Rock pillars and dunes in the Tadrart, southern Algeria

Who needs a visa for Algeria?

Northern Africa · Algiers

Photo: Pir6mon / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Of 198 nationalities, 7 enter Algeria with no paperwork at all. The rest: 190 must be approved before they travel and 1 cannot travel there.

We have not found a Algeria government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Algeria's own immigration service or its embassy.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 7

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

Visa required 190

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

No admission 1

A government policy, not a paperwork problem. No agent or service can work around it.

About Algeria

Region
Northern Africa
Capital
Algiers
Population
47,435,312 2025 · 33rd of 197
Size
2,381,741 km² 10th largest of 199
Density
20 per km²
Language
Arabic
Currency
Algerian dinar DZD

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.