Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Algeria

Rural population share in Algeria in 2025 — 24.2%. Ranked 147 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 44.5 pp.

2025 24.2% −0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 147of 217
Period maximum 68.7%1960
Period minimum 24.2%2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Algeria, 1960–20252040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 68.7%1962: 65.5%1964: 62.6%1966: 61.2%1968: 60.7%1970: 60.4%1972: 60.2%1974: 59.9%1976: 59.5%1978: 58.7%1980: 57.2%1982: 55.2%1984: 53.1%1986: 51.1%1988: 49.5%1990: 47.9%1992: 46.3%1994: 44.8%1996: 43.2%1998: 41.7%2000: 40.1%2002: 38.6%2004: 37.1%2006: 35.6%2008: 34.1%2010: 32.9%2012: 31.7%2014: 30.5%2016: 29.3%2018: 28.1%2020: 26.9%2022: 25.8%2024: 24.7%2025: 24.2%
Change over the period: −44.5 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Algeria

Algeria 24.2%
World 42.2%
Northern Africa computed 47.6%
Rural population share — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 24.2 −0.5 pp
2024 24.7 −0.5 pp
2023 25.3 −0.6 pp
2022 25.8 −0.6 pp
2021 26.4 −0.6 pp
2020 26.9 −0.6 pp
2019 27.5 −0.6 pp
2018 28.1 −0.6 pp
2017 28.7 −0.6 pp
2016 29.3 −0.6 pp
2015 29.9 −0.6 pp
2014 30.5 −0.6 pp
2013 31.1 −0.6 pp
2012 31.7 −0.6 pp
2011 32.3 −0.6 pp
2010 32.9 −0.6 pp
2009 33.5 −0.6 pp
2008 34.1 −0.7 pp
2007 34.8 −0.8 pp
2006 35.6 −0.8 pp
2005 36.3 −0.8 pp
2004 37.1 −0.8 pp
2003 37.9 −0.8 pp
2002 38.6 −0.8 pp
2001 39.4 −0.8 pp
2000 40.1 −0.8 pp
1999 40.9 −0.8 pp
1998 41.7 −0.8 pp
1997 42.5 −0.8 pp
1996 43.2 −0.8 pp
1995 44 −0.8 pp
1994 44.8 −0.8 pp
1993 45.5 −0.8 pp
1992 46.3 −0.8 pp
1991 47.1 −0.8 pp
1990 47.9 −0.8 pp
1989 48.7 −0.8 pp
1988 49.5 −0.8 pp
1987 50.3 −0.9 pp
1986 51.1 −1 pp
1985 52.1 −1 pp
1984 53.1 −1.1 pp
1983 54.2 −1.1 pp
1982 55.2 −1 pp
1981 56.3 −0.9 pp
1980 57.2 −0.8 pp
1979 58.1 −0.7 pp
1978 58.7 −0.5 pp
1977 59.2 −0.3 pp
1976 59.5 −0.2 pp
1975 59.8 −0.2 pp
1974 59.9 −0.1 pp
1973 60.1 −0.1 pp
1972 60.2 −0.1 pp
1971 60.3 −0.1 pp
1970 60.4 −0.1 pp
1969 60.5 −0.2 pp
1968 60.7 −0.2 pp
1967 60.9 −0.3 pp
1966 61.2 −0.5 pp
1965 61.7 −1 pp
1964 62.6 −1.3 pp
1963 63.9 −1.5 pp
1962 65.5 −1.6 pp
1961 67.1 −1.5 pp
1960 68.7

Northern Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.