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Algeria
Population: 33,333,216 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years:  27.2% (male 4,627,479; female 4,447,468)
15-64 years:  67.9% (male 11,413,121; female 11,235,096)
65 years and over:  4.8% (male 752,058; female 857,994) (2007 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.216% (2007 est.)
Birth rate: 17.11 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate: 4.62 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate: -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth:  1.05 males/female
under 15 years:  1.04 males/female
15-64 years:  1.016 males/female
65 years and over:  0.877 male/female
total population:  1.015 males/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 28.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 32.45 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 24.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 73.52 years
male: 71.91 years
female: 75.21 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.86 children born/woman (2007 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%
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:  69.9%
male:  79.6%
female:  60.1% (2002 est.)