| Population | 3,088,385 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Albanian(s) adjective: Albanian |
| Ethnic groups | Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1% (including Vlach, Romani, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian), unspecified 15.5% (2011 est.) note: data represent population by ethnic and cultural affiliation |
| Languages | Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.) major-language sample(s): Libri i fakteve boterore, burim i pa zevendesueshem per informacione elementare. (Albanian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2% (2011 est.) note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 17.6% (male 284,636/female 256,474) 15-24 years: 15.39% (male 246,931/female 226,318) 25-54 years: 42.04% (male 622,100/female 670,307) 55-64 years: 11.94% (male 178,419/female 188,783) 65 years and over: 13.03% (male 186,335/female 214,276) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 46.9 youth dependency ratio: 25.3 elderly dependency ratio: 21.6 potential support ratio: 4.6 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 34.3 years male: 32.9 years female: 35.7 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.24% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 12.86 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.27 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | a fairly even distribution, with somewhat higher concentrations of people in the western and central parts of the country |
| Urbanization | urban population: 63% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 503,000 TIRANA (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.8 years (2019 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 15 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 11.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 12.15 deaths/1,000 live births female: 9.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 79.23 years male: 76.55 years female: 82.12 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.53 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 46% (2017/18) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 96.8% of population rural: 95.3% of population total: 96.2% of population unimproved: urban: 4.7% of population rural: 4.7% of population total: 3.8% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.3% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.9 beds/1,000 population (2013) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 99.5% of population total: 99.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0.5% of population total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | <.1 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 1,400 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21.7% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.5% (2017/18) |
| Education expenditures | 3.6% of GDP (2017) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.1% male: 98.5% female: 97.8% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 14 years female: 16 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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