People's Democratic Republic of Algeria الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية (Arabic) al-Jumhūriyatu l-Jazāʾiriyatu d-Dīmuqrāṭiyatu sh‑Shaʿbiyah | |
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Motto: بِالشَّعْبِ و لِلشَّعْبِ "Biš-šaʿb wa liš-šaʿb" "By the people and for the people"[1][2] | |
Anthem: قَسَمًا Qasaman "We Pledge" | |
Capital and largest city | Algiers 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E |
Official languages | |
National vernacular | Algerian Arabic[b] |
Foreign languages | French[c] English[d] |
Ethnic groups (2024)[e] | |
Religion (2012)[16] |
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Demonym(s) | Algerian |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic |
Abdelmadjid Tebboune | |
Nadir Larbaoui | |
Salah Goudjil | |
Ibrahim Boughali | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Council of the Nation | |
People's National Assembly | |
Formation | |
• Numidia | 202 BC |
1516 | |
5 July 1830 | |
5 July 1962 | |
Area | |
• Total | 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) (10th) |
Population | |
• 2024 estimate | 46,700,000[17][18][19] (33rd) |
• Density | 19/km2 (49.2/sq mi) (171th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | $768.52 billion, 2024 est.)[20] (39th) |
• Per capita | $16,483 (2024 est.)[20] (99th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2024 estimate |
• Total | $266.78 billion (2024 est.)[20] (50th) |
• Per capita | $5,722 (2024 est.)[20] (109th) |
Gini (2011) | 27.6[21][22] low inequality |
HDI (2022) | 0.745[23] high (93rd) |
Currency | Algerian dinar (DZD) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drives on | right |
Calling code | +213 |
ISO 3166 code | DZ |
Internet TLD |
Algeria,[f] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria,[g] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The capital and largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast.
Inhabited by early man since the Pleistocene Epoch, Algeria has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilizations, including the Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantine Greeks, and Turks. Its modern identity is rooted in centuries of Arab Muslim migration waves since the seventh century and the subsequent Arabization of the Berber population.[24] Following a succession of Islamic Arab and Berber dynasties between the eighth and 15th centuries, the Regency of Algiers was established in 1516 as a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. After nearly three centuries as a major power in the Mediterranean, the country was invaded by France in 1830 and formally annexed in 1848, though it was not fully conquered and pacified until 1903. French rule brought mass European settlement that displaced the local population, which was reduced by up to one-third due to warfare, disease, and starvation.[25] The Sétif and Guelma massacre in 1945 catalysed local resistance that culminated in the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954. Algeria gained its independence in 1962. The country descended into a bloody civil war from 1992 to 2002.
Spanning 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the world's tenth-largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa.[26] It has a semi-arid climate, with the Sahara desert dominating most of the territory except for its fertile and mountainous north, where most of the population is concentrated. With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. Algeria's official languages are Arabic and Tamazight; French is used in media, education, and certain administrative matters. The vast majority of the population speak the Algerian dialect of Arabic. Most Algerians are Arabs, with Berbers forming a sizeable minority. Sunni Islam is the official religion and practised by 99 percent of the population.[14]
Algeria is a semi-presidential republic composed of 58 provinces (wilayas) and 1,541 communes. It is a regional power in North Africa and a middle power in global affairs. The country has the second-highest Human Development Index in continental Africa and one of the largest economies in Africa, due mostly to its large petroleum and natural gas reserves, which are the sixteenth and ninth-largest in the world, respectively. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa and a major supplier of natural gas to Europe. The Algerian military is one of the largest in Africa, with the highest defence budget on the continent and among the highest in the world (ranks 22nd globally).[27] Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the OIC, OPEC, the United Nations, and the Arab Maghreb Union, of which it is a founding member.
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The population was estimated at 32,277,942 in July 2002, of which 75% were Arabs, 24% Berbers, and 1% others (mostly Europeans).
Arab 75%, Berber 24%, European and Jewish 1%. The population is predominantly Arab, under 30 years of age and urban; some 24% are Berber. More than 85% speak Arabic and 99% are Sunni Muslim.
The combined Arab-Berber people comprise more than 99 percent of the population (Arabs approximately 80 percent; Berbers 20 percent), with Europeans less than one percent.
Ethnically the population is made up of about 80% Arabic and 20% Berber.
In Algeria, on the other hand, Berberists supported by France ask to expand the use of Tamazight even on Arabs who represent 80% of Algerian population.
Most Algerians, approximately 85 percent of the population, today claim an Arab background.
Partly due to the strong association between Islam and Arab identity, there is a fair amount of social pressure in Algeria to identify with Arab ancestry. In fact, roughly 85% of the nation identifies much more strongly with their Arab heritage than their Berber heritage.
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