Algeria’s coastal cities grow faster than inland
Algeria’s population reached 43.9 million in mid-2020, according to Fanack, with coastal cities expanding at twice the rate of inland regions. Oran, the country’s second-largest city, exemplifies this trend: its population grew by 2.1 % annually between 2010 and 2020, compared with a national average of 1.8 %. The coastal wilaya now counts 1.6 million … Read more
