Algeria Middle East and North Africa
UPPER MIDDLE INCOME
Population (millions, 2009) Population growth (avg. annual %, 2000–09) Population density (people per km2, 2008) Labor force (millions, 2008) Unemployment rate (% of labor force, 2008) Urban population (% of pop., 2009) Surface area (1,000 km2, 2008) GNI (US$ billions, 2009) GNI per capita, Atlas method (US$, 2009) GDP growth (avg. annual %, 2005–09) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of pop., 2005) Age dependency ratio (2009)
34.9 1.5 14.4 13.9 — 65.9 2,381.7 139.6 4,420 3.7 4.3 46.9
Migration EMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■
Stock of emigrants: 1,211.1 thousands Stock of emigrants as percentage of population: 3.4% Top destination countries: France, Spain, Israel, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Tunisia, the United States
SKILLED EMIGRATION, 2000 ■ ■
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Emigration rate of tertiary-educated population: 9.4% Emigration of physicians: (a) 879 or 2.8% of physicians trained in the country (Source: Bhargava, Docquier, and Moullan 2010) (b) 10,860 or 44.3% of physicians born in the country (Source: Clemens and Pettersson 2006) Emigration of nurses: 8,245 or 9.0% of nurses born in the country
IMMIGRATION, 2010 ■ ■ ■ ■
Stock of immigrants: 242.3 thousands Stock of immigrants as percentage of population: 0.7% Females as percentage of immigrants: 45.2% Refugees as percentage of immigrants: 38.9%
Remittances US$ millions
2003
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2010e
Inward remittance flowsa of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
1,750
2,460
2,060
1,610
2,120
2,202
2,059
2,031
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Outward remittance flows of which Workers’ remittances Compensation of employees Migrants’ transfers
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a. For comparison: net FDI inflows US$2.6 bn, net ODA received US$0.3 bn, total international reserves US$148.1 bn, exports of goods and services US$79.1 bn in 2008.
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