Algeria
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria ยท Northern Africa
Algeria is a country in Northern Africa, with Algiers as its capital, home to about 47,435,312 people. Algeria shares land borders with 7 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Algiers |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Africa |
| Currency | Algerian dinar (DZD ุฏ.ุฌ) |
| Calling code | +213 |
| ISO codes | DZ / DZA / 012 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | ๐ฉ๐ฟ |
| Population | 47,435,312 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 2,381,741 kmยฒ |
| Languages | Arabic |
| Internet domain | .dz |
| Demonym | Algerian |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Algeria mean?
Algeria's flag, adopted on 3 July 1962 and used by the government in exile from 1958, sets a red star and crescent, a symbol of Islam, over vertical bands of green and white. There is no single official reading of it, and the recorded interpretations differ: Malek Chebel takes green for Islam and white for purity; Pierre Lux-Wurm sees in the green and white the ancient banners of Islam and reads the crescent and star as symbols of light; Khaled Merzouk gives green for the earth and agriculture, white for peace, and the crescent and star for Islam, with the star's five points standing for the five pillars; and Benjamin Stora suggests the three colours originally stood for the three countries of the Maghreb and the idea of union between them.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Algeria
About Algeria
Algeria, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a United Nations member state in Northern Africa. Its capital and seat of government is Algiers. It shares land borders with 7 countries. The official currency is the Algerian dinar (ุฏ.ุฌ), using the code DZD.
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To call Algeria from abroad, dial the country code +213. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes DZ (alpha-2) and DZA (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 47,435,312.
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How Algeria compares
- Area: 2,381,741 kmยฒ, ranking 10 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 47,435,312, ranking 33 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 20 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 7, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 1 other country or territory uses the Algerian dinar (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Algeria
11 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.