Algeria Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Algeria urban population for 2022 was 33,575,039, a 2.34% increase from 2021.
  • Algeria urban population for 2021 was 32,807,002, a 2.4% increase from 2020.
  • Algeria urban population for 2020 was 32,038,217, a 2.5% increase from 2019.
  • Algeria urban population for 2019 was 31,255,632, a 2.64% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

MLA Citation:
Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Urban Population
China 897,578,430
Brazil 188,517,733
Russia 108,359,438
Mexico 103,660,854
Iran 68,013,036
Turkey 65,453,229
Colombia 42,562,637
South Africa 40,928,486
Thailand 37,919,842
Algeria 33,575,039
Iraq 31,749,763
Peru 26,799,750
Malaysia 26,544,440
Venezuela 25,012,473
Ecuador 11,623,246
Kazakhstan 11,378,782
Romania 10,378,525
Jordan 10,363,475
Dominican Republic 9,415,142
Guatemala 9,141,704
Cuba 8,678,348
Belarus 7,412,540
Azerbaijan 5,798,042
Libya 5,538,569
Bulgaria 4,936,942
Lebanon 4,900,251
Paraguay 4,259,528
Costa Rica 4,250,456
Serbia 3,790,272
Turkmenistan 3,440,076
Gabon 2,167,652
Botswana 1,899,705
Albania 1,772,138
Armenia 1,767,628
Jamaica 1,611,831
Bosnia 1,611,622
Namibia 1,385,057
Equatorial Guinea 1,239,599
North Macedonia 1,216,459
Fiji 541,393
Mauritius 515,236
Montenegro 420,717
Suriname 409,804
Guyana 218,534
Maldives 217,560
Belize 188,030
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56,002
Dominica 52,152
Grenada 46,246
Samoa 39,175
American Samoa 38,604
St. Lucia 34,263
Marshall Islands 32,640
Tonga 24,711
Nauru 12,668
Tuvalu 7,412
Algeria Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2022 33,575,039 74.77 2.31%
2021 32,807,002 74.26 2.37%
2020 32,038,217 73.73 2.47%
2019 31,255,632 73.19 2.61%
2018 30,451,166 72.63 2.70%
2017 29,639,704 72.05 2.78%
2016 28,826,081 71.46 2.85%
2015 28,015,534 70.85 2.89%
2014 27,217,778 70.22 2.90%
2013 26,439,316 69.58 2.92%
2012 25,678,117 68.92 2.93%
2011 24,935,851 68.24 2.92%
2010 24,217,375 67.54 2.92%
2009 23,520,104 66.83 2.89%
2008 22,849,463 66.10 2.85%
2007 22,207,751 65.35 2.79%
2006 21,596,721 64.59 2.63%
2005 21,036,255 63.83 2.58%
2004 20,501,248 63.06 2.65%
2003 19,965,686 62.28 2.62%
2002 19,449,504 61.50 2.64%
2001 18,942,742 60.71 2.69%
2000 18,439,845 59.92 2.75%
1999 17,939,997 59.12 2.77%
1998 17,449,972 58.31 2.84%
1997 16,961,687 57.54 3.03%
1996 16,455,736 56.77 3.14%
1995 15,946,838 56.00 3.32%
1994 15,426,535 55.22 3.53%
1993 14,891,422 54.44 3.69%
1992 14,352,337 53.66 3.80%
1991 13,817,257 52.87 3.88%
1990 13,291,089 52.09 4.02%
1989 12,767,819 51.30 4.18%
1988 12,245,391 50.51 4.32%
1987 11,727,481 49.72 4.78%
1986 11,180,415 48.86 5.17%
1985 10,616,712 47.97 5.27%
1984 10,071,860 47.08 5.29%
1983 9,552,860 46.19 5.29%
1982 9,060,643 45.30 5.27%
1981 8,595,873 44.42 5.21%
1980 8,159,500 43.54 5.14%
1979 7,750,942 42.67 5.05%
1978 7,369,388 41.79 4.96%
1977 7,012,682 40.93 4.83%
1976 6,682,214 40.50 5.23%
1975 6,341,768 40.33 4.11%
1974 6,086,141 40.16 2.87%
1973 5,914,144 40.00 2.79%
1972 5,751,496 39.83 2.73%
1971 5,596,839 39.67 2.67%
1970 5,449,386 39.50 2.66%
1969 5,306,556 39.33 2.67%
1968 5,166,773 39.17 2.68%
1967 5,030,391 39.00 2.65%
1966 4,899,040 38.84 4.99%
1965 4,660,676 37.64 5.72%
1964 4,401,648 36.14 5.91%
1963 4,148,851 34.66 5.88%
1962 3,912,031 33.21 5.90%
1961 3,688,009 31.80 5.91%
1960 3,476,403 30.51 0.00%