Algeria’s population growth fell to 1.3% y/y in 2025.

Neither way is good in itself. Faster growth adds people who need homes, schooling and work, while slower growth means a population that ages sooner and a workforce that expands more slowly later. Which pace suits a country depends on its jobs, housing and public finances. The latest figure is 1.3% y/y for January 2025, down from 1.4% y/y a year earlier, a change of 0.08 percentage points. It is the lowest reading since 2016, and well below the 2.1% y/y of January 2016, the highest in that span.

Why it matters. At 1.3% y/y Algeria still adds people every year, so demand for housing and for jobs keeps rising, though more slowly than in 2016. Households face a smaller yearly increase in the number of new entrants to the labour market. For the state, planning for schools, health services and pensions rests on a population that is growing at its slowest pace since 2016.