List of Algerian Provinces by population

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The following is a list of the provinces of the North African country of Algeria by population.

A map of the provinces of Algeria

Ranking	Name	1987 census	1998 census
1	Algiers Province	1 687 579	2 561 992
2	Sétif Province	997 482	1 315 940
3	Oran Province	916 678	1 155 464
4	Djelfa Province	490 240	860 981
5	Tizi Ouzou Province	931 501	1 101 059
6	Batna Province	757 059	968 820
7	Chlef Province	679 717	884 978
8	M'Sila Province	605 578	815 045
9	Béjaïa Province	697 669	848 560
10	Tlemcen Province	707 453	846 942
11	Constantine Province	662 330	815 032
12	Skikda Province	619 094	787 118
13	Tiaret Province	574 786	728 513
14	Blida Province	704 462	787 069
15	Mila Province	511 047	680 815
16	Médéa Province	650 623	721 861
17	Mascara Province	562 806	677 099
18	Aïn Defla Province	536 205	659 182
19	Biskra Province	429 217	588 648
20	Mostaganem Province	504 124	629 445
21	Relizane Province	545 061	639 253
22	Bouira Province	525 460	626 586
23	Tébessa Province	409 317	550 021
24	Bordj Bou Arreridj Province	429 009	559 928
25	El Oued Province	379 512	529 842
26	Jijel Province	471 319	574 336
27	Oum El Bouaghi Province	402 683	533 711
28	Annaba Province	453 951	555 485
29	Boumerdès Province	646 870	645 497
30	Ouargla Province	286 696	438 831
31	Sidi Bel Abbès Province	444 047	529 704
32	Guelma Province	353 329	432 721
33	Tipaza Province	615 140	505 382
34	Khenchela Province	243 733	348 122
35	Laghouat Province	215 183	327 634
36	Souk Ahras Province	298 236	373 033
37	El Tarf Province	276 836	354 213
38	Adrar Province	216 931	311 952
39	Ghardaïa Province	215 955	296 926
40	Aïn Témouchent Province	271 454	326 611
41	Saida Province	235 240	280 752
42	El Bayadh Province	155 494	226 528
43	Tissemsilt Province	227 542	261 298
44	Béchar Province	183 896	230 482
45	Naâma Province	112 858	165 578
46	Tamanrasset Province	94 219	151 814
47	Tindouf Province	16 339	32 004
48	Illizi Province	19 698	33 960
Total		22 971 658	29 276 767

[edit] See also

List of Algerian Provinces by area

[edit] References

(French) [1] (ONS Algeria)

v • d • e Provinces of Algeria

Adrar • Aïn Defla • Aïn Témouchent • Algiers • Annaba • Batna • Béchar • Béjaïa • Biskra • Blida • Bordj Bou Arréridj • Bouira • Boumerdès • Chlef • Constantine • Djelfa • El Bayadh • El Oued • El Taref • Ghardaïa • Guelma • Illizi • Jijel • Khenchela • Laghouat • Mascara • Médéa • Mila • Mostaganem • M'Sila • Naâma • Oran • Ouargla • Oum El Bouaghi • Relizane • Saida • Sétif • Sidi Bel Abbes • Skikda • Souk Ahras • Tamanrasset • Tébessa • Tiaret • Tindouf • Tipaza • Tissemsilt • Tizi Ouzou • Tlemcen