Algeria - City Population - Cities, Towns & Provinces


	Algeria Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria [DZA] Djazaïr Capital: El Djazaïr

The census figures of 1998 have been provided by Ulrich Buys and the population figures of the smaller cities (1977/87) have been provided by Clive Thornton.

Contents

Provinces
Principal Cities
Principal Agglomerations
Table of the Cities

Provinces

	Name	Abr.	A (km2)	C 1977-02-12	C 1987-03-20	C 1998-06-25	E 2003-01-01
<	Adrar	ADR	439,700	137,491	217,678	311,615	...
<	Aïn Defla	ADE	4,897	391,437	537,256	660,342	...
<	Aïn Témouchent	ATE	2,379	219,263	274,990	327,331	...
<	Annaba	ANN	1,439	350,032	455,888	557,818	...
<	Batna	BAT	12,192	513,500	752,617	962,623	...
<	Béchar	BEC	162,200	126,500	185,346	225,546	...
<	Béjaïa	BEJ	3,268	511,600	700,952	856,840	...
<	Beskra	BES	20,986	329,912	430,202	575,858	...
<	Borj Bou Arreridj	BBA	4,115	309,303	424,828	555,402	...
<	Bouira	BOI	4,439	374,267	526,900	629,560	...
<	Boumerdes	BOM	1,591	439,647	650,975	647,389	...
<	Ech Cheliff	ECH	4,795	429,807	684,192	858,695	...
<	El Bayadh	EBA	78,870	114,794	153,254	168,789	...
<	El Boulaïda	EBO	1,696	500,994	702,188	784,283	...
<	El Djazaïr	EDZ	273	1,587,888	1,690,191	2,562,428	...
<	El Djelfa	EDJ	66,415	332,535	494,494	797,706	...
<	El Tarf	ETA	3,339	193,497	275,315	352,588	...
<	El Wad	EWA	54,573	259,947	376,909	504,401	...
<	Ghardaïa	GHA	86,105	162,486	216,140	300,516	...
<	Ghilizane	GHI	4,870	368,512	544,877	642,205	...
<	Guelma	GUE	4,101	276,998	353,309	430,000	...
<	Illizi	ILL	285,000	12,078	18,930	34,108	...
<	Jijel	JIJ	2,577	342,535	472,312	573,208	...
<	Khenchela	KHE	9,811	189,026	246,541	327,917	...
<	Laghouat	LAG	25,057	148,418	212,388	317,125	...
<	Lemdiyya	LEM	8,866	475,847	652,863	802,078	...
<	Mestghanem	MES	2,175	360,918	505,932	631,057	...
<	Mila	MIL	9,375	378,655	511,605	674,480	...
<	Mouaskar	MOU	5,941	407,663	566,901	676,192	...
<	M'Sila	MSI	18,718	416,723	604,693	805,519	...
<	Naâma	NAA	29,950	82,555	113,700	127,314	...
<	Oum El Bouaghi	OEB	6,768	305,717	403,936	519,170	...
<	Qacentina	QAC	2,187	478,339	664,303	810,914	...
<	Saïda	SAI	6,764	143,786	235,494	279,526	...
<	Sidi bel Abbès	SBA	9,096	321,890	446,277	525,632	...
<	Skikda	SKI	4,026	466,932	622,510	786,154	...
<	Souk Ahras	SAH	4,541	225,669	296,077	367,455	...
<	Stif	STI	6,504	686,540	1,000,694	1,311,413	...
<	Tamenghest	TAM	556,200	42,096	95,822	137,175	...
<	Tbessa	TBE	14,227	306,814	410,233	549,066	...
<	Tihert	TIH	20,673	407,330	575,794	725,853	...
<	Tilimsen	TIL	9,061	535,807	714,862	842,053	...
<	Tindouf	TIN	159,000	7,417	16,428	27,060	...
<	Tipaza	TIP	2,166	450,598	620,151	506,053	...
<	Tissemsilt	TIS	3,152	170,269	228,120	264,240	...
<	Tizi Ouzou	TIZ	3,568	701,976	936,948	1,108,708	...
<	Wahran	WAH	2,121	691,660	932,473	1,213,839	...
<	Wargla	WAR	211,980	197,332	284,454	445,619	...
	Algeria	DZA	2,381,741	16,948,000	23,038,942	29,100,867	31,540,000

Principal Cities

	Name	Provinces	C Cp 1998-06-25
1	El Djazaïr	EDZ	1,519,570
2	Wahran	WAH	692,516
3	Qacentina	QAC	462,187
4	Annaba	ANN	348,554
5	Batna	BAT	242,514
6	El Boulaïda	EBO	226,512
7	Stif	STI	211,859
8	Sidi bel Abbès	SBA	180,260
9	Ech Cheliff	ECH	179,768
10	Beskra	BES	170,956
11	Tilimsen	TIL	155,162
12	El Djelfa	EDJ	154,265
13	Tbessa	TBE	153,246
14	Skikda	SKI	152,335
15	Bejaïa	BEJ	147,076
16	Tihert	TIH	145,332
17	Béchar	BEC	131,010
18	Wargla	WAR	129,402
19	Bordj Bou Arreridj	BBA	128,535
20	Mestghanem	MES	124,399
21	Lemdiyya	LEM	123,535

Principal Agglomerations

	Name	Provinces	A Cp 1998-06-25
1	El Djazaïr	EDZ	2,135,630
2	Wahran	WAH	991,885
3	Qacentina	QAC	689,982

Table of the Cities

	Name	Provinces	C C 1977-02-12	C C 1987-03-20	C Cp 1998-06-25
<	Aïn el Beïda	OEB	42,578	61,997	90,560
<	Aïn Oussera	EDJ	17,173	44,270	82,435
<	Aïn Témouchent	ATE	38,298	47,479	54,832
<	Annaba	ANN	255,938	305,526	348,554
<	Arzew	WAH	20,970	40,473	53,327
<	Bab Ezzouar	EDZ	7,100	55,211	...
<	Baraki	EDZ	...	...	86,233
<	Barika	BAT	26,315	56,488	80,618
<	Batna	BAT	102,756	181,601	242,514
<	Béchar	BEC	72,790	107,311	131,010
<	Bejaïa	BEJ	73,960	114,534	147,076
<	Beskra	BES	90,471	128,281	170,956
<	Bir el Ater	TBE	13,812	33,588	52,738
<	Birkhadem	EDZ	17,034	32,271	54,121
<	Bordj Bou Arreridj	BBA	54,505	84,264	128,535
<	Bordj el Kiffan	EDZ	46,590	61,035	98,135
<	Bou Saâda	MSI	46,760	66,688	97,031
<	Cheria	TBE	10,957	33,610	53,751
<	Ech Cheliff (El Asnam)	ECH	75,864	129,976	179,768
<	El Bayadh	EBA	28,176	41,408	59,755
<	El Boulaïda (Blida)	EBO	136,033	170,935	226,512
<	El Djazaïr (Algiers, Algier)	EDZ	1,523,000	1,507,241	1,519,570
<	El Djelfa	EDJ	47,435	84,207	154,265
<	El Eulma	STI	41,564	67,933	105,130
<	El Khroub	QAC	14,962	42,261	65,344
<	El Mohammadia	MOU	33,969	...	51,585
<	El Wad	EWA	47,173	72,065	104,801
<	Ghardaïa	GHA	70,508	89,415	110,724
<	Ghilizane	GHI	55,450	80,091	104,285
<	Guelma	GUE	56,106	77,821	108,734
<	Hassi Bahbah	EDJ	12,322	34,176	60,238
<	Jijel	JIJ	35,065	62,793	106,003
<	Khemis	ADE	37,252	55,335	68,696
<	Khenchla	KHE	44,223	69,743	106,082
<	Ksar el Boukhari	LEM	25,412	39,000	61,687
<	Laghouat	LAG	40,156	67,214	96,342
<	Lemdiyya (Medea)	LEM	57,828	84,792	123,535
<	Maghniyya	TIL	39,294	52,275	73,274
<	Mecheria	NAA	21,295	39,145	51,804
<	Messaad	EDJ	19,885	47,460	75,533
<	Mestghanem (Mostaganem)	MES	85,059	114,037	124,399
<	Mila	MIL	17,267	35,942	54,832
<	Mouaskar	MOU	49,370	64,691	80,797
<	M'Sila	MSI	33,642	65,805	99,855
<	Qacentina (Constantine)	QAC	345,566	443,727	462,187
<	Saïda	SAI	55,855	80,825	110,865
<	Sidi Aïssa	MSI	16,898	31,455	52,795
<	Sidi bel Abbès	SBA	112,988	152,778	180,260
<	Sig	MOU	32,306	44,234	54,113
<	Skikda	SKI	91,395	128,747	152,335
<	Sougueur	TIH	23,285	39,230	56,733
<	Souq Ahras	SAH	52,144	83,015	115,882
<	Stif (Sétif)	STI	129,754	170,182	211,859
	Tahar	JIJ	9,325	35,121	51,053
<	Tamenghest	TAM	12,402	33,099	54,469
<	Tbessa	TBE	61,063	107,559	153,246
<	Tihert	TIH	53,277	95,821	145,332
<	Tilimsen (Tlemcen)	TIL	109,408	126,882	155,162
<	Tissemsilt	TIS	17,207	26,934	51,673
<	Tizi Ouzou	TIZ	38,979	61,163	77,475
<	Touggourt	WAR	42,519	70,645	113,625
<	Wahran (Oran)	WAH	491,901	628,558	692,516
<	Wargla	WAR	42,098	81,721	129,402