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Population of Algeria:
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32,930,091 (July 2006 est.)
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Age structure in Algeria:
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0-14 years:
28.1% (boys 4,722,076/ girls 4,539,713)
15-64 years: 67.1% (male 11,133,802/female
10,964,502)
65 years and over: 4.8% (male 735,444/female 834,554)
(2006 est.) |
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Median age of Algerians:
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total:
24.9 years
male: 24.7 years
female: 25.1 years (2006 est.) |
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Population growth rate of
Algeria:
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1.22% (2006 est.) |
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Birth rate in Algeria:
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17.14 births/1,000 population
(2006 est.) |
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Death rate in Algeria:
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4.61 deaths/1,000 population
(2006 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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-0.35 migrant(s)/1,000
population (2006 est.) |
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Sex ratio in Algeria:
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at birth:
1.05 men / women
under 15 years: 1.04 men / women
15-64 years: 1.02 men / women
65 years and over: 0.88 men / women
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
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Infant mortality rate of
Algerian Children:
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total:
29.87 deaths/1,000 live births
boys : 33.62 deaths/1,000 live births
girls : 25.94 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth
of Algerians:
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total population:
73.26 years
boys : 71.68 years
girls : 74.92 years (2006 est.) |
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Total fertility rate of
Algerian women:
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1.89 children born/woman (2006
est.) |
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HIV/AIDS of Algerians- adult
prevalence rate:
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0.1% ; note - no country
specific models provided (2001 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS of Algeria - people living
with HIV/AIDS:
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9,100 (2003 est.) |
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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less than 500 (2003 est.)
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Major infectious
diseases in Algeria:
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degree of risk:
intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea,
hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a
high risk in some locations (2005) |
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Nationality:
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noun:
Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian |
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Ethnic groups in Algeria:
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Arab-Berber 99%, European less
than 1%
note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not
Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live
mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers;
the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber
rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long
agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government
is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin
sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools |
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Religions in Algeria:
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Sunni Muslim (state religion)
99%, Christian and Jewish 1% |
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Languages in Algeria:
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Arabic (official), French,
Berber dialects |
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Literacy rate of
Algerians:
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definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70%
male: 78.8%
female: 61% (2003 est.) |
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