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Introduction - Albania: | Location - Albania: | People - Albania: | Population | 3,600,523 (July 2007 est.) | | Age structure | 0-14 years: 24.1% (male 454,622/female 413,698)
15-64 years: 66.6% (male 1,228,497/female 1,170,489)
65 years and over: 9.3% (male 154,352/female 178,865) (2007 est.) | | Median age | total: 29.2 years
male: 28.6 years
female: 29.8 years (2007 est.) | | Population growth rate | 0.529% (2007 est.) | | Birth rate | 15.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Death rate | 5.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Net migration rate | -4.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) | | Sex ratio | at birth: 1.1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.099 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.863 male(s)/female
total population: 1.042 male(s)/female (2007 est.) | | Infant mortality rate | total: 20.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.46 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) | | Life expectancy at birth | total population: 77.6 years
male: 74.95 years
female: 80.53 years (2007 est.) | | Total fertility rate | 2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.) | | Hiv aids adult prevalence rate | NA | | Hiv aids people living with hiv aids | NA | | Hiv aids deaths | NA | | Nationality | noun: Albanian(s)
adjective: Albanian | | 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) | | Religions | Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 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 | Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects | | Literacy | definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 98.7%
male: 99.2%
female: 98.3% (2001 census) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |