651 858,695 1,013,718
Wilaya de Constantine   2,288 810,914 943,112
Wilaya de Djelfa   29,035 797,706 1,223,223
Wilaya d' El Bayadh   70,539 168,789 262,187
Wilaya d' El Oued   80,000 504,401 673,934
Wilaya d' El Taref   2,998 352,588 411,783
Wilaya de Ghardaïa   86,105 300,516 375,988
Wilaya de Guelma   3,911 430,000 482,261
Wilaya d' Illizi   284,618 34,108 54,490
Wilaya de Jijel   2,399 573,208 634,412
Wilaya de Khenchela   9,811 327,917 384,268
Wilaya de Laghouat   25,052 317,125 477,328
Wilaya de M'Sila   18,447 805,519 991,846
Wilaya de Mascara   5,962 676,192 780,959
Wilaya de Médéa   8,700 802,078 830,943
Wilaya de Mila   3,408 674,480 768,419
Wilaya de Mostaganem   2,269 631,057 746,947
Wilaya de Naama   30,644 127,314 209,470
Wilaya de Oran   2,114 1,213,839 1,443,052
Wilaya de Ouargla   270,030 445,619 552,539
Wilaya d' Oum el Bouaghi   7,638 519,170 644,364
Wilaya de Relizane   4,840 642,205 733,060
Wilaya de Saïda   6,631 279,526 328,685
Wilaya de Sétif   6,504 1,311,413 1,496,150
Wilaya de Sidi bel Abbès   9,151 525,632 603,369
Wilaya de Skikda   4,137 786,154 904,195
Wilaya de Souk Ahras   4,360 367,455 440,299
Wilaya de Tamanrasset   556,000 137,175 198,691
Wilaya de Tébessa   13,878 549,066 657,227
Wilaya de Tiaret   20,087 725,853 842,060
Wilaya de Tindouf   215 27,060 58,193
Wilaya de Tipaza   2,219 506,053 617,661
Wilaya de Tissemsilt   3,151 264,240 296,366
Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou   2,993 1,108,708 1,119,646
Wilaya de Tlemcen   9,018 842,053 945,525
total   2,381,741 29,100,867 34,459,729

Agglomerations

name population
1998-06-25
census
Algiers 2,135,630
Oran 991,885
Constantine 689,982
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.

Main cities

name population
1987
estimate		 population
1998-06-25
census
El Djazair (Algiers) 1,507,241 1,569,897
Oran 609,823 705,335
Constantine 443,727 465,021
Annaba 305,526 352,523
Batna 181,601 246,800
Blida 127,284 229,788
Sétif 170,182 214,842
Sidi-bel-Abbès 152,778 183,931
Biskra 128,281 177,060
El Djelfa 84,207 158,679
Tlemcen 107,632 156,258
Tébessa 107,559 154,335
Skikda 128,747 153,531
Tiaret (Tihert) 95,821 148,850
Chlef 129,976 146,157
Bejaïa 114,534 144,405
Ouargla (Wargla) 81,721 139,381
Béchar 107,311 134,405
Bordj Bou Arreidj 84,264 129,004
Médéa 84,792 128,427
Ghardaïa 89,415 127,959
Mostaganem 114,037 125,911
Souk Ahras 83,015 114,512
Tougourt 70,645 114,183
Saïda 80,825 113,533
Guelma 77,821 108,682
Jijel 62,793 106,306
El Oued (El-Wad) 72,065 105,151
El Eulma 67,933 104,758
Relizane (Ghilizane) 80,091 104,644
Bordj el Kiffan 61,035 103,690
M'Sila 65,805 102,151
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.