Polity · 1963 CE – present
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجزائر · الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية · Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah
Also recorded as Algeria
- Peak recorded area
- 2,441,770 km²
- 1902 CE
- Rulers on record
- 9
- from 2017 CE
- Data series
- 443
- 1963 CE–2025 CE
Overview
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the largest country in Africa and the tenth largest in the world. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
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Territory
5 dated territorial extents on record from CShapes 2.0. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. Cliopatria holds 3 further extents, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 64 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population224 obs · 1 CE–2025 CE | 47.4Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 76.69years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -27.5Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 1.28% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 78.13years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 75.3years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 156 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 14.9Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| GDP Current Usd111 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 287Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| GDP per capita76 obs · 1820 CE–2022 CE | 13.5K2011 int'l $2022 CE · Maddison Project Database 2023 |
| Gross Capital Formation % GDP65 obs · 1960 CE–2024 CE | 41.1%_gdp2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Asses Stocks64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 55.7Khead2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Barley Area Harvested64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 797.6Kha2024 CE · FAOSTAT |
Military
6 of 60 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Expenditure % GDP128 obs · 1960 CE–2024 CE | 7.97% of GDP2024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| Arms Imports Tiv Million64 obs · 1961 CE–2024 CE | 205tiv_million2024 CE · SIPRI Arms Transfers TIV |
| Military Expenditure Usd64 obs · 1960 CE–2024 CE | 21.8Bcurrent US$2024 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Military Expenditure Constant Usd56 obs · 1969 CE–2024 CE | 20.4Kmillions_usd_20232024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| CINC Score55 obs · 1962 CE–2016 CE | 0.0045CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption55 obs · 1962 CE–2016 CE | 120.2Mcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 71 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 3.16% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Gas Production125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 947.2TWh2024 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Oil Production125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 689.27TWh2024 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Coal Production117 obs · 1900 CE–2016 CE | 0TWh2016 CE · Our World in Data Energy |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 0.8303% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 17.36%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Governance
6 of 28 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Electoral Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.259index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.116index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.095index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Regime Type125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 1RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Rule Of Law Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.249index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity251 obs · 1962 CE–2012 CE | 2index (-10 to 10)2012 CE · Clio-Infra |
Development
6 of 64 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Tech Railway Freight Tkm133 obs · 1860 CE–1993 CE | 2,296tonne-km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Passenger Km133 obs · 1860 CE–1993 CE | 3,010passenger-km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km130 obs · 1862 CE–1993 CE | 3,945km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Freedom Of Expression Index125 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 0.343index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Telegraph108 obs · 1867 CE–1993 CE | 1.79count1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Electricity Production76 obs · 1924 CE–2001 CE | 26.6BGWh2001 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Rulers
9 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Abdelmadjid TebbouneHead of Government2017 CE
- Ahmad UyahyaHead of Government2017 CE – 2019 CE
- Abd al-Aziz JaradHead of Government2019 CE – 2021 CE
- Abd al-Qadir ibn SalehHead of State2019 CE
- Abdelmadjid TebbouneHead of State2019 CE –
- Noureddine BedouiHead of Government2019 CE
- Ayman ibn Abd ar-RahmanHead of Government2021 CE – 2023 CE
- Nadir al-ArbawiHead of Government2023 CE – 2025 CE
- Sifi GhriebHead of Government2025 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
- Government type
- presidential republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Abdelmadjid TEBBOUNE (since 12 December 2019); head of government: Prime Minister Sifi GHRIEB (since 28 August 2025); cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers appointed by the president;
- Ethnic groups
- Arab-Amazigh 99%, European less than 1%
- Natural resources
- petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
- Economy
- suffering oil and gas economy; lack of sector and market diversification; political instability chilling domestic consumption; poor credit access and declines in business confidence; COVID-19 austerity policies; delayed promised socio-economic reforms
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Arabic, Tamazight, Shawiya, Mzab, Tuareg)
- Currency
- Algerian dinars (DZD)
Memberships
- 23-member Entente (1945)Historical alliance · member1962 CE –
- Arab LeagueALInternational organisation · member1962 CE –
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · member1962 CE –
- African UnionAUInternational organisation · founding member1963 CE –
- 21-member Defense Pact (1950)Military alliance · member1964 CE –
- OPECOPECEconomic bloc · member1969 CE –
- Organisation of Islamic CooperationOICInternational organisation · founding member1969 CE –
- Morocco–Algeria Non-Aggression Pact (1969)Historical alliance · member1969 CE – 1975 CE
- Algeria–Tunisia Non-Aggression Pact (1970)Historical alliance · member1970 CE – 1983 CE
- Algeria–Libya Defense Pact (1975)Military alliance · member1975 CE – 1984 CE
- Mauritania–Algeria–Tunisia Non-Aggression Pact (1983)Historical alliance · member1983 CE – 1989 CE
- 5-member Defense Pact (1989)Military alliance · member1989 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
CIA World Factbook 2024
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
CShapes 2.02.0
Schvitz, G. et al. (2022). Mapping the International System, 1886-2019: The CShapes 2.0 Dataset. Journal of Conflict Resolution 66(1).
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
Maddison Project Database 20232023
Bolt, J. & van Zanden, J.L. (2024). Maddison Project Database 2023. University of Groningen GGDC.
CC BY 4.0
Our World in Data (2024). Energy dataset. Based on Energy Institute & Ember.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI (2024). Arms Transfers Database (Trend-Indicator Values).
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database2024
SIPRI (2024). Military Expenditure Database.
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.