Africa · Northern Africa
Capital: Algiers
Algeria
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Algeria in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #36
Algeria's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
47.4M
#33 of 196
84th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$287.03B
#50 of 196
75th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$21.81B
#21 of 196
90th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
View data source ↗R&D Spending
$1.20B
#49 of 196
75th percentile
2024 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$25.46B
#53 of 196
73rd percentile
2024 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Algiers
- Region
- Africa
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Country code
- DZA
Three interesting facts
Algeria shares land borders with 7 countries: Tunisia, Libya, Niger, ESH, Mauritania, Mali, and Morocco.
Algeria is the 10th-largest country in this factbook by land area.
Its 7 land neighbors give Algeria one of the most connected positions on its regional map.
Geography
Algeria on the map
Algeria is located in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia. Its terrain is mostly high plateau and desert, Atlas Mountains in the far north and Hoggar Mountains in the south, narrow, discontinuous coastal plain. The climate is arid to semiarid, mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast, drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau, sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer. In area, the country is slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas.
Economy
Economic profile
Algeria's economy is characterized by suffering oil and gas economy, lack of sector and market diversification, political instability chilling domestic consumption, poor credit access and declines in business confidence, COVID-19 austerity policies, delayed promised socio-economic reforms. Major industries include petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing. Important agricultural products include potatoes, watermelons, wheat, milk, onions, tomatoes, vegetables, oranges, dates, barley (2023). Notable exports include natural gas, crude petroleum, refined petroleum, fertilizers, iron bars (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Algeria has an estimated population of 47,400,000. Language and cultural traditions vary across Algeria. The population includes Arab-Amazigh 99%, European less than 1%. The urban population represents 75.3% of total population (2023).
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