Algeria People:
Population:
32,531,853 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 29% (male:4,811,086; female:4,626,271)
15-64 years: 66.3% (male:10,861,862; female:10,701,459)
65 years and over: 4.7% (male:719,460; female:811,715) (2005)
Median age:
total: 24.36 years
male: 24.18 years
female: 24.53 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.22% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
17.13 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
4.6 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.37 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 31 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 34.83 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 26.98 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 73 years (2005 est.)
male: 71.45 years
female: 74.63 years
Total fertility rate:
1.92 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.1% (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
9,100 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 500 (2003 est.)
Major infectious diseases:
degree of risk: intermediate
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease: cutaneous leishmaniasis is a high risk in some locations (2004)
Nationality:
noun: Algerian(s)
adjective: Algerian
Ethnic groups:
Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
note: Almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools
Religions:
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70%
male: 78.8%
female: 61% (2003)
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