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People And SocietyNationality
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 World Ranking: 34
37,367,226 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
24.2% (male 4,319,295/female 4,144,863) 15-64 years 70.6% (male 12,455,378/female 12,242,604) 65 years and over 5.2% (male 845,116/female 987,681) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 28.1 years
Male 27.9 years Female 28.4 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 101
1.165% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 122
16.64 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 196
4.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 126
-0.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 66% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 2.3% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
ALGIERS (capital) 2.74 million; Oran 770,000 (2009) 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 0.86 male(s)/female Total population 1.01 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 75
97 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 81
Total 24.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 27.82 deaths/1,000 live births Female 21.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 98
Total population 74.73 years
Male 72.99 years Female 76.57 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 72
2.78 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 113
5.8% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
1.207 physicians/1,000 population (2007) Hospital bed density
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2004) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 108
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.) Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 81
18,000 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 67
Fewer than 1,000 (2009 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight World Ranking: 97
3.7% (2005)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 89
4.3% of GDP (2008)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 69.9%Male 79.6% Female 60.1% (2002 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 13 years
Male 13 years Female 13 years (2005) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 34
Total 24.3% (2006)
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