Official nameJumhuriya al-Jazairiya ad-Dimuqratiya ash-Shabiya (People's Democratic Republic of Algeria)CapitalAlgiersPopulation estimate (2015)39·67 millionInternet domain extension.dzCurrencyThe unit of currency is the Algerian dinar (DZD).TerritoryAlgeria is bounded in the west by Morocco and Western Sahara, south-west by Mauritania and Mali, south-east by Niger, east by Libya and Tunisia, and north by the Mediterranean Sea.LanguagesArabic is spoken by 86% of the population; but in March 2002 Tamazight, the Berber language, was given official status and also made a national language. French is also widely spoken.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words