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GeographyLocation: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
Area: Land boundaries: total 6,343 km, Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km Coastline: 998 km
PeoplePopulation: 28,539,321 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 2.25% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 29.02 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.05 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -0.49 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 50.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.7 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1% Religions: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1% Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Algiers Independence: 5 July 1962 (from France) Constitution: 19 November 1976, effective 22 November 1976; revised 3 November 1988and 23 February 1989
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $97.1 billion National product real growth rate: 0.2% National product per capita: $3,480 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 30% Unemployment rate: 30%
Electricity:
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| The volunteer staff of the 1996 Olympic Games totaled 50,152. They worked an estimated 850,000 shifts. |