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 Algeria

 

 
Factfile  
Official name: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
Date of formation: 1962
Capital: Algiers
Population: 31.3 million
Density: 13.1 people per sq km
Total area: 238,1740 sq km
Languages: Arabic*, Berber, French
Government: Multiparty republic
Life expectancy: 69.5 years
Infant mortality: 26 deaths/1,000 live births

Rural population:

41.7% of total
Urban population: 58.3% of total
Under age 15: 33.5% of total
Over age 65: 4.2% of total

* Official language

Source:
UNDP - Human development report 2004
www.hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/
CIA - The World Factbook 2004
www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html




Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

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Source: UNEP/GRID geneva 

 
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