Demographics of Algeria

Religions and Ethnicity

ReligionsSunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

Ethnic groupsArab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

although almost all Algerians are Berber in origin (not Arab), only a minority identify themselves as Berber, about 15% of the total population; these people 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

Demographics

Diabetes prevalence7.47 % of population ages 20 to 79

GINI index35.3 40.2

Intentional homicides0.70 per 100,000 people (2011)0.70 per 100,000 people (2010)0.80 per 100,000 people (2009)

Total Population38.8 Million (2014)38.1 Million (2013)37.4 Million (2012)

Population Growth1.88 % (2014)1.90 % (2013)1.92 % (2012)

Land per Capita0.06 Square kilometer per capita

Population density16.3 capita per square kilometer (2014)16.0 capita per square kilometer (2013)15.7 capita per square kilometer (2012)

Technology and Infrastructure

Vehicles per 1000 people119 per 1,000 people (2011)114 per 1,000 people (2010)112 per 1,000 people (2009)

Vehicles per km of road35.6 per km of road (2010)34.4 per km of road (2009)33.3 per km of road (2008)

Mobile cellular subscriptions102 per 100 people (2013)97.5 per 100 people (2012)94.3 per 100 people (2011)

Mobile cellular subscriptions of Algeria

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers3.26 per 100 people (2013)3.00 per 100 people (2012)2.60 per 100 people (2011)

Fixed broadband Internet subscribers of Algeria

Internet users16.5 per 100 people (2013)15.2 per 100 people (2012)14.0 per 100 people (2011)