General info

Entity:
Algeria
Capital:
Algiers
Population (2008-07-01):
33,769,669 (CIA)
Area:
2,381,740 sq.km.
Country code:
dz
Region:
Northern Africa

Algeria

Administrative units

administrative units capital area (sq.km.) population
1987-04		 population
1998-06-25
census
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.
source: area - Quid 1993, Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 1992. The total given in Quid matches the area of Algeria given in other sources, but it's significantly different from the sum of the province areas.
Wilaya d' Adrar   464,900 216,931 311,615
Wilaya de Aïn Defla   4,260 536,205 660,342
Wilaya de Aïn Temouchent   2,630 271,454 327,331
Wilaya d' Alger   273 1,687,579 2,562,428
Wilaya d' Annaba   1,412 453,951 557,818
Wilaya de Batna   12,028 757,059 962,623
Wilaya d' El Bayadh   70,539 155,494 168,789
Wilaya de Béchar   161,400 183,896 225,546
Wilaya de Bejaïa   3,329 697,669 856,840
Wilaya de Biskra   21,671 429,217 575,858
Wilaya de Blida   1,541 704,462 784,283
Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridj   3,920 429,009 555,402
Wilaya de Bouira   4,517 525,460 629,560
Wilaya de Boumerdes   1,558 646,870 647,389
Wilaya de Chlef   4,651 679,717 858,695
Wilaya de Constantine   2,288 662,330 810,914
Wilaya de Djelfa   29,035 490,240 797,706
Wilaya de Ghardaïa   86,105 215,955 300,516
Wilaya de Guelma   3,911 353,329 430,000
Wilaya d' Illizi   284,618 19,698 34,108
Wilaya de Jijel   2,399 471,319 573,208
Wilaya de Khenchela   9,811 243,733 327,917
Wilaya de Laghouat   25,052 215,183 317,125
Wilaya de Mascara   5,962 562,806 676,192
Wilaya de Médéa   8,700 650,623 802,078
Wilaya de Mila   3,408 511,047 674,480
Wilaya de Mostaganem   2,269 504,124 631,057
Wilaya de M'Sila   18,447 605,578 805,519
Wilaya de Naama   30,644 112,858 127,314
Wilaya de Oran   2,114 916,678 1,213,839
Wilaya de Ouargla   270,030 286,696 445,619
Wilaya d' El Oued   80,000 379,512 504,401
Wilaya d' Oum el Bouaghi   7,638 402,683 519,170
Wilaya de Relizane   4,840 545,061 642,205
Wilaya de Saïda   6,631 235,240 279,526
Wilaya de Sétif   6,504 997,482 1,311,413
Wilaya de Sidi bel Abbès   9,151 444,047 525,632
Wilaya de Skikda   4,137 619,094 786,154
Wilaya de Souk Ahras   4,360 298,236 367,455
Wilaya de Tamanghasset   556,000 94,219 137,175
Wilaya d' El Tarf   2,998 276,836 352,588
Wilaya de Tébessa   13,878 409,317 549,066
Wilaya de Tiaret   20,087 574,786 725,853
Wilaya de Tindouf   215 16,339 27,060
Wilaya de Tipaza   2,219 615,140 506,053
Wilaya de Tissemsilt   3,151 227,542 264,240
Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou   2,993 931,501 1,108,708
Wilaya de Tlemcen   9,018 707,453 842,053
total   2,381,741 22,971,658 29,100,867

Main cities

name population
1987
estimate		 population
1998-06-25
census
Algiers 1,507,241 2,562,428
Oran 609,823 634,112
Constantine 440,842 481,947
Annaba 222,518 247,701
Batna 181,601 247,520
Sétif 170,182 239,195
Sidi-bel-Abbès 152,778 186,879
Biskra .. 178,064
Tiaret (Tihert) .. 165,899
Djelfa .. 164,126
Tébessa 107,559 161,440
Skikda 128,747 156,680
Bejaïa 114,534 150,195
Chlef .. 146,157
Blida 127,284 144,225
Béchar 107,311 134,954
Bordj Bou Arreidj .. 134,666
Tlemcen 107,632 132,341
Mostaganem 114,037 130,288
Médéa .. 123,498
M'Sila .. 123,059
El-Eulma .. 120,068
Tizi Ouzou .. 117,259
Souq Ahras .. 116,745
Jijel .. 115,678
Saïda .. 115,166
Ouargla (Wargla) .. 112,339
El Bouni .. 111,956
Relizane (Ghilizane) .. 111,186
Guelma .. 110,461
Laghouat .. 107,273
El-Oued (El-Wad) .. 105,256
Kouba .. 105,253
Bou Saada .. 104,336
source: Office National des Statistique, Algeria.