Demography and crises in Algeria
Cherrad, S.E.
Bulletin de la Societe Languedocienne de Geographie 30(1-2): 57-66
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0373-3297 PMID: 12321649 Document Number: 521829
This article argues that demographic factors are an underlying cause of the many political, economic, social, and cultural crises that Algeria has experienced over the course of the 1990s. The author suggests that although the demography of the country is generally ignored when these issues are discussed, the rapid rate of population growth, which has caused the population to double in about 20 years, and the continued dependency burden, due to the fact that over 50% of the population are under age 20, are major causes of the country's current malaise.