Migration trends in Algeria
Africa
1.8M people from Algeria have built lives abroad. That's 3.8% of the country population, spread across 59 different countries
46.8M
Population
250.9K
Immigrants
1.8M
Emigrants
−1.5M
Outflow
1 in every 27 people born in Algeria now lives abroad
The #47 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Algeria
Where people come from
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
258.6K immigrants · 1.5M emigrants
2000
- Rose into the 3 biggest countries by emigrants in Africa
2005
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 21%
2015
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest countries by emigrants in Africa
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 321.9K more citizens living abroad