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Algeria: map and facts
Algeria is in Northern Africa. It has about 47.4 million people (2025), the 33rd largest population. It covers 2,381,740 km², the 10th largest by area. That is about 20 people per km². Its highest point is Tahat, at 2,908 m.
Facts
- Population: 47,435,312 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 2,381,740 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 2,310,000 km².
- Capital: Algiers
- Highest point: Tahat, 2,908 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 0.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Tahat: 2,908 m (its highest point)
- Djebel Chelia: 2,328 m
- Garet el Djenoun: 2,327 m
- Lalla Khedidja: 2,308 m
Mountain ranges: Atlas Mountains, Ahaggar Mountains, Saharan Atlas and Tell Atlas.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Sahara, Erg Chech, Grand Erg Occidental, Grand Erg Oriental, Hamada du Draa, Tassili n'Ajjer, Tassili oua-n-Ahaggar, Erg Iguidi, Hamada de Tinrhert and Tademait Plateau.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): bare ground 91.6%, open shrubland 4.7%, farmland 1.7%, grassland 1.3%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): plateaus 60.8%, plains 18.3%, hills 16.8%, mountains 4.1%.
Forests covered 0.7% of its land in 2024, the same as in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #10 in natural gas among the countries EIA lists (2024)
Neighbours
Algeria shares land borders with Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger and Tunisia on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026-09-03). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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