Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria · الجزائر

Algeria (DZ, DZA) is a country in Northern Africa, with Algiers as its capital. The currency is the Algerian Dinar (DZD, DZD). The international dialling code is +213 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 0551 23 45 67. The time zone is Africa/Algiers. Official languages: Arabic and French.

CurrencyDZDDZD

Dial code+213e.g. 0551 23 45 67

Time zoneAlgiersUTC+01:00

LanguageArabic+1 more

CapitalAlgiers

Population47M2.4M km²

Overview

Official name: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Native name: الجزائر
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2: DZ
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3: DZA
ISO 3166-1 numeric: 012
IOC code: ALG
Demonym: Algerian
Capital: Algiers
Region: Africa › Northern Africa
Status: Independent, UN member
Groups: Northern Africa
United Nations
Internet domain: .dz, الجزائر.
Coordinates: 28, 3
Area: 2,381,741 km²
Population: 47,022,500
GDP: $699.9B ($14.9K per person)
Literacy: 72.6%
Landlocked: No
Land borders: 🇹🇳 Tunisia
🇱🇾 Libya
🇳🇪 Niger
🇪🇭 Western Sahara
🇲🇷 Mauritania
🇲🇱 Mali
🇲🇦 Morocco

Currency

Algerian Dinar DZD

Symbol: DZD
Minor units: 2 decimals
Example: ‏1.234,50 د.ج.‏

Languages

Language	Status	Share of population
Arabic ar	Official	74% (34.8M)
French fr	Official	33% (15.5M)
Algerian Arabic arq		83% (39M)
mey mey		11% (5.2M)
Kabyle kab		7.8% (3.7M)
English en		7% (3.3M)
mzb mzb		0.36% (169.3K)
grr grr		0.026% (12.2K)

Time zones

Time zone	Local time	Standard	Daylight saving	Name
Africa/Algiers		UTC+01:00	none	Central European Standard Time

Phone numbers

Calling code: +213
Dial-out prefix: 00
Trunk prefix: 0
National number length: 8–9 digits
Emergency number: 14 pattern 1(?:12|[47])

Number types

Type	National format	International format	Layout	Digits
Fixed line	012 34 56 78	+213 12 34 56 78	XXX XX XX XX	8, 9
Mobile	0551 23 45 67	+213 551 23 45 67	XXXX XX XX XX	9
Toll free	0800 12 34 56	+213 800 12 34 56	XXXX XX XX XX	9
Premium rate	0808 12 34 56	+213 808 12 34 56	XXXX XX XX XX	9
Shared cost	0801 12 34 56	+213 801 12 34 56	XXXX XX XX XX	9
VoIP	098 312 34 56	+213 98 312 34 56	XXX XXX XX XX	9

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Show the 3 formatting rules

Digits pattern	Leading digits	Format	International
`(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})`	`[1-4]`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`
`(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})`	`9`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`
`(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(\d{2})`	`[5-8]`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`	`$1 $2 $3 $4`

Address and postal code

Address layout

{Name}

{Organization}

{Street address}

{Postal code} {City}

No data.

Postal code

Pattern: \d{5}
Examples: 40304 · 16027

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Calendar, units and conventions

First day of the week: Saturday
Weekend: Friday to Saturday
First week of the year: Contains at least 1 day of the new year
Hour cycle: 12-hour (1–12), also hB, hb, H
Calendars: gregorian, islamic, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
Measurement system: Metric
Temperature: Celsius
Paper size: A4
Locales: ar-DZ
fr-DZ
kab-DZ

Number and date formats

As written by the Arabic (Algeria) locale (ar-DZ), amounts in DZD.

Number: 1.234.567,891
Percent: 45,7‎%‎
Currency (DZD): ‏1.234.567,89 د.ج.‏
Accounting: (؜1.234.567,89 د.ج.‏)
Currency, name: 1.234.567,89 دينار جزائري
Compact short: 1,2 مليون
Compact long: 1,2 مليون
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 كيلومتر في الساعة
Temperature: 21,5°م
Date, full: الجمعة، 27 مارس 2026
Date, long: 27 مارس 2026
Date, medium: 27‏/03‏/2026
Date, short: 27‏/3‏/2026
Time, medium: 3:04:05 م
Time, short: 3:04 م
Date and time: 27‏/03‏/2026، 3:04 م
Month and year: مارس 2026
Weekday: الجمعة
Relative time: أمس · خلال 3 أيام · قبل ساعتين
List: and: A وB وC
List: or: A أو B أو C