Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Algeria

Population in cities over 1 million in Algeria in 2025 — 3,004,133 people. Ranked 74 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 244.7%.

2025 3M people +1.76% vs 2024
World rank 74of 121
Period maximum 3M people2025
Period minimum 871,636 people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Algeria, 1960–202501M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 871,636 people1962: 953,095 people1964: 1,036,876 people1966: 1,125,264 people1968: 1,200,723 people1970: 1,281,127 people1972: 1,367,038 people1974: 1,458,580 people1976: 1,556,390 people1978: 1,601,502 people1980: 1,621,442 people1982: 1,641,602 people1984: 1,662,042 people1986: 1,682,707 people1988: 1,731,209 people1990: 1,797,068 people1992: 1,865,529 people1994: 1,936,498 people1996: 2,010,271 people1998: 2,086,577 people2000: 2,140,577 people2002: 2,195,898 people2004: 2,252,728 people2006: 2,310,947 people2008: 2,370,754 people2010: 2,432,023 people2012: 2,494,920 people2014: 2,559,445 people2016: 2,625,638 people2018: 2,693,542 people2020: 2,767,661 people2022: 2,853,959 people2024: 2,952,115 people2025: 3,004,133 people
Change over the period: +2.13M (+244.65%) Average annual rate: 1.92 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Algeria 3M people
World computed 2.01B people
Middle East & North Africa computed 130M people
Northern Africa computed 51.14M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 3M +52,018 +1.76%
2024 2.95M +50,305 +1.73%
2023 2.9M +47,851 +1.68%
2022 2.85M +44,801 +1.59%
2021 2.81M +41,497 +1.5%
2020 2.77M +38,336 +1.4%
2019 2.73M +35,783 +1.33%
2018 2.69M +34,169 +1.28%
2017 2.66M +33,735 +1.28%
2016 2.63M +33,308 +1.28%
2015 2.59M +32,885 +1.28%
2014 2.56M +32,468 +1.28%
2013 2.53M +32,057 +1.28%
2012 2.49M +31,649 +1.28%
2011 2.46M +31,248 +1.28%
2010 2.43M +30,851 +1.28%
2009 2.4M +30,418 +1.28%
2008 2.37M +30,115 +1.29%
2007 2.34M +29,692 +1.28%
2006 2.31M +29,315 +1.28%
2005 2.28M +28,904 +1.28%
2004 2.25M +28,616 +1.29%
2003 2.22M +28,214 +1.28%
2002 2.2M +27,856 +1.28%
2001 2.17M +27,465 +1.28%
2000 2.14M +27,191 +1.29%
1999 2.11M +26,809 +1.28%
1998 2.09M +38,452 +1.88%
1997 2.05M +37,854 +1.88%
1996 2.01M +37,257 +1.89%
1995 1.97M +36,516 +1.89%
1994 1.94M +35,840 +1.89%
1993 1.9M +35,129 +1.88%
1992 1.87M +34,574 +1.89%
1991 1.83M +33,887 +1.89%
1990 1.8M +33,259 +1.89%
1989 1.76M +32,600 +1.88%
1988 1.73M +32,084 +1.89%
1987 1.7M +16,418 +0.98%
1986 1.68M +10,372 +0.62%
1985 1.67M +10,293 +0.62%
1984 1.66M +10,259 +0.62%
1983 1.65M +10,181 +0.62%
1982 1.64M +10,118 +0.62%
1981 1.63M +10,042 +0.62%
1980 1.62M +10,008 +0.62%
1979 1.61M +9,932 +0.62%
1978 1.6M +9,871 +0.62%
1977 1.59M +35,241 +2.26%
1976 1.56M +49,732 +3.3%
1975 1.51M +48,078 +3.3%
1974 1.46M +46,544 +3.3%
1973 1.41M +44,998 +3.29%
1972 1.37M +43,682 +3.3%
1971 1.32M +42,229 +3.3%
1970 1.28M +40,881 +3.3%
1969 1.24M +39,523 +3.29%
1968 1.2M +38,368 +3.3%
1967 1.16M +37,091 +3.3%
1966 1.13M +43,870 +4.06%
1965 1.08M +44,518 +4.29%
1964 1.04M +42,802 +4.31%
1963 994,074 +40,979 +4.3%
1962 953,095 +39,289 +4.3%
1961 913,806 +42,170 +4.84%
1960 871,636

Northern Africa, 2025

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About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

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