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Life expectancy (from birth) in Algeria from 1845 to 2020*

Characteristic	Life expectancy in years
2020	76.59
2015	75.51
2010	74.17
2005	71.83
2000	69.52
1995	67.63
1990	65.87
1985	61.58
1980	54.94
1975	51.49
1970	49.47
1965	47.29
1960	45
1955	42.89
1950	41.5
1945	33.74
1940	35.94
1935	33.68
1930	32.1
1925	31.58
1920	28.72
1915	31.8
1910	30.32
1905	29.02
1900	29.98
1895	29.76
1890	29.56
1885	29.36
1880	29.16
1875	28.94
1870	19.56
1865	28.8
1860	28.8
1855	27.44
1850	24.28
1845	28.8

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August 2019

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Algeria

Survey time period

1845 to 2020

Supplementary notes

*All data given is an average of the preceding five year period.

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Life expectancy in Algeria was approximately 29 years in 1845, and over the past 175 years it has increased to almost 77 years. It is assumed that a global influenza pandemic reduced life expectancy to 24 years in 1850, and the combination of famine and the fourth cholera pandemic caused Algerian life expectancy to fall below twenty years in 1870. The next decrease came after 1915, and while the First World War definitely contributed to the drop, the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 (which was spread by the war) was the biggest contributor to lower life expectancy. During the Second World War, Algeria was controlled by the Axis powers until the Operation Torch that began late in 1942, when the allies started driving them away. During this time, Algeria's life expectancy fell from 36 to 34 years. Since 1950, Algeria's life expectancy has continuously increased, despite the Algerian War of Independence and Algerian Civil War. The largest increase in life expectancy came in the early 1980s, during a period of relative peace in Algeria, and in 2020, Algeria's life expectancy is more than double what it was before the Second World War.