Despite this, the total number of Christians remains very low relative to the populations of these countries. In 2009, the percentage of Christians in Algeria was less than 2%. In this same survey, the United Nations counted 100,000 Catholics and 45,000 Protestants in the country.
Despite this, the overall Christian population is exceedingly small compared to the populations of these countries. In 2009, Christians in Algeria made up less than 2% of the country's total populace. According to the same survey, there were fewer than 145,000 Catholics and Protestants combined in Algeria.