GENERAL INFORMATION
| Time Zone |
|
Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghan, Afghans |
| Total Area |
|
2,381,741 (2006) km² |
| Capital |
|
Algiers (2009) |
| Currency |
|
Algerian dinars (DZD) (2009) |
| Government type |
|
republic (2009) |
| Languages |
|
Albania, Albanian, Tirana, Albanians |
| Religions |
|
Africa |
| Total population |
|
35.44 million(2009 forecast) |
| Urban Population as % of total population |
|
64% (2006) |
| Population median age |
|
24.0 years (2006) |
| Population growth rate |
|
1.50% (2006) |
| Life expectancy |
|
72 years (2007) |
| Adult litteracy |
|
75% (2000/2007) |
| % of population living on less than $2 a day |
|
23.60% (2008) |
| Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini Index) |
|
35.3 (1995) (0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality) |
| Freedom house Rating |
|
Political Rights: 6
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating) |
| Total telephone subscribers as % of population |
|
90.47% (2007) (sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers) |
| Internet users as % of total population |
|
10.34% (2007) |
|
Cost of living - Mercer Index
( ranking by city on a basis of 143; the 1st is the most expensive and the 143rd is the least expensive; New York is the base city ) |
|
New York - Index: 100 (Base) Algiers: 57th - Index: 86.8 (2008) |
| CO2 emissions |
|
5.994 (2009) (metric tons of CO2 per capita) |
ECONOMIC INFORMATION
| Central Bank |
|
Bank of Algeria (2009) |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold |
|
$150.5 billion (31 December 2008 est.) |
| GDP |
