People Of Algeria

Population 32,129,324 (July 2004 est.)
 
Age structure
0-14 years: 29.9% (male 4,893,971; female 4,705,933)
15-64 years: 65.5% (male 10,593,840; female 10,443,300)
65 years and over: 4.6% (male 703,420; female 788,860) (2004 est.)
 
Median age
total: 23.8 years
male: 23.7 years
female: 24 years (2004 est.)
 
Population growth rate 1.28% (2004 est.)
 
Birth rate 17.76 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Death rate 4.61 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Net migration rate -0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
 
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)
 
Infant mortality rate
total: 32.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 28.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births
 
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 72.74 years
male: 71.22 years
female: 74.34 years (2004 est.)
 
Total fertility rate 2.04 children born/woman (2004 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.1% note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
 
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS NA
 
HIV/AIDS - deaths NA
 
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 Algeirs; 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
conventional long form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
conventional short form: Algeria
local short form: Al Jaza'ir
local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah
 

 

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