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Algeria vs Western Sahara
How Algeria and Western Sahara compare on 10 measures, from 1950 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Algeria was higher: 76.3 years against 71.4 years
- Population · In 2023, Algeria was higher: 46.2 million people against 579,700 people
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Western Sahara: 71.4 years in 2023
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Western Sahara: 579,700 people in 2023
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Western Sahara: 23.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Western Sahara: 1.88% a year in 2023
Every measure
Health
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Western Sahara: 579,700 people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Western Sahara: 1.88% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Western Sahara: 2.16 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Western Sahara: 86.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Western Sahara: 32 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Western Sahara: 6.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Western Sahara: 9.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
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Good to know
- Sources: UN and UCDP. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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