My World Factbook
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People
34,586,184 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
35
0-14 years: 25.4% (male 4,436,591/female 4,259,729)
15-64 years: 69.5% (male 11,976,965/female 11,777,618)
65 years and over: 5.1% (male 798,576/female 928,709) (2010 est.)
total: 27.1 years
male: 26.8 years
female: 27.3 years (2010 est.)
1.177% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
16.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 121
4.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 196
-0.28 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 132
urban population: 65% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 2.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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 (2010 est.)
total: 26.75 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 81
male: 29.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 74.26 years
country comparison to the world: 98
male: 72.57 years
female: 76.04 years (2010 est.)
1.76 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
21,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 73
noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian
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 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
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 69.9%
male: 79.6%
female: 60.1% (2002 est.)
total: 13 years
male: 13 years
female: 13 years (2005)
4.3% of GDP (2008)
country comparison to the world: 98
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