City profile · Algeria · Africa
Jijel
City population
131,513
#32
in Algeria
#1
in Jijel
#4,336
worldwide
36.821, 5.764 · 239 km from Algiers
About Jijel
Jijel is a city in Jijel, Algeria with a population of 131,513. It is the 32nd largest of the 294 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Algeria, and the 4,336th largest worldwide. It lies 239 km from Algiers.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Jijel
Rank in region
#1of 3
Coordinates
36.821, 5.764
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.