Algeria 
Facts
Population:
31,736,053 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
34.21% (male 5,528,755; female 5,328,083)
15-64 years:
61.72% (male 9,901,319; female 9,687,449)
65 years and over:
4.07% (male 594,973; female 695,474) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.71% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
22.76 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
5.22 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-0.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.04 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.86 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
40.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
69.95 years
male:
68.6 years
female:
71.34 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.72 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.07% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Algerian(s)
adjective:
Algerian
Ethnic groups:
Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
Religions:
Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Languages:
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
61.6%
male:
73.9%
female:
49% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $171 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $5,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
11%
industry:
37%
services:
52% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
23% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
2.8%
highest 10%:
26.8% (1995)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
2% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
9.1 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
government 29%, agriculture 25%, construction and public works 15%, industry 11%, other 20% (1996 est.)
Unemployment rate:
30% (1999 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$15.8 billion
expenditures:
$16 billion, including capital expenditures of $5.3 billion (2001 est.)
Industries:
petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:
7% (1999 est.)
Electricity - production:
23.215 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
99.14%
hydro:
0.86%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
21.613 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
307 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
330 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle
Exports:
$19.6 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
petroleum, natural gas, and petroleum products 97%
Exports - partners:
Italy 22%, US 15%, France 12%, Spain 11%, Brazil 8%, Netherlands 5% (1999)
Imports:
$9.2 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
capital goods, food and beverages, consumer goods
Imports - partners:
France 30%, Italy 9%, Germany 7%, Spain 6%, US 5%, Turkey 5% (1999)
Debt - external:
$25 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$100 million (1999 est.)
Currency:
Algerian dinar (DZD)
Currency code:
DZD
Exchange rates:
Algerian dinars per US dollar - 74,813 (January 2001), 75.260 (2000), 66.574 (1999), 58.739 (1998), 57.707 (1997), 54.749 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Press
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Algiers
http://www.aai-online.com/site/
Algiers
http://www.al-fadjr.com
Algérie Actualité
(French-language weekly), Algiers
(News agency), Algiers
http://www.aps.dz
Al-Jazair al-Youm
Algiers
Al-Joumhouriya
Oran
Algiers
http://www.ech-chaab.com
Algeria in the News
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World Press Review - Regional Reports - L'Affaire Aussaresses - France's national guilt over war crimes in Algeria.
Distinguished by a life of military valor and decades of writing that marked the courage of his convictions, Algerian-born writer Jules Roy died in June at 92. Roy was one of France’s most productive writers, and one of the sharpest critics of its war against Algerian independence.
The recent visit by a group of Algerian journalists and academics to Israel triggered controversy in the Algerian press and brought accusations of treason from President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
Evidence that Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leader Abdel Kader Hachani had complained to Algerian authorities about harassment and surveillance by security agents in the weeks leading up to his assassination has heightened suspicion that shadowy military and security factions were behind his murder, reports the Saudi-owned Al-Hayat of London (Nov. 24).
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