Population Population 32.1 million Urban Population 59% Population under 15 30% Population 65 and over 5% Population growth rate 1.3%

Geography Land area 2,381,740 sq km Agricultural area 3.5% Capital city Algiers Population of capital city 1.7 million

Transportation Railways 3,973 km Highways:

paved 71,656 km unpaved 32,344 km

Waterways n.a. Pipelines:

crude oil 6,496 km petroleum products 2,213 km condensate 1,344 km natural gas 87,347 km

Ports and Harbours 13 Merchant Marine 59 ships International Airport Algiers-Houari Boumedienne Airport

Algerian Dinar Exchange rate

£ Stg 134.6 US $ 72.8 Euro 93.2 Yen (×100) 68.6

Average annual inflation (1998 to 2003) 2.7% Inflation rate (2004 est.) 3.8% Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at market prices

(2002) DZD4,455 billion GDP PPP basis (2003) US$196 billion GDP per capita (2002) DZD138,785 GDP per capita PPP basis (2003) US$6,000 Average annual real change in GDP (1998 to 2003) 4.0% Private consumption as a proportion of GDP 41.1% General government consumption as a proportion of GDP 14.1% Gross domestic investment as a proportion of GDP (2003) 24.8%

Construction Gross value of construction output (2002) AD1,034 billion Net value of construction output as a proportion

of GDP 23.2%

Source: The Financial Times Central Intelligence Agency World Factbook International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook The World Bank National Office of Statistics, Algeria

All data relates to latest as at 3Q 2004

PPP Purchasing Power Parity

Country profile of almost 1,000 km. It is bordered by Tunisia and Libya in the east, Niger and Mali in the south, Mauritania and Western Sahara in the west and Morocco in the north-west. The country is divided into four main regions, each of which is of a distinct physical appearance, i.e. the northern Tell region, the High Plateaux, the Saharan Atlas and the Algerian Sahara Desert. The High Plateaux contains the country’s arable land within its valley regions.