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Algeria: Statistics

People [1]

People

Population 44,903,225 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.628 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 58.808 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 74.772 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 19.2 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 76.377 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 77.53 billion kWh (2021) #42
Consumption 68.66 billion kWh (2021) #42
Exports 0.6 billion kWh (2021) #73
Imports 0.5 billion kWh (2021) #85
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.91 billion kWh (2021) #122

Oil

Ranking
Production 1,415.13 thousand bbl/day (2021) #16
Consumption 439.49 thousand bbl/day (2021) #36
Exports (Refined) [3] 1,146 thousand bbl/day (2013) #16
Imports (Refined) [3] 2.92 thousand bbl/day (2013) #79
Proved Reserves (Crude) 12.2 billion bbl (2021) #16

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 6,491.745 billion cu ft (2015) #5
Consumption (Dry) 1,664.06 billion cu ft (2021) #19
Exports (Dry) 1,909.62 billion cu ft (2021) #7
Imports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #86
Proved Reserves 159.054 trillion cu ft (2021) #11

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 157 (2016)
Cellular Telephones 47,154,264 (2018 est.)
Highways 104,000 km (2015)
Internet Users 17,291,516 (2016 est.)
Railways 3,973 km (2014)
Telephones 4,200,919 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationNorthern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
Total Area2,381,740 sq. km
Land Area2,381,740 sq. km
Water Area0 sq. km
Coastline998 km
Climatearid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
Terrainmostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
Lowest PointChott Melrhir -40 m
Highest Point Tahat 2908 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020