Albania People - 2023

Population

3,101,621 (2023 est.)

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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):
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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: 17.9% (male 290,624/female 264,536)

15-64 years: 67.53% (male 1,030,436/female 1,064,217)

65 years and over: 14.57% (2023 est.) (male 207,960/female 243,848)

total dependency ratio: 48.2

youth dependency ratio: 24.1

elderly dependency ratio: 24.1

potential support ratio: 4.2 (2021 est.)

Median age

total: 34.3 years

male: 32.9 years

female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)

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Population growth rate

0.19% (2023 est.)

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Birth rate

12.48 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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Death rate

7.36 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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Net migration rate

-3.22 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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Population distribution

a fairly even distribution, with somewhat higher concentrations of people in the western and central parts of the country

Urbanization

urban population: 64.6% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

520,000 TIRANA (capital) (2023)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2023 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

26.6 years (2020 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

8 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)

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Infant mortality rate

total: 10.54 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 11.56 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 9.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)

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Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.7 years

male: 77.04 years

female: 82.55 years (2023 est.)

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Total fertility rate

1.55 children born/woman (2023 est.)

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Gross reproduction rate

0.75 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

46% (2017/18)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 97.3% of population

rural: 96.4% of population

total: 97% of population

unimproved: urban: 2.7% of population

rural: 3.6% of population

total: 3% of population (2020 est.)

Current health expenditure

6.7% of GDP (2018)

Physicians density

1.88 physicians/1,000 population (2020)

Hospital bed density

2.9 beds/1,000 population (2013)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 99.8% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 99.9% of population

unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population

rural: 0.5% of population

total: 0.1% of population (2020 est.)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

21.7% (2016)

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Alcohol consumption per capita

total: 4.4 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

beer: 1.75 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

wine: 1.15 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

spirits: 1.43 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

other alcohols: 0.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)

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Tobacco use

total: 22.4% (2020 est.)

male: 38.8% (2020 est.)

female: 6% (2020 est.)

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Children under the age of 5 years underweight

1.5% (2017/18)

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Currently married women (ages 15-49)

67.2% (2023 est.)

Child marriage

women married by age 15: 1.4%

women married by age 18: 11.8%

men married by age 18: 1.2% (2018 est.)

Education expenditures

3.1% of GDP (2020 est.)

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Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98.4%

male: 98.7%

female: 98.2% (2021)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 15 years (2020)

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

total: 27.8%

male: 28%

female: 27.6% (2021 est.)

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NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.