Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Algiers
- Region
- Africa, Northern Africa
- Population
- 47,435,312 (2025)
- Area
- 2,381,740 km²
- Currency
- Algerian dinar (DZD)
- Languages
- Arabic
- Calling code
- +213
- Internet domain
- .dz, الجزائر.
- ISO codes
- DZ, DZA, 012
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Algeria covers about 2,381,740 square kilometres. By area it ranks 11th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Kazakhstan and a little larger than DR Congo. It shares a land border with 7 neighbours: Western Sahara, Libya, Morocco, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Tunisia. Its centre lies at about 28° north, 3° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 47.4 million people live in Algeria (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 33rd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.58 percent of the world's people. On average there are 20 people to each square kilometre. About 76 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 76 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Arabic. A person from Algeria is called Algerian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Algerian dinar (code DZD, symbol د.ج). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 287 billion (2025), which is about US$ 6,051 for each person (2025).
Time
Algeria uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Africa/Algiers). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Algiers | 2,364,230 |
| Oran | 803,329 |
| Constantine | 448,028 |
| Annaba | 342,703 |
| Blida | 331,779 |
| Batna | 289,504 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Northern Africa
Egypt, Sudan. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.