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Albania People 1996

Population:

3,413,904 (July 1995 est.)

note:

IMF, working with Albanian government figures, estimates the population at 3,120,000 in 1993 and that the population has fallen since 1990

Age structure:

0-14 years:

32% (female 520,186; male 563,953)

15-64 years:

62% (female 1,026,321; male 1,104,371)

65 years and over:

6% (female 112,252; male 86,821) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

1.16% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

21.7 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

5.22 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-4.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

28.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

73.81 years

male:

70.83 years

female:

77.02 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.71 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Albanian(s)

adjective:

Albanian

Ethnic divisions:

Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.)

Religions:

Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%

note:

all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice

Languages:

Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek

Literacy:

age 9 and over can read and write (1955)

total population:

72%

male:

80%

female:

63%

Labor force:

1.5 million (1987)

by occupation:

agriculture 60%, industry and commerce 40% (1986)

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