According to the 2008 census it had a population of 7,045,[1] up from 4,938 in 1998,[3] with an annual growth rate of 3.7%, the second highest in the Tamanrasset province's 2008 boundaries.

-Population history In Guezzam lies in the barren Tanezrouft region of far southern Algeria.

The landscape is sandy, with frequent sand dunes interspersed with sandstone outcrops.

As the town is located in the southern extremity of the nation, the Gulf of Guinea is closer to it than the Mediterranean coast in the north.

Despite an extremely dry climate, some occasional rainfall occur during the months of August and September due to the influence of the far northern edge of the West African Monsoon, unlike most of the Algerian Desert.