Algeria — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition

Name: Algeria — World Gazetteer 2005 edition
Creator: Stefan Helders

Algeria had an estimated population of 32,557,738 in 2005, with 344 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.

About these figures. This page is part of the restored World Gazetteer archive: the 2005 edition of Stefan Helders' reference work, which was published at this domain until 2013 and is preserved here. Figures are as of 2005 and are kept for citation continuity and historical comparison. Esta página conserva la edición de 2005 del World Gazetteer. Las cifras corresponden a 2005; para datos actuales, consulte las fuentes oficiales.

For current figures: Algeria today — population now 42,228,429, against 32,557,738 in 2005.

Agglomerations, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	al-Jazaʿir	5,515,420
2	Wahran	887,336
3	Qusanţīnah	672,806
4	Annabah	378,430

Cities and towns, 2005 (top 300 of 344)

#	Place	Region	Population (2005)
1	Algiers	Algiers	1,977,663
2	Wahrān	Wahrān	645,984
3	Constantine	Constantine	450,097
4	Bātnah	Bātnah	280,798
5	Bab Azwār	Algiers	275,630
6	Satīf	Satīf	226,290
7	al-Jilfah	al-Jilfah	213,225
8	Annābah	Annābah	206,570
9	Biskrah	Biskrah	196,301
10	Sīdī Balʿabbas	Sīdī balʿabbas	191,769
11	Tibissah	Tibissah	182,447
12	Tiyārat	Tiyārat	175,998
13	al-Bunī	Annābah	171,649
14	aš-Šaţţīyah	aš-Šalif	167,955
15	Bijāyah	Bijāyah	164,103
16	Sakīkdah	Sakīkdah	162,702
17	al-Blīdah	Blīdah	161,569
18	Burj Bū Arrīrij	Burj Bū Arrīrij	158,333
19	aš-Šalif	aš-Šalif	154,460
20	Warqlā	Warqlā	150,596
21	Medea	Medea	147,707
22	Tīzī Wazū	Tīzī Wazū	143,673
23	Baššar	Baššar	143,382
24	Sūq Ahrās	Sūq Ahrās	137,495
25	Jījīlī	Jījīlī	137,170
26	H̱anšalah	H̱anšalah	130,324
27	al-ʿUlmah	Satīf	128,351
28	Saʿīdah	Saʿīdah	127,497
29	al-Wād	al-Wād	127,240
30	Mostaghanem	Mostaghanem	126,169
31	Qalmah	Qalmah	123,590
32	Burj-al-Kīfan	Algiers	123,246
33	Tilimsān	Tilimsān	120,982
34	ʿAyn Wissārah	al-Jilfah	118,687
35	al-Masīlah	al-Masīlah	118,153
36	Ġālizān	Ġālizān	117,578
37	Sīdī Amar	Annābah	116,513
38	Bū Sāʿadah	al-Masīlah	116,286
39	al-Aġwāt	al-Aġwāt	113,872
40	ʿAyn al-Bāyda	Umm-al-Bawāġī	105,765
41	Barāqī	Algiers	105,402
42	Umm-al-Bawāġī	Umm-al-Bawāġī	100,821
43	Misʿad	al-Jilfah	99,485
44	Bārīkah	Bātnah	98,846
45	Banī Marād	Blīdah	92,749
46	Adrār	Adrār	89,062
47	Muʿaskar	Muʿaskar	86,863
48	al-Būīrah	al-Būīrah	85,897
49	H̨āssī Bah̨bah̨	al-Jilfah	84,840
50	Aflū	al-Aġwāt	84,683
51	al-H̱urub	Constantine	83,746
52	al-Qarārah	Ġardāyah	83,722
53	Ġardāyah	Ġardāyah	82,511
54	ar-Ruwīsāt	Warqlā	80,784
55	Biʿr Wāqīyah	Medea	80,573
56	al-Mīlīyah	Jījīlī	79,597
57	Maġniyah	Tilimsān	79,128
58	Qaşr-al-Buẖārī	Medea	77,166
59	H̱amīs Milyānah	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	75,865
60	ʿAzzābah	Sakīkdah	75,317
61	Tamanrāsat	Tamanrāsat	73,128
62	ʿAyn at-Tūtah	Bātnah	72,280
63	Šarīʿah	Tibissah	72,095
64	Biʿr H̱ādam	Algiers	71,722
65	Salġūm-al-ʿAyd	Mīlah	71,660
66	al-Bayađ	al-Bayađ	71,504
67	ʿAyn Malīlah	Umm-al-Bawāġī	70,795
68	Tīsamsīlt	Tīsamsīlt	70,313
69	Sīdī ʿAysā	al-Masīlah	69,740
70	al-Arbāʿaʿ	Blīdah	69,298
71	Mīlah	Mīlah	68,831
72	Bir-al-ʿIţir	Tibissah	68,703
73	Sūġar	Tiyārat	68,654
74	ʿAyn Fakrūn	Umm-al-Bawāġī	68,433
75	Ţūlqah	Biskrah	68,246
76	as-Sāniyah	Wahrān	68,084
77	Biʿr-al-Jir	Wahrān	68,032
78	ʿAyn Wilman	Satīf	67,877
79	Aqbū	Bijāyah	66,654
80	Farjiwah	Mīlah	66,456
81	Başbaş	aţ-Ţarif	66,287
82	al-Miġāīr	al-Wād	65,739
83	al-Ţāhīr	Jījīlī	64,781
84	Sīdī H̱ālid	Biskrah	64,476
85	al-Winzah	Tibissah	64,174
86	ʿAyn aş-Şāfra	an-Naʿāmah	63,420
87	Firindah	Tiyārat	63,319
88	Bū Nūra	Ġardāyah	63,259
89	Būqarah	Blīdah	63,155
90	H̨amma Bū Ziyan	Constantine	63,012
91	Nazla	Warqlā	62,892
92	Raqiba	al-Wād	62,185
93	Arzū	Wahrān	62,179
94	ʿAyn Qazzām	Tamanrāsat	62,076
95	Awlād Jallāl	Biskrah	61,490
96	al-Mišrīyah	an-Naʿāmah	60,231
97	Maftāh̨	Blīdah	59,990
98	al-H̨arūš	Sakīkdah	59,978
99	Wādī Rahīyu	Ġālizān	59,864
100	Būfārīk	Blīdah	59,742
101	Sīq	Muʿaskar	58,877
102	Qaşr aš-Šillālah	Tiyārat	58,478
103	Tajananah	Mīlah	57,977
104	Sīdī Mussa	Blīdah	57,928
105	ʿAyn Timūšanat	ʿAyn Tīmūšanat	57,354
106	Tawziyanat	H̱anšalah	57,333
107	Maʿatka	Tīzī Wazū	57,070
108	Rāʿs-al-Wād	Burj Bū Arrīrij	56,726
109	al-Aẖd̨ariyah	al-Būīrah	56,719
110	Dariyān	aţ-Ţarif	55,147
111	ar-Raġāyah	Bumardas	54,962
112	Bayađa	al-Wād	54,759
113	Buġni	Tīzī Wazū	54,666
114	Dar Šiyuẖ	al-Jilfah	54,022
115	Şadrātah	Sūq Ahrās	53,318
116	al-Qull	Sakīkdah	53,303
117	Jamaʿa	al-Wād	52,882
118	Awlād Yaʿīš	Blīdah	52,588
119	Qarāram Qūqa	Mīlah	52,549
120	al-Manşūrah	Tilimsān	52,285
121	Talīġmah	Mīlah	51,708
122	ar-Ramšī	Tilimsān	51,224
123	Birin	al-Jilfah	51,209
124	al-Muh̨ammadīyah	Muʿaskar	50,615
125	Sūr-al-Ġuzlān	al-Būīrah	50,204
126	Matlīlī	Ġardāyah	50,117
127	H̱amīs-al-H̱ašnah	Bumardas	49,757
128	H̨assī Bū Nif	Wahrān	49,546
129	Tīmīmūn	Adrār	49,237
130	ʿAyn Şālah̨	Tamanrāsat	49,223
131	Tuġġūrt	Warqlā	49,044
132	al-Ġazawāt	Tilimsān	48,724
133	ʿAyn ad-Daflah	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	48,718
134	H̨ammām Đalaʿa	al-Masīlah	48,681
135	Marwānah	Bātnah	47,646
136	Karkira	Sakīkdah	46,747
137	al-H̨ajar	Annābah	46,656
138	Banī Şāf	ʿAyn Tīmūšanat	46,382
139	Tanas	aš-Šalif	46,104
140	Tīġīnnīf	Muʿaskar	45,906
141	Burj Mināyal	Bumardas	45,631
142	ʿAyn-at-Turk	Wahrān	45,323
143	Budwāwū	Bumardas	45,153
144	Biryān	Ġardāyah	44,580
145	Wādī al-Fid̨d̨ah	aš-Šalif	44,523
146	Bū Arfa	Blīdah	44,143
147	ʿAyn ʿAzl	Satīf	43,913
148	H̨assī Halīfa	al-Wād	43,890
149	al-Attaf	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	43,837
150	Wādī Aṯmānīyah	Mīlah	43,752
151	ʿAyn-al-H̱abīra	Satīf	42,819
152	Qadayal	Wahrān	42,728
153	al-ʿAfrūn	Blīdah	42,627
154	ʿAyn-al-H̨ajal	al-Masīlah	42,527
155	Maʿadid	al-Masīlah	42,207
156	al-H̨annāyah	Tilimsān	41,959
157	Qamār	al-Wād	41,697
158	Tindūf	Tindūf	41,669
159	Tāzūlt	Bātnah	41,636
160	Daraʿ-al-Mizān	Tīzī Wazū	41,263
161	Timizart	Tīzī Wazū	41,158
162	Sibdū	Tilimsān	41,146
163	Tabisbast	Warqlā	41,091
164	as-Sūmaʿah	Blīdah	40,745
165	ʿAzāzġah	Tīzī Wazū	40,623
166	Maqrah	al-Masīlah	40,500
167	al-Mahmal	H̱anšalah	40,280
168	Ruwašad	Mīlah	40,263
169	H̨ammām Awlād ʿAlī	Qalmah	40,139
170	Milyānah	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	39,927
171	Šatwān	Tilimsān	39,913
172	ʿAyn-al-Milh̨	al-Masīlah	39,798
173	al-H̨ajīrah	Warqlā	39,744
174	al-Abyad̨ Sīdī Šayẖ	al-Bayađ	39,283
175	Mahdīyah	Tiyārat	39,271
176	al-Idrīsīyah	al-Jilfah	38,714
177	Buqʿah	Satīf	38,597
178	Banī Amar	aţ-Ţarif	38,363
179	Daraʿa Ban H̱addah	Tīzī Wazū	37,443
180	ad-D̨ār-al-Bayda	Algiers	37,311
181	ʿAyn Biya	Wahrān	37,241
182	al-Ġulīʿah	Ġardāyah	37,029
183	Nidrūmah	Tilimsān	36,995
184	Dabilah	al-Wād	36,834
185	Ārīs	Bātnah	36,641
186	ʿAyn Đahab	Tiyārat	36,146
187	H̨ammām Bū Hajjār	ʿAyn Tīmūšanat	35,896
188	Zīġūt Yūsuf	Constantine	35,762
189	Sīdī aš-Šami	Wahrān	35,512
190	Buzqan	Tīzī Wazū	35,499
191	al-Qālah	aţ-Ţarif	35,449
192	ʿAyn Arnat	Satīf	35,088
193	Hassan ʿAbd-al-Karīm	al-Wād	35,024
194	Sīdī ʿUqbah	Biskrah	34,985
195	Wādī Zināti	Qalmah	34,633
196	Makuda	Tīzī Wazū	34,515
197	al-Ašir	Burj Bū Arrīrij	34,501
198	ʿAyn Marān	aš-Šalif	34,413
199	Makirah	Tīzī Wazū	34,229
200	Rāʿs-al-ʿAyūn	Bātnah	34,167
201	Burj Ġadir	Burj Bū Arrīrij	34,136
202	Awlād Mīmūn	Tilimsān	33,888
203	Banī Duwala	Tīzī Wazū	33,611
204	Şabrah	Tilimsān	33,184
205	Madawrūš	Sūq Ahrās	33,137
206	Muzayah	Blīdah	32,981
207	Riqqān	Adrār	32,974
208	al-ʿAwaynāt	Tibissah	32,971
209	Tamalus	Sakīkdah	32,579
210	Taẖamarat	Tiyārat	32,511
211	ʿAyn Kiršah	Umm-al-Bawāġī	32,497
212	Jidiwīyah	Ġālizān	31,996
213	Barbāša	Bijāyah	31,983
214	ʿAyn-al-Ibl	al-Jilfah	31,916
215	Tīmazrīt	Bijāyah	31,890
216	al-Qullʿah	Tībāzah	31,816
217	Maqran	al-Wād	31,711
218	Ūz-al-Laqin	Bijāyah	31,354
219	ʿAyn Binyān	Tībāzah	31,102
220	Safīzaf	Sīdī balʿabbas	31,081
221	Fariha	Tīzī Wazū	31,068
222	Naqāus	Bātnah	30,950
223	Sabaʿita Muk	aţ-Ţarif	30,634
224	Arbāʿā Nayat	Tīzī Wazū	30,609
225	Wād Salī	aš-Šalif	30,504
226	Rubbah	al-Wād	30,446
227	Bū ʿInān	Blīdah	30,271
228	Miskyānah	Umm-al-Bawāġī	30,071
229	Sīdī Amran	al-Wād	29,734
230	Maklah	Tīzī Wazū	29,560
231	ʿAyn Abid	Constantine	29,486
232	ʿAyn Bissām	al-Būīrah	29,461
233	Amīr ʿAbd-al-Qadar	Jījīlī	29,100
234	ʿAyn Samara	Constantine	28,968
235	al-Abʿādīyah	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	28,724
236	Talāġ	Sīdī balʿabbas	28,563
237	H̨ammāmat	Tibissah	28,536
238	Ban Mahdi	aţ-Ţarif	28,398
239	aš-Šiqfah	Jījīlī	28,119
240	ʿAyn-al-H̨ammām	Tīzī Wazū	28,029
241	Tizi Ġanif	Tīzī Wazū	27,974
242	Awlād as-Sālamah	Blīdah	27,968
243	aţ-Ţarif	aţ-Ţarif	27,844
244	aš Širaġa	Tībāzah	27,835
245	āš-Šarif	al-Jilfah	27,700
246	Ṯanīyat-al-H̨ad	Tīsamsīlt	27,687
247	Tamāsīn	Warqlā	27,685
248	Bū H̨anīfiyah	Muʿaskar	27,576
249	H̨ajuţ	Tībāzah	27,549
250	Bumardās	Bumardas	27,120
251	Duwīrah	Tībāzah	26,926
252	Bū Qādīr	aš-Šalif	26,662
253	Sīdī ʿĀkašah	aš-Šalif	26,558
254	al-Amriyah	ʿAyn Tīmūšanat	26,407
255	Dalīs	Bumardas	26,384
256	Tirmirtin	Tīzī Wazū	26,261
257	Ayt Yahiya Mussa	Tīzī Wazū	26,145
258	Būtlīlis	Wahrān	26,144
259	al-Qaşr	Bijāyah	26,050
260	Amīzūr	Bijāyah	25,825
261	Diduš Murad	Constantine	25,764
262	Wanuġa	al-Masīlah	25,701
263	Daraʿa Aʿissa Mimūn	Tīzī Wazū	25,445
264	Banī Tāmū	Blīdah	25,327
265	Sīdī Āli	Mostaghanem	25,202
266	Sīdī Marwan	Mīlah	25,129
267	Šillalah	Medea	25,055
268	Awlaf	Adrār	24,812
269	Bū Hanāfis		24,288
270	Bin H̱alīl	Blīdah	24,269
271	Abū al-Hassan	aš-Šalif	24,022
272	Aġrib	Tīzī Wazū	23,958
273	Sīdī ʿAbdallī	Tilimsān	23,543
274	Şalah Bay	Satīf	23,339
275	Šiffa	Blīdah	23,218
276	Zarbiyat-al-Wād	Biskrah	23,187
277	Bumahra Ah̨mad	Qalmah	23,022
278	Ammi Mussa	Ġālizān	23,001
279	Wādī al-Abţāl	Muʿaskar	22,819
280	Bu Ismaʿil	Tībāzah	22,411
281	Tizi Naṯlata	Tīzī Wazū	22,404
282	Mazūnah	Ġālizān	22,366
283	ʿAyn Tādalas	Mostaghanem	22,176
284	al-Manşūrah	Burj Bū Arrīrij	22,117
285	Aġbālū	al-Būīrah	21,840
286	ʿAyn Ţāyah	Bumardas	21,815
287	Zammūrah	Ġālizān	21,770
288	Wađīyah	Tīzī Wazū	21,707
289	Farʿawn	Bijāyah	21,700
290	Šamīnī	Bijāyah	21,585
291	Sūq-at-Tanīn	Tīzī Wazū	21,581
292	Tāzmalt	Bijāyah	21,405
293	Bīn Sikran	Tilimsān	21,283
294	Wādī al-Allāyaq	Blīdah	21,146
295	Tadmaʿit	Tīzī Wazū	20,952
296	ar-Ruwībah	Bumardas	20,742
297	al-Amrah	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	20,725
298	Rāʿs-al-Māʿ	Sīdī balʿabbas	20,602
299	Bujima	Tīzī Wazū	20,557
300	aš-Šurfa	al-Būīrah	20,556

Administrative divisions, 2005

#	Name	Population (2005)
1	Algiers	3,131,509
2	Satīf	1,481,179
3	Wahrān	1,265,616
4	Tīzī Wazū	1,160,383
5	al-Jilfah	1,148,986
6	Bātnah	1,070,902
7	aš-Šalif	988,404
8	al-Masīlah	928,559
9	Bijāyah	909,839
10	Tilimsān	899,511
11	Constantine	880,038
12	Sakīkdah	866,708
13	Blīdah	801,922
14	Tiyārat	800,695
15	Mīlah	770,937
16	Medea	732,426
17	Muʿaskar	721,295
18	ʿAyn ad-Dafla	711,372
19	Mostaghanem	685,643
20	Biskrah	678,268
21	Ġālizān	670,648
22	al-Būīrah	663,951
23	Burj Bū Arrīrij	626,340
24	Tibissah	626,083
25	al-Wād	617,065
26	Jījīlī	616,559
27	Bumardas	614,421
28	Umm-al-Bawāġī	602,538
29	Annābah	597,821
30	Sīdī balʿabbas	561,437
31	Warqlā	539,979
32	Tībāzah	476,271
33	Qalmah	465,952
34	H̱anšalah	411,027
35	Sūq Ahrās	406,797
36	al-Aġwāt	401,918
37	aţ-Ţarif	391,564
38	Adrār	369,827
39	ʿAyn Tīmūšanat	347,989
40	Ġardāyah	342,692
41	Saʿīdah	297,681
42	Tīsamsīlt	270,727
43	al-Bayađ	270,664
44	Baššar	251,658
45	an-Naʿāmah	198,683
46	Tamanrāsat	192,686
47	Tindūf	45,675
48	Ilizi	44,893

The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.