The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

$12.42 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.)

      Imports - commodities:

       capital goods, foodstuffs, consumer goods

      Imports - partners:

       France 30.9%, Italy 9.6%, Spain 6.1%, Germany 5.5%, China 4.6%,

       Turkey 4.1% (2003)

      Reserves of foreign exchange & gold:

       $33.42 billion (2003)

      Debt - external:

       $22.71 billion (2003 est.)

      Economic aid - recipient:

       $182 million (2001 est.)

      Currency:

       Algerian dinar (DZD)

      Currency code:

       DZD

      Exchange rates:

       Algerian dinars per US dollar - 77.395 (2003), 79.6819 (2002),

       77.215 (2001), 75.2598 (2000), 66.5739 (1999)

      Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      Communications Algeria

      Telephones - main lines in use:

       2,199,600 (2003)

      Telephones - mobile cellular:

       1,447,310 (2003)

      Telephone system:

       general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not

       exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main

       lines increased in the last few years to a little more than

       2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much

       of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient

       domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic

       satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic

       earth stations are planned)

       international: country code - 213; 5 submarine cables; microwave

       radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial

       cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite

       earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1

       Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat (1998)

      Radio broadcast stations:

       AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)

      Radios:

       7.1 million (1997)

      Television broadcast stations:

       46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)

      Televisions:

       3.1 million (1997)

      Internet country code:

       .dz

      Internet hosts:

       897 (2004)

      Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

       2 (2000)

      Internet users:

       500,000 (2002)

      Transportation Algeria

      Railways:

       total: 3,973 km

       standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified)

       narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2003)

      Highways:

       total: 104,000 km

       paved: 71,656 km (including 640 km of expressways)

       unpaved: 32,344 km (1999)

      Pipelines:

       condensate 1,344 km; gas 85,946 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,213 km;

       oil 6,496 km (2004)

      Ports and harbors:

       Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Beni Saf, Dellys, Djendjene,

       Ghazaouet, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda, Tenes

      Merchant marine:

       total: 59 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 837,676 GRT/929,847 DWT

       by type: bulk 9, cargo 16, chemical tanker 6, liquefied gas 10,

       petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 9, short-sea/passenger 4,

       specialized tanker 1

       foreign-owned: United Kingdom 4

       registered in other countries: 4 (2004 est.)

      Airports:

       137 (2003 est.)

      Airports - with paved runways: total: 52 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2004 est.) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10

      Airports - with unpaved runways:

       total: 85

       2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

       1,524 to 2,437 m: 26

       under 914 m: 19 (2004 est.)

       914 to 1,523 m: 38

      Heliports:

       1 (2003 est.)

      Military Algeria

      Military branches:

       People's National Army (ANP; includes Ground Forces), Algerian

       National Navy (ANN), Air Force (QJA), Territorial Air Defense

      Military manpower - military age and obligation:

       19–30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript

       service obligation - 18 months (October 2003)

      Military manpower - availability:

       males age 15–49: 9,311,747 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - fit for military service:

       males age 15–49: 5,675,739 (2004 est.)

      Military manpower - reaching military age annually:

       males: 373,235 (2004 est.)

      Military expenditures - dollar figure:

       $2,196.6 million (2003)

      Military expenditures - percent of GDP:

       3.5% (2003)

      Transnational Issues Algeria

      Disputes - international:

       Algeria supports the exiled Sahrawi Polisario Front and rejects

       Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; Algeria's border with

       Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations; each nation has

       accused the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; in an

       attempt to improve relations afer unilaterally imposing a visa

       requirement on Algerians in the early 1990s, Morocco lifted the

       requirement in mid-2004 - a gesture not reciprocated by Algeria;

       Algeria remains concerned about armed bandits operating throughout

       the Sahel who sometimes destabilize southern Algerian towns; dormant

       disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 sq km still reflected

       on its maps of southeastern Algeria and the FLN's assertions of a

       claim to Chirac Pastures in southeastern Morocco

      Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees (country of origin): 165,000 (Western Saharan Sahrawi, mostly living in Algerian-sponsored camps in the southeastern Algerian town of Tindouf) IDPs: 100,000 - 200,000