The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Chott Melrhir −40 m

       highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

      Natural resources:

       petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

      Land use: arable land: 3.22% permanent crops: 0.25% other: 96.53% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       5,600 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and

       floods in rainy season

      Environment - current issues:

       soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices;

       desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes,

       and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers

       and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming

       polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff;

       inadequate supplies of potable water

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered

       Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the

       Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

      People Algeria

      Population:

       32,129,324 (July 2004 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 29.9% (male 4,893,971; female 4,705,933)

       15–64 years: 65.5% (male 10,593,840; female 10,443,300)

       65 years and over: 4.6% (male 703,420; female 788,860) (2004 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 23.8 years

       male: 23.7 years

       female: 24 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       1.28% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       17.76 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       4.61 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −0.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female

       total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 32.16 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 28.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 36.06 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 72.74 years

       male: 71.22 years

       female: 74.34 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       2.04 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       0.1% note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       9,100 (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 500 (2003 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Algerian(s)

       adjective: Algerian

      Ethnic groups:

       Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%

       note: almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the

       minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the

       mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algeirs; the Berbers are also

       Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural

       heritage; Berbers have long agitated, sometimes violently, for

       autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has

       offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools

      Religions:

       Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%

      Languages:

       Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 70%

       male: 78.8%

       female: 61% (2003 est.)

      Government Algeria

      Country name:

       conventional long form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

       conventional short form: Algeria

       local short form: Al Jaza'ir

       local long form: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash

       Sha'biyah

      Government type:

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