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Algeria
28.0N 3.0E · 28 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE FROM FRANCE · 5 JULY 1962
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1962 – present · Independent Algeria: Revolution, Civil War and Hirak
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19 June 1965 · Boumédiène seizes power 2 REFS
1971 · Nationalisation of oil and gas 2 REFS
1954 – 1962 · The War of Independence
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1 November 1954 · Toussaint Rouge: the war begins 2 REFS
1956–1957 · Battle of Algiers 2 REFS
1830 – 1954 · French Conquest and Settler Colony
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5 July 1830 · France captures Algiers 2 REFS
1832–1847 · Abd al-Qadir's resistance 2 REFS
1516 – 1830 · The Ottoman Regency of Algiers
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c. 1516 · Barbarossa brothers seize Algiers 2 REFS
1518 · Ottoman suzerainty established 2 REFS
430 – 1152 · Vandals, Byzantines and the Coming of Islam
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439 · Vandals take Carthage 2 REFS
533–534 · Byzantine reconquest 2 REFS
c. 300 BCE – 430 CE · Numidia, Carthage and Roman Africa
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c. 202 BCE · Massinissa unites Numidia 2 REFS
112–105 BCE · The Jugurthine War 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Algiers
- Population
- 41 m
- Area
- 2,381,741 km²
- Region
- Northern Africa
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Algerian dinar (د.ج)
- Demonym
- Algerian
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$287 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$6,051’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
3.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
1.4%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
39.0%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
47 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
76.5 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
75.8%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
2.7’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
75.1%’08 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
38.5’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
54.0’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
46.5’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
43.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
45.0’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
35.8’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
4.4%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
1.66’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
21.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
94.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
69.0%’24 WB-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
75.1%’08 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
9.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
105.5%’25 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
105.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
54.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,764’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
77.4%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
115’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
1.0%’17 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
2,381,740 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
0.8%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
17.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
4.0’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
22.6%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
14.5%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Phosphate rock
2.0 Mt’25 USGS-MCS
Military
Military burden
8.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$22 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
326,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($287 B), superseding 2024 ($269 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($6,051), superseding 2024 ($5,753) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (3.8%), superseding 2024 (3.7%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (1.4%), superseding 2024 (4.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (39.0%), superseding 2024 (40.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (47 m), superseding 2024 (47 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (75.8%), superseding 2024 (75.3%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14