AlgeriaPeople

Population: 32,531,853 (July 2005 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 29% (male 4,811,086/female 4,626,271)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male 10,861,862/female 10,701,459)
65 years and over: 4.7% (male 719,460/female 811,715) (2005 est.) Median age: total: 24.36 years
male: 24.18 years
female: 24.53 years (2005 est.) Population growth rate: 1.22% (2005 est.) Birth rate: 17.13 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) Death rate: 4.6 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) Net migration rate: -0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005 est.) Infant mortality rate: total: 31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 34.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73 years
male: 71.45 years
female: 74.63 years (2005 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman (2005 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% ; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 9,100 (2003 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 500 (2003 est.) Major infectious diseases: 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 (2004) Nationality: noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian Ethnic groups: 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 Religions: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70%
male: 78.8%
female: 61% (2003 est.) More about Algeria: Introduction Geography Government Economy Communications Transportation Military Transnational Issues