Nationality: noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian

Ethnic groups:
Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
note: 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

Languages:
Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), Berber dialects: Kabylie Berber (Tamazight), Chaouia Berber (Tachawit), Mzab Berber, Tuareg Berber (Tamahaq)

Religions:
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

Population:
38,087,812 (July 2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 35
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 28.1% (male 5,470,088/female 5,216,139)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 18.1% (male 3,536,416/female 3,371,819)
25-54 years: 42.7% (male 8,213,802/female 8,035,509)
55-64 years: 6% (male 1,172,528/female 1,128,015)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 890,312/female 1,053,184) (2013 est.)

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 47.9 %
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 41.1 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.8 %
potential support ratio: 14.7 (2013)

Median age:
total: 27 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 26.7 years
female: 27.2 years (2013 est.)

Population growth rate:
1.9% (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
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Birth rate:
24.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
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Death rate:
4.31 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 205
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Net migration rate:
-0.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
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Urbanization:
urban population: 73% of total population (2011)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.49% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
ALGIERS (capital) 2.916 million; Oran 770,000 (2011)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2013 est.)

Maternal mortality rate:
97 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 22.57 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 82
male: 24.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.18 years
country comparison to the world: 82
male: 74.95 years
female: 77.47 years (2013 est.)

Total fertility rate:
2.78 children born/woman (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 71
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Contraceptive prevalence rate:
61.4% (2006)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
3.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 166
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Physicians density:
1.21 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2004)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

Drinking water source:
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