Africa · Northern Africa
Algeria
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Capital
Algiers
Population
48,028,334
2026 estimate
Area
2,381,741 km²
Code
DZA
Languages
Arabic
Currencies
Algerian dinar (د.ج)
Tunisia
Libya
Niger
Western Sahara
Mauritania
Mali
MoroccoDid you know?
- 🏜Largest country in Africa and the Mediterranean — over 80% is Sahara desert.
- 🏜Tassili n'Ajjer has prehistoric rock art going back 12,000 years, showing a green Sahara with hippos and giraffes.
- 🛢Algeria has the largest reserves of natural gas in Africa.
- 📚Albert Camus, who won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born and raised here.
- ✨Has more than 1,200 km of Mediterranean coastline — and beaches most travellers never see.
Location
28.00°, 3.00°
Actual size
Compared to Australia.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Algeria
2,381,741 km²
% of Australia
30.96%