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title: "Algeria — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Algeria: capital Algiers, area 2,381,740 km², population 47,435,312 (2025), currency Algerian dinar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/algeria/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Algeria

**Algeria: Capital Algiers**

2,381,740 km² · 47,435,312 people (2025) · Algerian dinar

The largest country in Africa, and the tenth largest in the world. About four-fifths of it is Sahara, so nearly the whole population lives on the Mediterranean strip in the north. The Hoggar mountains in the deep south rise above 2,900 m and get frost.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Algiers
- **Area:** 2,381,740 km² — 919,595 sq mi
- **Population:** 47,435,312 (2025)
- **Density:** 19.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** Algerian dinar (DZD, د.ج)
- **Official language:** Arabic
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +213
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** DZ · DZA
- **Continent:** Africa

## How it compares

- **By area:** 10 of 200
- **By population:** 33 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Argentina | 2,780,400 | 45,851,378 |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,900 | 20,843,754 |
| Algeria ← | 2,381,740 | 47,435,312 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,344,858 | 112,832,473 |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 | 56,831 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Algeria?

Algiers

### What currency does Algeria use?

The Algerian dinar (DZD).

### How big is Algeria?

2,381,740 km², or 919,595 square miles — 10 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Algeria drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Argentina](https://atoneplace.net/country/argentina/)
- [Kazakhstan](https://atoneplace.net/country/kazakhstan/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Greenland](https://atoneplace.net/country/greenland/)
- [Nigeria](https://atoneplace.net/country/nigeria/)
- [Ethiopia](https://atoneplace.net/country/ethiopia/)
- [Egypt](https://atoneplace.net/country/egypt/)
- [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://atoneplace.net/country/democratic-republic-of-the-congo/)
- [Tanzania](https://atoneplace.net/country/tanzania/)
- [South Africa](https://atoneplace.net/country/south-africa/)
- [Kenya](https://atoneplace.net/country/kenya/)
- [Sudan](https://atoneplace.net/country/sudan/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]