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 2023 was 34,327,085, a 2.24% increase from 2022.
  • 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.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Urban Population
China 910,895,447
Brazil 189,992,937
Russia 108,345,662
Mexico 104,796,621
Iran 68,892,205
Turkey 66,096,079
Colombia 42,894,219
South Africa 41,576,651
Thailand 38,491,230
Algeria 34,327,085
Iraq 32,580,810
Peru 27,111,853
Malaysia 27,006,299
Venezuela 25,504,192
Ecuador 11,785,978
Kazakhstan 11,577,724
Jordan 10,432,355
Romania 10,418,360
Dominican Republic 9,570,242
Guatemala 9,346,539
Cuba 8,678,273
Belarus 7,409,732
Azerbaijan 5,822,506
Libya 5,621,338
Bulgaria 4,932,158
Lebanon 4,788,127
Paraguay 4,332,984
Costa Rica 4,306,402
Serbia 3,779,753
Turkmenistan 3,518,889
Gabon 2,217,982
Botswana 1,949,449
Albania 1,773,980
Armenia 1,770,650
Jamaica 1,621,241
Bosnia 1,614,061
Namibia 1,429,326
Equatorial Guinea 1,276,538
North Macedonia 1,077,748
Fiji 549,774
Mauritius 515,350
Montenegro 422,094
Suriname 413,897
Guyana 221,054
Maldives 218,678
Belize 191,477
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56,307
Dominica 52,593
Grenada 46,762
Samoa 39,512
American Samoa 38,308
St. Lucia 34,558
Marshall Islands 33,121
Tonga 24,960
Nauru 12,780
Tuvalu 7,549
Algeria Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 34,327,085 75.27 2.22%
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 %