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Algeria: cities by population

Algeria has a population of 42,228,429, with Algiers as its capital. The 50 largest of its 347 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Algiers	Algiers	2,364,230
2	Oran	Oran	803,329
3	Constantine	Constantine	448,028
4	Annaba	Annaba	342,703
5	Blida	Blida	331,779
6	Batna	Batna	289,504
7	Bab Ezzouar	Algiers	275,630
8	Djelfa	Djelfa	265,833
9	Sétif	Sétif	252,127
10	Sidi Bel Abbes	Sidi Bel Abbès	210,146
11	Biskra	Biskra	204,661
12	Tébessa	Tébessa	194,461
13	El Oued	El Oued	186,525
14	Skikda	Skikda	182,903
15	Tiaret	Tiaret	178,915
16	Chlef	Chlef	178,616
17	Béjaïa	Béjaïa	176,139
18	Tlemcen	Tlemcen	173,531
19	Ouargla	Ouargla	169,928
20	Béchar	Béchar	165,241
21	Mostaganem	Mostaganem	162,885
22	Bordj Bou Arreridj	Bordj Bou Arréridj	158,812
23	El Achir	Bordj Bou Arréridj	158,333
24	Souk Ahras	Souk Ahras	153,479
25	Médéa	Medea	145,441
26	El Eulma	Sétif	145,380
27	Touggourt	Touggourt	143,270
28	Ghardaïa	Ghardaia	142,913
29	Saïda	Saida	142,497
30	Laghouat	Laghouat	134,372
31	M'Sila	M'Sila	132,975
32	Jijel	Jijel	131,513
33	Relizane	Relizane	123,255
34	Bordj el Kiffan	Algiers	123,246
35	Guelma	Guelma	120,004
36	Rouiba	Algiers	117,558
37	Aïn Beïda	Oum el Bouaghi	116,064
38	Khenchela	Khenchela	114,472
39	Bou Saâda	M'Sila	111,787
40	Mascara	Mascara	108,629
41	Baraki	Algiers	105,402
42	Tizi Ouzou	Tizi Ouzou	104,312
43	Barika	Batna	98,141
44	Aïn Oussera	Djelfa	98,107
45	Messaad	Djelfa	97,091
46	Aflou	Laghouat	93,585
47	Beni Mered	Blida	92,749
48	El Khroub	Constantine	90,122
49	Maghnia	Tlemcen	87,373
50	El Bayadh	El Bayadh	85,577

Twenty years earlier: Algeria in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 32,557,738.