2 GeoFroggy

Languages

Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects

Ethnic Groups

Albanian 95%
Greek 3%
Other 2%
(Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.) note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1%
(official Albanian statistics) to 12%
(from a Greek organization)%

Age Structure

0-14 years - : 21.4% (male 337,364/female 303,669)

15-64 years - : 68.1% (male 996,666/female 1,043,472)

65 years and over - : 10.5% (male 148,151/female 165,345) (2011 est.)

Median Age

Total: 30.4 years

Male: 29.2 years

Female: 31.6 years (2011 est.)

Sex Ratio

at birth - : 1.118 male(s)/female

under 15 years - : 1.1 male(s)/female

15-64 years - : 1.05 male(s)/female

65 years and over - : 0.87 male(s)/female

total population - : 1.04 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate

Total: 14.61 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 16.23 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 12.79 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Life Expectancy at Birth

Total population: 77.41 years

Male: 74.82 years

Female: 80.3 years (2011 est.)

Drinking Water Source

Improved:

Urban: 4% of population

Rural: 2% of population

Total: 3% of population (2008)

Unimproved:

Sanitation Facility Access

Array

AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

AIDS - people living with HIV

AIDS - deaths

NA

Children Under the Age of 5 Years Underweight

6.6% (2005)country comparison to the world: 75

Education Expenditures

NA

Literacy

Definition: age 9 and over can read and write

Total population: 98.7%

Male: 99.2%

Female: 98.3% (2001 census)

Year

Population

  • 2,994,667

Nationality

  • Albanian(s) noun


  • Albanian adjective


Religions

  • Muslim
    70.00%
  • Albanian Orthodox
    20.00%
  • Roman Catholic Note Percentages Are Estimates There Are No Available Current Statistics On Religious Affiliation All Mosques And Churches Were Closed In And Religious Observances Prohibited In November
    1,019,671,990.00%
  • Albania Began Allowing Private Religious Practice
    0.00%

Population Growth Rate

  • Growth Rate
    0.267% (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 170

Birth Rate

  • 12.15 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 163

Death Rate

  • 6.15 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 158

Migration Rate

  • -3.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 181

Health Expenditure

  • 6.9% of GDP (2009)country comparison to the world: 84

Physicians Density

  • 1.146 physicians/1,000 population (2007)country comparison to the world: 97

Hospital Bed Density

  • 2.92 beds/1,000 population (2007)country comparison to the world: 78

Total fertility rate

  • 1.48 children born/woman (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 186