Arabs make up 73.6% to 85%[17] of the population of Algeria,
Berbers make up 15%[17] to 23.2%,
Arabized Berbers make up 3%, and others make up 0.2%.[16]Phoenicians,
Romans,
Byzantines,
Turks as well as other ethnic groups have contributed to the culture and languages of the Algerian population.[18] Descendants of
Andalusi refugees are also present in the population of Algiers and other cities.[19] Moreover,
Spanish was spoken by these
Aragonese and
CastillianMorisco descendants deep into the 18th century, and even
Catalan was spoken at the same time by
CatalanMorisco descendants in the small town of Grish El-Oued.[20]
During the colonial period, there was a large (15% in 1960)[23]European population who became known as Pied-Noirs. They were primarily of French,
Spanish and
Italian origin. Almost all of this population left during the war of independence or immediately after its end.[24]
A minority of Algerians speak one of the various
Berber languages. The largest Berber language is
Kabyle with 3 million speakers.[26] It has significant
Arabic,
French,
Latin,
Greek,
Phoenician and
Punic substratum, and Arabic loanwords represent 35%[28] to 46%[29] of the total Kabyle vocabulary.
^Kabylia: Christian Churches Closed by Algerian Authorities, Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, 28 May 2019, Since 2000, thousands of Algerian Muslims have put their faith in Christ. Algerian officials estimate the number of Christians at 50,000, but others say it could be twice that number.
^"Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada". Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 30 June 2015. Archived from
the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2023. there is an estimated 20,000 to 100,000 evangelical Christians in Algeria, who practice their faith in mainly unregistered churches in the Kabyle region
^Stearns, Peter N.; Leonard Langer, William (2001). The Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged (6 ed.).
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 129–131.
ISBN978-0-395-65237-4.