This articles is about the demographics of the people of Albania. Most statistics are estimates from the CIA World Factbook publication as there are no available official statistics.
Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook
Population
Age Structure
- 0-14 years: 24.8% (male 464,954/female 423,003)
- 15-64 years: 66.3% (male 1,214,942/female 1,158,562)
- 65 years and over: 8.9% (male 148,028/female 172,166) (2006 est.)
Median age
- Total: 28.9 years
- Male: 28.3 years
- Female: 29.5 years (2006 est.)
Population Growth Rate
- 0.73% (2007 est.)
Birth Rate
- 15.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)1
Death Rate
- 5.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net Migration Rate
There are over some millions of Albanian citizens in emigration .
Sex Ratio
- At birth: 1.1 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
- Total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate
- Total: 20.75 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 21.2 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 20.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth
- Total population: 77.43 years
- Male: 74.78 years
- Female: 80.34 years (2006 est.)
Total Fertility Rate
- 2.03 children born/woman (2006 est.)
Nationality
- Noun: Albanian(s)
- Adjective: Albanian
Ethnic Groups
- 2007 CIA World Factbook
- Total: 3,600,523
- Albanians = 3,420,497 (95%)
- Greeks = 108,016 (3%)
- Other = 72,011 (including Vlachs and Bulgarians)
- 2001 Census Estimate:
- Total: 3,069,275
- Albanian 3,026,383 98.6%
- Greek 35,829 1.2%
- Aromanian 992
- Montenegrin 678
- other 1,245
According to Society Farsarotul, Vlachs(Aromanians) inhabit the south of the country.[1] According to Karl Franzens Universitaet, Serbs/Montenegrins live in the north.[2]
Religions
Agnostic/Atheist 70% Muslim 10%, Albanian Orthodox 10% Roman Catholicism 10% note: percentages are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice.
Languages
Literacy
- Definition: age 9 and over can read and write
- Total population: 98.7%
- Male: 99.2%
- Female: 98.3% (2006)
References
- This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
- This article contains material from the Library of Congress Country Studies, which are United States government publications in the public domain.
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