Algeria
Urban population in Algeria
Urban population in Algeria: 26.4% in 1950 and 75.8% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 75.8%
- Since 1950
- +49.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 78 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 86.2%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 86.2% in 2050.
- The highest was 75.8% in 2025, the lowest 22.7% in 1954.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Algeria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 75.8 |
| 2024 | 75.3 |
| 2023 | 74.7 |
| 2022 | 74.2 |
| 2021 | 73.6 |
| 2020 | 73.1 |
| 2019 | 72.5 |
| 2018 | 71.9 |
| 2017 | 71.3 |
| 2016 | 70.7 |
| 2015 | 70.1 |
| 2014 | 69.6 |
| 2013 | 69 |
| 2012 | 68.3 |
| 2011 | 67.7 |
| 2010 | 67.1 |
| 2009 | 66.5 |
| 2008 | 65.9 |
| 2007 | 65.2 |
| 2006 | 64.4 |
| 2005 | 63.7 |
| 2004 | 62.9 |
| 2003 | 62.1 |
| 2002 | 61.4 |
| 2001 | 60.6 |
| 2000 | 59.9 |
| 1999 | 59.1 |
| 1998 | 58.3 |
| 1997 | 57.6 |
| 1996 | 56.8 |
| 1995 | 56 |
| 1994 | 55.3 |
| 1993 | 54.5 |
| 1992 | 53.7 |
| 1991 | 52.9 |
| 1990 | 52.1 |
| 1989 | 51.4 |
| 1988 | 50.5 |
| 1987 | 49.7 |
| 1986 | 48.9 |
| 1985 | 47.9 |
| 1984 | 46.9 |
| 1983 | 45.8 |
| 1982 | 44.8 |
| 1981 | 43.7 |
| 1980 | 42.8 |
| 1979 | 42 |
| 1978 | 41.3 |
| 1977 | 40.8 |
| 1976 | 40.5 |
| 1975 | 40.2 |
| 1974 | 40.1 |
| 1973 | 39.9 |
| 1972 | 39.8 |
| 1971 | 39.7 |
| 1970 | 39.6 |
| 1969 | 39.5 |
| 1968 | 39.3 |
| 1967 | 39.1 |
| 1966 | 38.8 |
| 1965 | 38.3 |
| 1964 | 37.4 |
| 1963 | 36.1 |
| 1962 | 34.5 |
| 1961 | 32.9 |
| 1960 | 31.3 |
| 1959 | 29.8 |
| 1958 | 27.8 |
| 1957 | 25.8 |
| 1956 | 24 |
| 1955 | 22.9 |
| 1954 | 22.7 |
| 1953 | 23.2 |
| 1952 | 24.2 |
| 1951 | 25.3 |
| 1950 | 26.4 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Algeria |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 76.4 |
| 2027 | 76.9 |
| 2028 | 77.4 |
| 2029 | 77.9 |
| 2030 | 78.4 |
| 2031 | 78.9 |
| 2032 | 79.4 |
| 2033 | 79.9 |
| 2034 | 80.3 |
| 2035 | 80.8 |
| 2036 | 81.2 |
| 2037 | 81.6 |
| 2038 | 82.1 |
| 2039 | 82.5 |
| 2040 | 82.9 |
| 2041 | 83.3 |
| 2042 | 83.6 |
| 2043 | 84 |
| 2044 | 84.3 |
| 2045 | 84.7 |
| 2046 | 85 |
| 2047 | 85.3 |
| 2048 | 85.6 |
| 2049 | 85.9 |
| 2050 | 86.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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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