City profile · Algeria · Africa
Chlef
City population
178,616
#16
in Algeria
#1
in Chlef
#3,222
worldwide
36.165, 1.335 · 169 km from Algiers
About Chlef
Chlef is a city in Chlef, Algeria with a population of 178,616. It is the 16th largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 3,222nd largest worldwide. It lies 169 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#1of 9
Coordinates
36.165, 1.335
Record updated
13 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 294 in AlgeriaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.