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Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria · الجمهورية الديمقراطية الشعبية الجزائرية

Capital
Algiers
Population
47.4 million 2025
Area
2,381,741 km²
Neighbours
6
Locator map of AlgeriaALGERIAAlgiersLIBYAMAURITANIAMALINIGERMOROCCOTUNISIAWESTERNSAHARACHADSPAINNorthAtlantic OceanMediterraneanSea0500 km
Algeria hatched, Algiers marked with a triangle, land neighbours shaded. Orthographic projection centred on 28.0°N 1.6°E; the scale bar is true at the centre.

In Northern Africa, Algeria has six land neighbours: Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger and Tunisia. It also borders Western Sahara. At 2,381,741 km², it is the 10th-largest country on Earth by area.

Its population was 47.4 million in 2025 (World Bank), the 33rd-largest of 194. Density is 20 people per km². The urban share of the population was 75.8% in 2025.

In 2025, GDP per capita stood at US$6,051 in current US dollars: 109th of 191 worldwide, 8th of 52 in Africa. Newborns in 2024 had a life expectancy of 76.5 years. Forest covers 0.7% of its land (2024).

Its main landmass has land on both sides of the prime meridian, in the Northern Hemisphere. From 19.0°N to 37.1°N, it spans about 2,013 km north to south. The point on the opposite side of the Earth from Algiers lies in the South Pacific Ocean, about 410 km from the nearest land, New Zealand.

How it compares Africa: 54 countries

MeasureFigureWorldAfrica
Population47,435,3122025, World Bank33rd of 19410th of 54
Area2,381,741 km²world-countries10th of 1951st of 54
GDPUS$287.0 billion2025, World Bank, current US$50th of 1914th of 52
GDP per capitaUS$6,0512025, World Bank, current US$109th of 1918th of 52
Population density20 per km²population 2025, World Bank; area, world-countries166th of 19445th of 54
Life expectancy76.5 years2024, World Bank72nd of 1942nd of 54
Urban population75.8%2025, World Bank56th of 1944th of 54
Forest area0.7% of land2024, World Bank185th of 19451st of 54
Population growth+1.32% a year2025, World Bank76th of 19444th of 54
Internet users77.4%2024, World Bank103rd of 1885th of 53
Fertility rate2.72 births per woman2024, World Bank62nd of 19443rd of 54
Land neighbours6world-countries; among the 195; also borders Western Sahara20th of 1957th of 54
 Ranks run from the largest value (1st) among the countries with data; equal values share a rank.

Closest in areaDR Congo, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan

Closest in populationIraq, Argentina and Spain

Neighbours 6 countries by land and 1 other area, nearest capital first

  • Tunisia635 km
    Algiers to Tunis, capital to capital
  • Morocco946 km
    Algiers to Rabat, capital to capital
  • Libya1,019 km
    Algiers to Tripoli, capital to capital
  • Niger2,587 km
    Algiers to Niamey, capital to capital
  • Mauritania2,788 km
    Algiers to Nouakchott, capital to capital
  • Mali2,899 km
    Algiers to Bamako, capital to capital
  • Western Sahara1,865 km
    Algiers to El Aaiún, capital to capital; no separate sheet: not one of the 195 countries in this atlas

Algeria also borders Western Sahara. It is listed here but not counted or ranked as neighbours.

Where on Earth main landmass

Hemispheres
Northern, Eastern and Western
Capital
Algiers
36.77°N 3.05°E
Northernmost latitude
37.09°N
Southernmost latitude
18.99°N
Westernmost longitude
8.69°W
Easternmost longitude
11.97°E
North to south
about 2,013 km
Antipode of Algiers
36.77°S 176.95°W
in the South Pacific Ocean, about 410 km from the nearest land (New Zealand)