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Photos of Algeria

What look like pale yellow paint streaks slashing through a mosaic of mottled colors are ridges of wind-blown sand that make up Erg Iguidi, an area of ever-shifting sand dunes extending from Algeria into Mauritania. Erg Iguidi is one of several Saharan ergs, or sand seas, where individual dunes often surpass 500 m -- nearly a third of a mile -- in both width and height. The center and upper-right of the enhanced satellite image is black sandstone rock. The light blue and white areas are chalky deposits and salt crusts left behind after water evaporated. Image courtesy of USGS.

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Geography

Area

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Area - comparative

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People and Society

Languages

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Age structure

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2023 population pyramid

Median age

comparison ranking: total 146

Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

comparison ranking: 208

Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Tobacco use

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Education expenditures

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Environment

Revenue from coal

comparison ranking: 159

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 123

Labor force

comparison ranking: 47

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 177

Public debt

comparison ranking: 172

Taxes and other revenues

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Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

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Debt - external

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Energy

Communications

Internet users

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Transportation

Airports

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Railways

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Roadways

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Merchant marine

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Military and Security

Military expenditures

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Space

Terrorism

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