Algeria - Population Growth 1979
2.98%
+0.14pp from 1978
Algeria's population growth was 2.98% in 1979, increased +0.14pp from 2.84% in 1978. This was the 167th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1979▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | -2.39% | 71.6% |
| 2nd | Suriname | -1.03% | -10.5% |
| 3rd | Grenada | -0.85% | -15.4% |
| 4th | Palau | -0.83% | -22.1% |
| 5th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.43% | -31.0% |
| 6th | New Zealand | -0.39% | -1,322.2% |
| 7th | Curaçao | -0.33% | 55.9% |
| 8th | Austria | -0.17% | -110.6% |
| 9th | Barbados | -0.11% | -276.3% |
| 10th | Germany | 0.04% | 150.8% |
| 11th | United Kingdom | 0.09% | 1,574.1% |
| 12th | Belgium | 0.09% | -3.7% |
| 13th | Bulgaria | 0.14% | 20.8% |
| 14th | Bermuda | 0.16% | -21.2% |
| 15th | Hungary | 0.18% | -47.6% |
| 16th | Channel Islands | 0.18% | -6.5% |
| 17th | Switzerland | 0.20% | 2,136.5% |
| 18th | Sweden | 0.22% | -25.0% |
| 19th | Luxembourg | 0.23% | 30.5% |
| 20th | Denmark | 0.25% | -20.9% |
| 21st | Finland | 0.26% | -11.0% |
| 22nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 0.26% | -90.8% |
| 23rd | Italy | 0.29% | -18.9% |
| 24th | Croatia | 0.30% | -36.6% |
| 25th | Latvia | 0.32% | -37.7% |
| 26th | Dominica | 0.32% | -26.4% |
| 27th | Afghanistan | 0.32% | -83.9% |
| 28th | Norway | 0.34% | -10.8% |
| 29th | Tonga | 0.35% | -29.3% |
| 30th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.37% | 33.7% |
| 31st | Ukraine | 0.40% | 7.9% |
| 32nd | European Union | 0.44% | -4.1% |
| 33rd | France | 0.45% | -1.2% |
| 34th | Gibraltar | 0.45% | -12.1% |
| 35th | Uruguay | 0.48% | -13.2% |
| 36th | Czechia | 0.49% | -9.7% |
| 37th | Serbia | 0.50% | -8.4% |
| 38th | Kiribati | 0.51% | 176.5% |
| 39th | Cuba | 0.53% | -19.6% |
| 40th | Lithuania | 0.54% | -25.6% |
| 41st | Estonia | 0.56% | -18.9% |
| 42nd | Belarus | 0.62% | -5.4% |
| 43rd | Romania | 0.63% | -29.4% |
| 44th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.68% | -10.1% |
| 45th | Netherlands | 0.69% | 12.2% |
| 46th | Russian Federation | 0.70% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Aruba | 0.70% | 110.6% |
| 48th | Guyana | 0.71% | -8.4% |
| 49th | British Virgin Islands | 0.72% | -8.8% |
| 50th | Georgia | 0.74% | 26.1% |
| 51st | Cyprus | 0.79% | 2.2% |
| 52nd | Poland | 0.80% | 1.0% |
| 53rd | Greenland | 0.81% | 299.6% |
| 54th | Japan | 0.85% | -7.0% |
| 55th | Montenegro | 0.85% | 6.6% |
| 56th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.86% | -3.8% |
| 57th | Seychelles | 0.86% | 46.2% |
| 58th | Spain | 0.88% | -8.4% |
| 59th | Samoa | 0.93% | -8.0% |
| 60th | Iceland | 0.98% | 25.4% |
| 61st | Canada | 0.99% | -0.6% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | 0.99% | -2.5% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 1.00% | -11.3% |
| 64th | Malta | 1.01% | -2.6% |
| 65th | Cabo Verde | 1.05% | -0.4% |
| 66th | Slovenia | 1.07% | -1.7% |
| 67th | Central African Republic | 1.07% | 2.1% |
| 68th | Portugal | 1.07% | -0.6% |
| 69th | Monaco | 1.07% | -14.6% |
| 70th | Australia | 1.08% | -7.1% |
| 71st | United States | 1.10% | 4.2% |
| 72nd | Jamaica | 1.17% | 0.8% |
| 73rd | New Caledonia | 1.18% | -4.1% |
| 74th | Equatorial Guinea | 1.19% | 1,429.3% |
| 75th | Macao SAR, China | 1.20% | 606.6% |
| 76th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.23% | -6.3% |
| 77th | Greece | 1.25% | -3.8% |
| 78th | Singapore | 1.26% | 4.4% |
| 79th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.30% | 1.8% |
| 80th | Faroe Islands | 1.31% | 9.2% |
| 81st | Ireland | 1.33% | -6.1% |
| 82nd | China | 1.33% | -0.3% |
| 83rd | Isle of Man | 1.34% | -0.3% |
| 84th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.39% | 0.4% |
| 85th | San Marino | 1.39% | -71.8% |
| 86th | North Macedonia | 1.41% | -1.5% |
| 87th | St. Lucia | 1.45% | -1.7% |
| 88th | Chile | 1.48% | -1.5% |
| 89th | Korea | 1.52% | -0.2% |
| 90th | Timor-Leste | 1.57% | -6.5% |
| 91st | Zimbabwe | 1.58% | 8.9% |
| 92nd | Azerbaijan | 1.58% | -6.4% |
| 93rd | Argentina | 1.60% | -0.1% |
| 94th | Namibia | 1.63% | -5.4% |
| 95th | Guinea | 1.66% | 4.4% |
| 96th | American Samoa | 1.71% | -5.3% |
| 97th | Mauritius | 1.74% | 33.2% |
| 98th | Lao PDR | 1.76% | 5.1% |
| 99th | Kazakhstan | 1.80% | -27.0% |
| 100th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.84% | 0.8% |
| 101st | Sri Lanka | 1.87% | 1.5% |
| 102nd | Haiti | 1.93% | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Myanmar | 1.93% | -0.9% |
| 104th | El Salvador | 1.94% | -9.0% |
| 105th | Sierra Leone | 1.95% | 1.0% |
| 106th | Türkiye | 1.96% | -2.7% |
| 107th | Bahamas, The | 1.98% | -4.9% |
| 108th | Albania | 1.99% | -4.2% |
| 109th | Mali | 1.99% | 3.0% |
| 110th | Guam | 2.08% | 1.9% |
| 111th | Papua New Guinea | 2.10% | -1.7% |
| 112th | Thailand | 2.10% | -3.7% |
| 113th | Lebanon | 2.10% | -3.0% |
| 114th | Chad | 2.11% | 15.7% |
| 115th | Belize | 2.11% | 2.8% |
| 116th | Armenia | 2.16% | -36.1% |
| 117th | Liechtenstein | 2.16% | -8.7% |
| 118th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.20% | 2.1% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | 2.22% | -14.9% |
| 120th | Colombia | 2.24% | -0.7% |
| 121st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.28% | -0.9% |
| 122nd | Congo, Republic of | 2.29% | -2.5% |
| 123rd | Nauru | 2.30% | 23.3% |
| 124th | Tunisia | 2.30% | -6.4% |
| 125th | India | 2.33% | 1.0% |
| 126th | Nepal | 2.34% | 0.7% |
| 127th | Brazil | 2.38% | -0.4% |
| 128th | Fiji | 2.38% | 1.0% |
| 129th | Senegal | 2.39% | 2.4% |
| 130th | Panama | 2.40% | -1.4% |
| 131st | Malaysia | 2.40% | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Bangladesh | 2.41% | -1.3% |
| 133rd | Uganda | 2.41% | -9.1% |
| 134th | Indonesia | 2.42% | -0.6% |
| 135th | Burundi | 2.49% | -14.0% |
| 136th | Peru | 2.49% | 0.1% |
| 137th | Dominican Republic | 2.50% | -1.5% |
| 138th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.50% | 1.9% |
| 139th | Guatemala | 2.50% | 1.4% |
| 140th | South Sudan | 2.51% | -1.3% |
| 141st | Mongolia | 2.51% | -7.2% |
| 142nd | Gabon | 2.52% | 2.5% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | 2.54% | 0.6% |
| 144th | Paraguay | 2.54% | 2.0% |
| 145th | Morocco | 2.56% | 0.8% |
| 146th | Togo | 2.56% | 5.6% |
| 147th | Israel | 2.57% | 21.8% |
| 148th | Mexico | 2.58% | -2.6% |
| 149th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.59% | -4.0% |
| 150th | Burkina Faso | 2.59% | 3.9% |
| 151st | Eritrea | 2.65% | 0.2% |
| 152nd | Maldives | 2.65% | -3.3% |
| 153rd | Uzbekistan | 2.66% | -4.7% |
| 154th | Benin | 2.66% | 2.7% |
| 155th | Philippines | 2.67% | -0.7% |
| 156th | Nicaragua | 2.70% | -6.7% |
| 157th | Costa Rica | 2.70% | 1.4% |
| 158th | South Africa | 2.71% | -0.9% |
| 159th | Ecuador | 2.71% | -1.1% |
| 160th | Vanuatu | 2.76% | -10.7% |
| 161st | Cameroon | 2.80% | 2.8% |
| 162nd | Kosovo | 2.83% | 1.3% |
| 163rd | Mauritania | 2.83% | -0.1% |
| 164th | Lesotho | 2.89% | 1.5% |
| 165th | Niger | 2.94% | 2.7% |
| 166th | Liberia | 2.95% | 1.3% |
| 167th | Algeria | 2.98% | 4.8% |
| 168th | Tajikistan | 2.98% | -3.9% |
| 169th | Zambia | 3.00% | -0.9% |
| 170th | Rwanda | 3.02% | 2.0% |
| 171st | St. Martin (French part) | 3.03% | -7.7% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 3.04% | 0.1% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 3.05% | 0.5% |
| 174th | Honduras | 3.08% | -0.6% |
| 175th | Nigeria | 3.08% | 0.7% |
| 176th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.10% | -1.3% |
| 177th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 3.11% | 11.6% |
| 178th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.12% | -4.3% |
| 179th | Comoros | 3.13% | -3.2% |
| 180th | Marshall Islands | 3.17% | -0.3% |
| 181st | French Polynesia | 3.18% | 2.1% |
| 182nd | Tuvalu | 3.21% | -19.2% |
| 183rd | Iraq | 3.22% | -4.5% |
| 184th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.28% | 3.5% |
| 185th | Eswatini | 3.30% | 0.3% |
| 186th | Jordan | 3.32% | 5.4% |
| 187th | Gambia, The | 3.34% | 2.9% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 3.37% | -4.7% |
| 189th | Bhutan | 3.39% | -0.8% |
| 190th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.40% | -1.0% |
| 191st | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.44% | 5.2% |
| 192nd | Pakistan | 3.46% | 8.1% |
| 193rd | Kenya | 3.47% | 0.7% |
| 194th | Guinea-Bissau | 3.50% | -46.3% |
| 195th | Solomon Islands | 3.51% | 0.5% |
| 196th | Angola | 3.51% | 0.9% |
| 197th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.51% | 13.3% |
| 198th | Malawi | 3.69% | 8.1% |
| 199th | Mozambique | 3.79% | 0.5% |
| 200th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.86% | 2.4% |
| 201st | Cayman Islands | 3.89% | -3.6% |
| 202nd | Sudan | 4.12% | 4.2% |
| 203rd | Bahrain | 4.59% | -3.4% |
| 204th | Andorra | 4.69% | -8.7% |
| 205th | Oman | 5.28% | 3.0% |
| 206th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.47% | 201.7% |
| 207th | Libya | 5.77% | 0.1% |
| 208th | Saudi Arabia | 5.81% | 1.6% |
| 209th | Botswana | 6.00% | -0.5% |
| 210th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.01% | -4.7% |
| 211th | Kuwait | 6.02% | -5.0% |
| 212th | Qatar | 6.74% | -4.8% |
| 213th | Djibouti | 8.38% | -11.9% |
| 214th | United Arab Emirates | 11.95% | -8.5% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 12.37% | 73.8% |
FAQ
What was Algeria's population growth in 1979?▾
Algeria's population growth in 1979 was 2.98%. This ranked 167th globally.
How did Algeria's population growth change in 1979?▾
Algeria's population growth increased by 4.8% in 1979 compared to 1978.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1979?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest population growth in 1979 at 12.37%.
What is the population growth of Algeria in 1979?▾
The population growth of Algeria in 1979 was 2.98%. This ranked 167th globally.
How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Algeria's population growth?▾
Algeria's population growth went from 2.84% in 1978 to 2.98% in 1979, a 4.8% increase.
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