Algeria’s population of around 32.13 million people is made up of the following ethnic groups: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%.

Almost all Algerians are Berber in origin, not Arab; the minority who identify themselves as Berber live mostly in the mountainous region of Kabylie east of Algiers; the Berbers are also Muslim but identify with their Berber rather than Arab cultural heritage; Berbers have long agitated for autonomy; the government is unlikely to grant autonomy but has offered to begin sponsoring teaching Berber language in schools.

Religious groups include: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%.⁷