VERBACARD GEOGRAPHY — AFRICA
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ALGERIA
الجزائر · People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
DZ · DZA
INDEPENDENT 1962
LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA
POPULATION
46.0M
AREA
2,381,741 km²
CAPITAL
Algiers
CURRENCY
DZD
GDP / CAPITA
$4,700
TERRITORY
HIGHEST POINT
Mount Tahat, 3,003 m
LOWEST POINT
Chott Melrhir, −40 m
COASTLINE
998 km
LAND BORDERS
6,734 km, 7 countries
TERRAIN
Mostly high plateau and desert; Atlas ranges and a narrow, discontinuous coastal plain in the north.
POSITION
CAPITAL COORDINATES
36.75°N, 3.06°E
TIME ZONE
CET, UTC+1 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
Tunisia
Libya
Niger
Mali
Mauritania
Western Sahara
Morocco
GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY
GOVERNMENT
Semi-presidential republic
RELIGION
Sunni Islam, 99% (state religion)
LIFE EXPECTANCY
77 years
HDI
0.745 — High (rank 91)
LANGUAGES
ArabicOFFICIAL
Tamazight (Berber)OFFICIAL
FrenchLINGUA FRANCA
ECONOMY
KEY INDUSTRIES
Petroleum & natural gas
Mining
Petrochemicals
Food processing
Construction materials
TOP EXPORTS
Crude petroleum
Liquefied natural gas
Refined petrochemicals
Iron & steel
TOP IMPORTS
Capital goods & machinery
Foodstuffs
Consumer goods
Pharmaceuticals
LAND USE
Agricultural, 17%
Forest, 1%
Other / Sahara, 82%
POPULATION, 1970–2024
14.6M
1970
19.2M
1980
25.8M
1990
31.0M
2000
36.0M
2010
43.5M
2020
46.0M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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