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Algeria

Algeria (population 32.13 million people) is a country in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea that covers an area of 2,381,740 square kilometres. Its boundaries border Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco. The capital of Algeria is Algiers.

According to the United Nations human development index (HDI), Algeria is ranked 108/177 countries worldwide (value 0.704)1 and 4/45 African countries for which an index is available. This places Algeria in the group of countries with medium human development.


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