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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
Civil Liberties: 5 (2009)

(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