French Algeria, 1870–1954
Hybrid Regime · Republic · Africa · Great War Era era
Territory administered as French départements in which a settler minority held citizenship and the vote while the Muslim majority was governed under a separate legal code with limited or separate representation.
Dominant patterns
- Democratization
- Revolutionary Risk
- Economic Crisis
Political-science factor profile
Each factor 0–100; higher = stronger authoritarian / crisis pole (except institutional stability, where higher = stronger institutions).
| Centralization of Power | 65 |
| Media Control | 50 |
| Repression | 65 |
| Nationalism | 55 |
| Militarization | 55 |
| Economic Stress | 55 |
| External Conflict | 40 |
| Cult of Personality | 20 |
| Elite Fragmentation | 40 |
| Institutions | 60 |
| Social Polarization | 85 |
| Corruption & Patrimonialism | 40 |
| Ideological Mobilization | 55 |
| External Sovereignty | 10 |
Economy & society
| GDP per capita | $1998 (intl-$) |
| GDP growth | +0.8%/yr |
| Population | 10.0M people |
| Share of world population | 0.4% |
| Urban share | 24% |
| Life expectancy | 38.4 years |
Closest historical twins
The country-eras whose structural profile most resembles French Algeria 1870–1954, by similarity score (0–100).
- British India, 1858–1947 – similarity 80/100 · shared: Economic Crisis
- French Indochina, 1887–1945 – similarity 80/100 · shared: Economic Crisis
- Dutch East Indies, 1830–1942 – similarity 79/100 · shared: Economic Crisis
- Korea, 1910–1945 – similarity 58/100 · shared: Economic Crisis
- Congo Free State, 1885–1908 – similarity 51/100 · shared: Revolutionary Risk, Economic Crisis
- France, 1940–1944 – similarity 45/100 · shared: Revolutionary Risk, Economic Crisis
- Poland, 1980–1989 – similarity 42/100 · shared: Revolutionary Risk, Economic Crisis
- Iran, 1977–1979 – similarity 39/100 · shared: Economic Crisis
What followed
- The Algerian War from 1954.
- Independence in 1962.