France gives all Algerians citizenship

[Jukato]

Was there ever a time France could have given all Algerians citizenship? The Arab elites of Algeria did hope for a long time that they could get France to accept them. France did give Algerians
very limited opportunities to get French citizenship but it required them abandoning their customs so very few of them did. I don't think this would affect the demographics of France aa much as you may think. If Algeria had remained part of France, it would have been more developed and had more access to contraception. I think a France with Algeria would have only been 25% Muslim at its peak which is probably how it's going to end up anyways and most French Muslims are of Algerian origin.
Thus, France could have kept Algeria peacefully, giving them a lot of oil and still have had a solid Christian and Irreligious majority. A big reason this didn't happen is that no one could have foreseen this.

Worth noting that Algeria's TFR significantly declined as it was in real life. It didn't stay high like Niger's did.

 

[Roger II]

Worth noting that Algeria's TFR significantly declined as it was in real life. It didn't stay high like Niger's did.

Yea, this is a pretty predictable pattern that racists tend to forget exists-once economic development and education (especially women's education) hits a certain point TFR drops.

 

[Ricardolindo]

Worth noting that Algeria's TFR significantly declined as it was in real life. It didn't stay high like Niger's did.

Yea, this is a pretty predictable pattern that racists tend to forget exists-once economic development and education (especially women's education) hits a certain point TFR drops.

Yes, but Algeria did see a population explosion in the 60s and 70s. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_Civil_War#Background:
"In 1989, 40 percent of Algeria's population of 24 million were under 15 years of age; the urban population was in excess of 50 percent of the total population; the birthrate was 3.1% per year".

 

[Jukato]

Yes, but Algeria did see a population explosion in the 60s and 70s. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algerian_Civil_War#Background:
"In 1989, 40 percent of Algeria's population of 24 million were under 15 years of age; the urban population was in excess of 50 percent of the total population; the birthrate was 3.1% per year".

Yes, but it also saw a significant decline in its TFR and a significant increase in its urbanization during this time.