Algeria
Life expectancy in Algeria
Life expectancy in Algeria: 42.7 years in 1950 and 76.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 76.3 years
- Since 1950
- +33.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 99 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 88.1 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 88.1 years in 2100, between 80.5 years and 95.2 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 76.3 years in 2023, the lowest 39.5 years in 1962.
- Older estimates from Our World in Data reach back to 1923: 28.8 years.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Algeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 76.3 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 76.1 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 75.2 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 73.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 75.7 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 75.6 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 75.4 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 75.3 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 75.2 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 75 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 74.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 74.6 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 74.4 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 74.1 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 73.9 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 73.6 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 73.4 | 69 |
| 2006 | 73.1 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 72.8 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 72.5 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 71.9 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 71.6 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 71 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 70.6 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 70.1 | 66 |
| 1998 | 69.3 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 68.9 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 68.2 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 67.7 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 67.3 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 67.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 67.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 67.7 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 67.7 | 64 |
| 1989 | 67.5 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 66.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 66.1 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 65.3 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 64.2 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 62.7 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 61.3 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 59.6 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 57.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 54.5 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 52.4 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 50.6 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 49.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 48 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 46.9 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 46 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 45.1 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 44.4 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 43.8 | 56 |
| 1970 | 43.3 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 43 | 56 |
| 1968 | 42.8 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 42.7 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 42.8 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 42.9 | 54 |
| 1964 | 43 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 43.1 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 39.5 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 40.8 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 40.8 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 40.9 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 40.9 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 40.9 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 40.9 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 40.9 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 40.6 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 43.6 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 43.5 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 43.3 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 42.7 | 46.4 |
| 1943 | 33.7 | – |
| 1933 | 31.2 | – |
| 1923 | 28.8 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Our World in Data
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Algeria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 76.575.3–77.6 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 76.775–78.2 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 76.974.9–78.8 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 77.174.7–79.3 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 77.374.6–79.7 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 77.574.4–80.1 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 77.774.6–80.5 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 77.974.6–80.8 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 78.174.6–81.2 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 78.374.7–81.5 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 78.474.7–81.9 | 75 |
| 2035 | 78.674.6–82.3 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 78.874.6–82.6 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 7974.7–82.9 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 79.274.7–83.1 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 79.474.8–83.4 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 79.674.9–83.6 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 79.775–84 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 79.975.1–84.3 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 80.175.1–84.5 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 80.375.2–84.6 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 80.575.2–85 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 80.675.3–85.3 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 80.875.3–85.4 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 8175.5–85.6 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 81.275.7–86 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 81.375.8–86 | 77 |
| 2051 | 81.575.7–86.3 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 81.775.7–86.4 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 81.875.9–86.5 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 8276–86.9 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 82.276–87 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 82.376.2–87.3 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 82.576.1–87.4 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 82.776.2–87.7 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 82.876.1–87.9 | 78 |
| 2060 | 8376.3–88.1 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 83.176.3–88.3 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 83.376.3–88.4 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 83.476.4–88.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 83.676.5–88.8 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 83.776.6–89.1 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 83.976.6–89.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 8476.6–89.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 84.276.8–89.7 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 84.377–90 | 79 |
| 2070 | 84.476.9–90.1 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 84.677.1–90.2 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 84.777.5–90.4 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 84.877.4–90.5 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 8577.6–90.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 85.177.6–90.8 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 85.377.6–91.1 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 85.478–91.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 85.578.1–91.3 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 85.678.2–91.5 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 85.878.4–91.7 | 80 |
| 2081 | 85.978.5–91.8 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 8678.5–92 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 86.178.6–92.3 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 86.378.8–92.5 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 86.478.8–92.6 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 86.578.9–93 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 86.679–93.2 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 86.879.2–93.3 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 86.979.3–93.5 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 8779.5–93.8 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 87.179.4–93.8 | 81 |
| 2092 | 87.279.6–94 | 81 |
| 2093 | 87.380–94.2 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 87.480.1–94.3 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 87.680–94.4 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 87.780.2–94.7 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 87.880.2–94.8 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 87.980.5–95.1 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 8880.5–95.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 88.180.5–95.2 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Algeria in numbers
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- Military spending8.83% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$24.1B in 2025
- Military spending per person$540 in 2025
- Military share of state spending24.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel326,000 people in 2020
- National power0.51% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports108 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports12 million TIV in 1984