Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Algeria

Urban population share in Algeria in 2025 — 75.8%. Ranked 71 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 44.5 pp.

2025 75.8% +0.5 pp vs 2024
World rank 71of 217
Period maximum 75.8%2025
Period minimum 31.3%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Algeria, 1960–20252040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 31.3%1962: 34.5%1964: 37.4%1966: 38.8%1968: 39.3%1970: 39.6%1972: 39.8%1974: 40.1%1976: 40.5%1978: 41.3%1980: 42.8%1982: 44.8%1984: 46.9%1986: 48.9%1988: 50.5%1990: 52.1%1992: 53.7%1994: 55.2%1996: 56.8%1998: 58.3%2000: 59.9%2002: 61.4%2004: 62.9%2006: 64.4%2008: 65.9%2010: 67.1%2012: 68.3%2014: 69.5%2016: 70.7%2018: 71.9%2020: 73.1%2022: 74.2%2024: 75.3%2025: 75.8%
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 75.8%
World 57.8%
Northern Africa computed 52.4%
Urban population share — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 75.8 +0.5 pp
2024 75.3 +0.5 pp
2023 74.7 +0.6 pp
2022 74.2 +0.6 pp
2021 73.6 +0.6 pp
2020 73.1 +0.6 pp
2019 72.5 +0.6 pp
2018 71.9 +0.6 pp
2017 71.3 +0.6 pp
2016 70.7 +0.6 pp
2015 70.1 +0.6 pp
2014 69.5 +0.6 pp
2013 68.9 +0.6 pp
2012 68.3 +0.6 pp
2011 67.7 +0.6 pp
2010 67.1 +0.6 pp
2009 66.5 +0.6 pp
2008 65.9 +0.7 pp
2007 65.2 +0.8 pp
2006 64.4 +0.8 pp
2005 63.7 +0.8 pp
2004 62.9 +0.8 pp
2003 62.1 +0.8 pp
2002 61.4 +0.8 pp
2001 60.6 +0.8 pp
2000 59.9 +0.8 pp
1999 59.1 +0.8 pp
1998 58.3 +0.8 pp
1997 57.5 +0.8 pp
1996 56.8 +0.8 pp
1995 56 +0.8 pp
1994 55.2 +0.8 pp
1993 54.5 +0.8 pp
1992 53.7 +0.8 pp
1991 52.9 +0.8 pp
1990 52.1 +0.8 pp
1989 51.3 +0.8 pp
1988 50.5 +0.8 pp
1987 49.7 +0.9 pp
1986 48.9 +1 pp
1985 47.9 +1 pp
1984 46.9 +1.1 pp
1983 45.8 +1.1 pp
1982 44.8 +1 pp
1981 43.7 +0.9 pp
1980 42.8 +0.8 pp
1979 41.9 +0.7 pp
1978 41.3 +0.5 pp
1977 40.8 +0.3 pp
1976 40.5 +0.2 pp
1975 40.2 +0.2 pp
1974 40.1 +0.1 pp
1973 39.9 +0.1 pp
1972 39.8 +0.1 pp
1971 39.7 +0.1 pp
1970 39.6 +0.1 pp
1969 39.5 +0.2 pp
1968 39.3 +0.2 pp
1967 39.1 +0.3 pp
1966 38.8 +0.5 pp
1965 38.3 +1 pp
1964 37.4 +1.3 pp
1963 36.1 +1.5 pp
1962 34.5 +1.6 pp
1961 32.9 +1.5 pp
1960 31.3

Northern Africa, 2025

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

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

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