Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Algerian Sign Language (secondary) · Egyptian Arabic (secondary) · French (secondary) · French (Quebec) (secondary) · Hausa (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Moroccan Arabic (secondary) · Somali (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Algeria

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Algerian, Arabic-speaking	34857000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Amazigh, Kabyle	6813000	Kabyle	Islam
Amazigh, Shawiya	2520000	Tachawit	Islam
Amazigh, Central-Atlas	1803000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam
Deaf	243000	Algerian Sign Language	Unknown
Amazigh, Mozabite	205000	Tumzabt	Islam
Arab, Moroccan	198000	Arabic, Moroccan	Islam
Sahrawi	183000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Bedouin, Suafa	143000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Amazigh, Chenoua	112000	Chenoua	Islam
Bedouin, Chaamba	92000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Amazigh, Figig	90000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam
Bedouin, Ruarha	90000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Bedouin, Dui-Menia	90000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Amazigh, Menasser	90000	Tamazight, Central Atlas	Islam
Tuareg, Algerian	81000	Arabic, Algerian Saharan	Islam
Tuareg, Tahaggart	78000	Tamahaq, Tahaggart	Islam
Tajakant	54000	Hassaniyya	Islam
Arab, general	46000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Bedouin, Nail	42000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Chinese, general	39000	Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious
Amazigh, Ouargla	25000	Tagargrent	Islam
Bedouin, Sidi	22000	Arabic, Algerian Saharan	Islam
Bedouin, Laguat	22000	Arabic, Algerian Saharan	Islam
Bedouin, Ziban	22000	Arabic, Algerian Saharan	Islam
Arab, Egyptian general	20000	Arabic, Egyptian	Islam
French	15000	French	Christianity
Amazigh, Taznatit	13000	Taznatit	Islam
Hausa	13000	Hausa	Islam
Somali	12000	Somali	Islam
Tamazight, Temacine	9100	Tamazight, Temacine	Islam
Amazigh, Tougourt	8900	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Amazigh, Southern Shilha	7100	Tachelhit	Islam
Arab, Iraqi	5100	Arabic, Mesopotamian	Islam
Romani, Balkan	5000	Arabic, Algerian	Islam
Idaksahak	4100	Tadaksahak	Islam
Belbali	4000	Korandje	Islam
Amazigh, Tidikelt	1200	Tamazight, Tidikelt	Islam

Languages

25 languages recorded here.

Algerian Sign Language

Arabic, Algerian

Arabic, Algerian Saharan

Arabic, Egyptian

Arabic, Levantine

Arabic, Mesopotamian

Arabic, Moroccan

Chenoua

Chinese, Mandarin

French

Hassaniyya

Hausa

Kabyle

Korandje

Somali

Tachawit

Tachelhit

Tadaksahak

Tagargrent

Tamahaq, Tahaggart

Tamazight, Central Atlas

Tamazight, Temacine

Tamazight, Tidikelt

Taznatit

Tumzabt

All catalogue fields

159 fields recorded

rog3: AG
iso3: DZA
iso2: DZ
ctry: Algeria
poplpeoples: 48075000
cntpeoples: 38
cntpeopleslr: 35
poplpeopleslr: 47994000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: arb
officiallang: Arabic, Standard
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 0.082677402157862
percentevangelical: 0.049597591466798
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: AFR
continent: Africa
regioncode: 6
regionname: Africa, North and Middle East
workersneeded: 973
harvest_rog3: AG
harvest_iso3: DZA
harvest_iso2: DZ
harvest_owcountrycode: ALGE
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: DZ
harvest_countrynumber: 3
harvest_ctry: Algeria
harvest_ctryshort: Algeria
harvest_countrynamechinese: 阿尔及利亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 阿尔及利亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Algerije
harvest_countrynamefrench: Algérie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Algérie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Algerien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Algerien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Aljazair
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Aljazair
harvest_countrynameitalian: Algeria
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Algeria
harvest_countrynamekorean: 알제리
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 알제리
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Algerie
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Algerie
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Argélia
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Argélia
harvest_countrynamerussian: Алжир
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Алжир
harvest_countrynamespanish: Argelia
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Argelia
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Algérie
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Algérie
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
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harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
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harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: AFR
harvest_regioncode2414: 13
harvest_regioncode: 6
harvest_unsr: 015
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_maniregioncode: NA
harvest_capital: Algiers
harvest_population: 47435000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/algeria.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ag.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/algeria
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 20
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/algeria
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: Y
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 8
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 61
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harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 8.1000004
harvest_owcountrypage: algeria
harvest_literacyrate: 81
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 75
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: arb
harvest_rol3secondarylanguage: fra
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.01
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0.02
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 97.29000000000001
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 2.4
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 0.28
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.03
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.24
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A001
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.745
harvest_hdirank: 83
harvest_internetusers: 42.9
harvest_flashmapzoom: 338
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -121
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -100
harvest_googlemapzoom: 4
harvest_googlemaplat: 28
harvest_googlemaplng: 3
harvest_ctrylatitude: 28.033886
harvest_ctrylongitude: 1.659626
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/africa/algeria_tribes_1971.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/algeria/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 103
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.703982563899346
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=dz&joshua=ag
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-algeria
harvest_internetusage: 49
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-algeria/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/algeria/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 919591
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 2381741
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 35
harvest_countryphonecode: 213
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=497
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0.3
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0.3
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0.1
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.29
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.2
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .dz
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/algeria
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00