Population in Algeria

The population of Algeria was 47,435,312 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Algeria, 2025 47,435,312 People
Change from 2024 +1.3% 2024: 46,814,308 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 33rd of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Algeria over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period AlgeriaWorld
2025 47,435,312 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 46,814,308 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 46,164,219 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 45,477,389 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 44,761,099 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 44,042,091 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 43,294,546 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 42,505,035 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 41,689,299 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 40,850,721 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 40,019,529 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 39,205,031 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 38,414,171 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 37,646,166 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 36,903,376 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 36,188,236 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 35,490,445 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 34,816,961 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 34,189,416 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 33,623,506 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 33,109,249 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 32,628,286 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 32,175,818 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 31,750,835 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 31,331,221 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.3% from 46,814,308 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 40,019,529 people, the figure has changed by +18.5%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Algeria has the 33rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Algeria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects