Largest Cities by Population in Algeria

These figures are from the 2008 census, 18 years old.

180 cities in Algeria with 25,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by population at the census of April 14, 2008 (by Technical Directorate for Regional Statistics, Agriculture and Cartography, Algeria).

Rank	City	Native Name	Population
1	Algiers (El Djazaïr)	الجزائر	2,364,230
2	Oran (Wahran)	وهران	803,329
3	Constantine (Qacentina)	قسنطينة	448,028
4	Annaba	عنابة	342,703
5	Blida (El Boulaïda)	البليدة	331,779
6	Batna	باتنة	289,504
7	Djelfa	الجلفة	265,833
8	Sétif (Stif)	سطيف	252,127
9	Sidi bel Abbès	سيدي بلعباس	210,146
10	Biskra	بسكرة	204,661
11	Tébessa	تبسة	194,461
12	El Oued (El Wad)	الوادى	186,525
13	Skikda	سكيكدة	182,903
14	Tiaret (Tihert)	تيارت	178,915
15	Béjaïa	بجاية	176,139
16	Tlemcen (Tilimsen)	تلمسان	173,531
17	Ouargla (Wargla)	ورقلة	169,928
18	Béchar	بشار	165,241
19	Mostaganem (Mestghanem)	مستغانم	162,885
20	Bordj Bou Arreridj	برج بوعريرج	158,812
21	Chlef (El Asnam)	الشلف	155,134
22	Souk Ahras	سوق أهراس	153,479
23	Médéa (Lemdiyya)	المدية	145,441
24	El Eulma	العلمة	145,380
25	Touggourt	توغرة	143,270
26	Ghardaïa	غرداية	142,913
27	Saïda	سعيدة	142,497
28	Laghouat	الأغواط	134,372
29	M'Sila	المسيلة	132,975
30	Jijel	جيجل	131,513
31	Relizane (Ghilizane)	غليزان	123,255
32	Guelma	قالمة	120,004
33	Rouïba	الرويبة	117,558
34	Aïn Béïda	عين البيضاء	116,064
35	Khenchela	خنشلة	114,472
36	Bou Saâda	بوسعادة	111,787
37	Mascara (Mouaskar)	معسكر	108,629
38	Tizi Ouzou	تيزىوزو	104,312
39	Barika	بريكة	98,141
40	Aïn Oussera	عين وسارة	98,107
41	Messaâd	مسعد	97,091
42	Aflou	آفلو	93,585
43	El Khroub	الخروب	90,122
44	Maghnia	مغنية	87,373
45	El Bayadh	البيض	85,577
46	Hamma Bouziane	حامة بوزيان	83,603
47	Tamanrasset (Tamenghasset)	تامنغست	81,752
48	Khemis Miliana	خميس مليانة	80,512
49	Hassi Bahbah	حاسي بحبح	77,000
50	Sougueur	السوقر	71,036
51	Aïn Témouchent	عين تموشنت	70,810
52	Bir El Ater	بئر العاتر	70,749
53	Bouira	البويرة	68,545
54	Adrar	أدرار	68,276
55	Oum El Bouaghi	أم البواقي	67,201
56	Sidi Aïssa	سيدي عيسى	66,856
57	Cheria	الشريعة	66,160
58	Tissemsilt	تيسمسيلت	66,084
59	Aïn M'lila	عين مليلة	65,371
60	Mécheria	مشرية	65,043
61	La Nouvelle Ville Ali Mendjeli	-	64,120
62	Mila	ميلة	63,251
63	Mohammadia	المحمدية	62,410
64	Koléa	القليعة	61,643
65	Sig	سيق	61,373
66	Taher	الطاهير	60,426
67	Chettia	الشطية	60,170
68	Ksar El Boukhari	قصر البخارى	59,634
69	El Guerrara	القرارة	58,572
70	Ouled Djellal	أولاد جلال	58,481
71	Larbaâ	الاربعاء	58,295
72	Arzew	أرزيو	58,162
73	El Meniaa (El Goléa)	المنيعة	57,344
74	Boufarik	بوفاريك	57,162
75	Boudouaou	بودواو	56,398
76	Berrouaghia	البرواقية	55,775
77	Aïn Touta	عين التوتة	55,736
78	Oued Rhiou	وادى رهيو	55,430
79	Aïn Defla	عين الدفلى	55,259
80	Chelghoum Laïd	شلغوم العيد	54,495
81	Hassi Bounif	حاسي بونيف	53,700
82	En Nedjma	-	51,665
83	Ksar Chellala	قصر الشلالة	51,451
84	Aïn Oulmane	عين أولمان	51,207
85	Tolga	طولقة	50,575
86	Frenda	فرندة	49,376
87	Aïn Fakroun	عين الفكرون	48,804
88	Guemar	قمار	48,413
89	Aïn Sefra	عين الصفراء	47,415
90	Ouenza	الونزة	47,312
91	Khemis El Khechna	خميس الخشنة	46,965
92	Douéra	دويرة	46,266
93	El Milia	الميلية	45,945
94	Tindouf	تندوف	45,610
95	Sedrata	سدراتة	45,300
96	Sidi Amar	سيدي عامر	45,148
97	Ras El Oued	راس الواد	44,947
98	Bordj Menaïel	برج منايل	44,572
99	Hassi Messaoud	حاسى مسعود	44,478
100	Sour El Ghozlane	صور الغزلان	43,985
101	Miliana	مليانة	43,366
102	Lakhdaria	الأخضرية	42,886
103	Tadjenanet	تاجنانت	41,833
104	Bou Ismaïl	بواسماعيل	40,984
105	Meftah	مفتاح	40,878
106	Ouled Moussa	أولاد موسى	40,692
107	Teghenif	تيغنيف	39,938
108	Beni Saf	بني صاف	39,749
109	Métlili	متليلي	39,588
110	El M'Ghair	المغير	39,106
111	Es Sénia	السانية	39,064
112	Sidi Khaled	سيدي خالد	38,987
113	Bougara	بوقارة	38,352
114	Akbou	أقبو	38,291
115	Aïn Azel	عين ازال	37,970
116	Chetouane	شتوان	36,776
117	M'Daourouch	مداوروش	36,351
118	Aïn El Turk	عين الترك	36,326
119	El Affroun	العفرون	35,074
120	Djamaa	جامعة	34,920
121	Cherchell	شرشال	34,372
122	Beni Tamou	بني تامو	33,846
123	Hadjout	حجوط	33,830
124	Azzaba	عزابة	33,766
125	Aïn Taya	عين طاية	33,575
126	El Attaf	العطاف	33,349
127	El Harrouch	الحروش	33,085
128	Aïn El Melh	عين الملح	32,880
129	Gdyel	قديل	32,774
130	Kais	قايس	32,668
131	Sebdou	سبدو	32,570
132	Aïn Bessem	عين بسام	32,548
133	Aïn Smara	عين سمارة	32,057
134	Bougaa	بوقاعة	31,922
135	Remchi	الرمشى	31,837
136	Mahdia	المهدية	31,396
137	Sidi Moussa	سيدي موسى	30,887
138	Aïn Kercha	عين كرشة	30,575
139	Berriane	بريان	30,170
140	El Idrissia (Zenina)	الادريسية	29,856
141	Hadjar Eddiss	-	29,629
142	Sidi Okba	سيدي عقبة	29,499
143	N'Gaous	نقاوس	29,453
144	Draâ Ben Khedda	ذراع بن خدة	29,403
145	Collo	القل	29,354
146	Ténès	تنس	29,220
147	Ouled Hedadj	أولاد هداج	29,012
148	Boumerdès	بومرداس	28,996
149	Zighout Youcef	زيغود يوسف	28,764
150	Aïn El Hadjel	عين الحجل	28,728
151	Boukadir	بوقادير	28,652
152	Mouzaïa	موزاية	28,552
153	Grarem Gouga	قرام قوقة	28,551
154	Ghazaouet	الغزوات	28,433
155	El Mahmal (Tazougart)	المحمل	28,195
156	Sfisef	سفيزف	27,914
157	Nedroma	ندرومة	27,742
158	Théniet El Haâd	ثنية الاحد	27,628
159	Ouled Selama	أولاد سلامة	27,573
160	Ammi Moussa	عمي موسى	27,530
161	Oued Zenati	وادي زناتي	27,441
162	El Abadia	العبادية	27,185
163	Faidh El Botma	فيض البطمة	26,857
164	Birine	بيرين	26,670
165	Dar Chioukh	دار الشيوخ	26,605
166	Azazga	عزازقة	26,515
167	Hennaya	الحناية	26,515
168	Teleghma	ثلارغمة	26,248
169	Ferjioua	فرجيوة	26,176
170	Maâtkas	المعاتقة	26,142
171	Chellalet El Adhaoura	شلالة العذاورة	26,077
172	El Hadjar	الحجار	26,060
173	Hammam Bouhadjar	حمام بو حجر	25,912
174	Ouled Mimoun	أولاد ميمون	25,377
175	Aïn Arnat	عين أرنات	25,315
176	Reguiba	الرقيبة	25,210
177	Tipaza	تيبازة	15,180
178	Naâma	النعامة	14,624
179	El Tarf	الطارف	13,346
180	Illizi	ايليزى	13,029

Source: Technical Directorate for Regional Statistics, Agriculture and Cartography, Algeria (2008 census), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

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33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

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2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

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Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

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Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

109 urban areas in Algeria with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	El Djazaïr (Algiers)	3,274,363	+0.85%	478	6,847	146	3,386,216	3,688,995
2	Oran	1,209,853	+1.44%	159	7,600	429	1,279,627	1,452,448
3	Blida	669,058	+0.90%	96	6,984	815	693,012	765,120
4	Boumerdes	556,397	+1.02%	164	3,401	995	579,184	704,637
5	Djelfa	547,585	+0.94%	40	13,690	1,013	568,269	704,848
6	Constantine	524,086	+0.79%	95	5,528	1,064	540,701	593,941
7	Annaba	478,278	+0.82%	80	6,009	1,170	493,920	569,547
8	Batna	368,328	+0.52%	43	8,566	1,565	375,978	407,285
9	Setif	352,033	+0.63%	49	7,155	1,640	360,866	413,498
10	Tlemcen	305,128	+1.03%	63	4,874	1,912	317,722	356,012
11	Biskra	302,354	+0.68%	47	6,433	1,927	310,517	348,558
12	Koléa	276,905	+0.78%	69	4,013	2,120	285,531	316,751
13	El Oued	266,551	+0.43%	51	5,226	2,212	271,122	311,925
14	Sidi Bel Abbes	262,669	+0.60%	33	7,960	2,247	268,933	300,225
15	Skikda	257,396	+0.78%	61	4,220	2,297	265,463	315,518
16	Tebessa	255,926	+0.54%	29	8,705	2,312	261,403	285,576
17	Tiaret	254,632	+1.20%	33	7,811	2,319	266,856	339,761
18	Bejaia	243,938	+1.18%	50	4,879	2,431	255,408	292,342
19	Ouargla	240,989	+0.73%	45	5,308	2,466	248,059	281,768
20	Mostaganem	237,813	+0.70%	46	5,170	2,493	244,466	280,626
21	Chlef	222,601	+0.88%	35	6,360	2,682	230,468	313,477
22	Souk Ahras	221,118	+0.83%	25	8,775	2,703	228,440	253,548
23	Laghouat	219,708	+0.78%	27	8,137	2,724	226,559	274,255
24	Bordj Bou Arreridjj	214,064	+0.60%	30	7,135	2,797	219,211	255,379
25	Larbaa	212,743	+0.95%	45	4,686	2,822	220,861	266,292
26	Bechar	205,630	+1.74%	35	5,909	2,932	219,912	271,227
27	El Eulma	200,936	+1.05%	28	7,280	3,011	209,369	247,742
28	M'Sila	200,341	+0.78%	34	5,858	3,021	206,588	235,518
29	Saida	192,753	+0.88%	26	7,357	3,160	199,563	232,479
30	Aflou	187,600	+1.35%	14	13,028	3,252	197,725	241,284
31	Touggourt	176,483	+0.86%	34	5,160	3,469	182,558	203,945
32	Jijel	170,434	+0.60%	30	5,681	3,601	174,524	191,439
33	Guelma	169,126	+0.83%	25	6,711	3,617	174,724	193,920
34	Ain Beida	167,511	+0.62%	19	8,816	3,651	171,685	190,865
35	Medea	167,012	+1.06%	26	6,524	3,659	174,118	194,198
36	Bou Saada	166,980	+0.89%	33	5,060	3,661	172,924	199,642
37	Khenchela	159,545	+0.60%	25	6,382	3,842	163,371	179,506
38	Ali Mendjeli	158,091	+1.03%	23	6,995	3,877	164,610	176,631
39	Zeralda	155,869	+1.71%	55	2,844	3,940	166,543	216,631
40	Relizane	152,152	+1.02%	20	7,608	4,040	158,353	238,126
41	Ghardaia	148,718	+0.92%	30	4,924	4,130	154,191	179,024
42	El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh	148,594	+1.70%	10	14,288	4,135	158,708	196,714
43	Mascara	147,766	+0.57%	22	6,717	4,169	151,131	165,993
44	Messaad	146,841	+1.83%	17	8,846	4,196	157,599	230,824
45	Ain Oussara	142,930	+1.44%	19	7,368	4,315	151,170	182,692
46	Tamanrasset	132,184	+2.09%	23	5,649	4,673	143,256	197,666
47	Khemis Miliana	130,000	+2.54%	20	6,436	4,757	143,218	205,421
48	Barika	129,256	+0.58%	22	5,875	4,792	132,242	147,812
49	Tizi Ouzou	128,360	+0.73%	22	5,782	4,823	132,091	142,613
50	Hassi Bahbah	126,178	+1.31%	12	10,342	4,903	132,796	158,958
51	Taher	121,299	+0.70%	51	2,378	5,132	124,681	147,333
52	Meftah	119,299	+0.68%	32	3,728	5,213	122,563	140,159
53	Maghnia	116,739	+0.49%	16	7,296	5,337	119,037	143,437
54	El Khroub	116,072	+0.43%	14	8,291	5,364	118,083	136,978
55	Adrar	105,303	+0.77%	22	4,786	5,941	108,525	138,595
56	Mecheria	103,697	+1.60%	12	8,363	6,043	110,348	144,349
57	Chettia	102,786	+0.91%	19	5,410	6,095	106,508	126,202
58	Ain Mlila	100,920	+0.43%	17	5,936	6,195	102,671	110,953
59	Oum El Bouaghi	99,208	+0.60%	16	6,200	6,305	101,578	112,205
60	Bir El Ater	98,357	+0.47%	15	6,557	6,361	100,191	107,023
61	Bouira	98,121	+0.57%	14	7,009	6,377	100,347	115,169
62	Khemis El Khechna	97,349	+0.68%	27	3,606	6,433	100,015	110,455
63	Sougueur	93,431	+1.15%	10	9,160	6,705	97,741	119,797
64	Sidi Aissa	93,409	+0.57%	11	8,492	6,707	95,545	103,102
65	Arzew	92,365	+10.90%	28	3,347	6,789	132,580	158,760
66	Ain Temouchent	92,239	+1.23%	10	8,869	6,798	96,770	108,754
67	Mohammadia	89,693	+0.73%	14	6,407	7,003	92,308	109,491
68	Tissemsilt	87,813	+1.62%	11	7,703	7,164	93,497	119,417
69	Ain Sefra	87,623	+1.95%	13	6,539	7,180	94,460	122,548
70	Ouled Djellal	87,443	+0.55%	13	6,726	7,197	89,364	103,559
71	Cheria	85,094	+0.57%	11	7,736	7,414	87,022	96,404
72	Ain Turk	83,932	+1.14%	17	4,880	7,517	87,766	99,100
73	Ain Defla	83,597	+1.03%	15	5,573	7,547	87,048	108,596
74	Ksar El Boukhari	83,078	+0.79%	13	6,391	7,607	85,692	97,207
75	Mila	82,152	+0.93%	16	5,071	7,686	85,202	93,956
76	Sig	81,103	+0.71%	11	7,373	7,782	83,390	92,069
77	Guerrara	77,549	+1.18%	11	6,924	8,153	81,196	94,507
78	Bordj Menaiel	74,911	+0.65%	14	5,351	8,416	76,852	87,690
79	Chelghoum Laid	72,737	+0.43%	12	6,061	8,655	73,983	79,753
80	Ain Oulmane	72,095	+1.07%	12	5,909	8,726	75,176	84,419
81	Tolga	71,393	+0.64%	11	6,490	8,800	73,224	101,166
82	Hassi El Garra	69,122	+0.75%	20	3,456	9,070	71,183	84,864
83	Ksar Chellala	69,001	+1.25%	8.20	8,415	9,087	72,464	87,166
84	Oued Rhiou	65,716	+3.04%	7.80	8,425	9,555	73,710	101,096
85	Aïn Touta	65,433	+0.82%	8.20	7,980	9,594	67,586	75,987
86	Frenda	64,288	+0.98%	9.00	7,143	9,774	66,798	77,523
87	Berrouaghia	63,547	+0.75%	12	5,296	9,887	65,456	73,842
88	El Milia	63,352	+1.03%	14	4,461	9,920	65,966	79,690
89	Hassi Bounif	60,566	+6.29%	11	5,408	10,348	75,808	116,688
90	Lakhdaria	60,539	+0.66%	10	6,054	10,353	62,125	69,752
91	Tamacine	60,411	+1.61%	8.20	7,367	10,371	64,304	75,852
92	Ouenza	60,285	+0.74%	11	5,480	10,388	62,068	73,377
93	El M'Ghair	59,638	+0.57%	8.00	7,455	10,490	61,000	66,003
94	Sedrata	59,611	+1.00%	6.20	9,615	10,495	61,998	68,669
95	Ain Fakroun	59,531	+0.80%	8.20	7,260	10,507	61,434	64,401
96	Ras El Oued	59,245	+0.65%	9.00	6,583	10,555	60,782	71,988
97	Collo	58,612	+0.64%	20	2,931	10,655	60,114	71,681
98	Sidi Khaled	58,264	+0.57%	12	4,855	10,708	59,584	66,938
99	Miliana	58,089	+2.35%	12	4,685	10,733	63,539	85,430
100	Didouche Mourad	56,399	+1.54%	9.40	6,000	11,058	59,863	67,059
101	Djamaa	56,244	+0.60%	8.00	7,031	11,087	57,604	64,466
102	M'Daourouch	55,918	+0.60%	6.00	9,320	11,155	57,263	62,314
103	Remchi	54,811	+0.70%	10	5,481	11,360	56,345	62,458
104	Sidi Moussa	54,545	+0.79%	13	4,196	11,421	56,266	64,725
105	El Affroun	53,546	+1.23%	8.20	6,530	11,616	56,182	61,960
106	Sour El-Ghozlane	53,158	+0.81%	12	4,430	11,678	54,871	62,833
107	Tadjenanet	51,986	+0.40%	7.00	7,427	11,903	52,816	55,525
108	El Attaf	51,333	+1.19%	11	4,667	11,994	53,783	100,905
109	Ain El Melh	50,916	+0.90%	9.00	5,657	12,039	52,757	61,323

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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