People
Population:
3,249,136 (July 1996 est.)
note:
the IMF, working with Albanian government figures, estimates that the population was 3,120,000 in 1993 and that it has fallen since 1990
Age structure:
0-14 years:
34% (male 570,978; female 529,147)
15-64 years:
60% (male 910,873; female 1,049,662)
65 years and over:
6% (male 77,799; female 110,677) (July 1996 est.)
Population growth rate:
1.34% (1996 est.)
Birth rate:
22.21 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate:
7.64 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Net migration rate:
-1.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.87 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.7 male(s)/female
all ages:
0.92 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
49.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
67.92 years
male:
64.91 years
female:
71.17 years (1996 est.)
Total fertility rate:
2.65 children born/woman (1996 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Albanian(s)
adjective:
Albanian
Ethnic divisions:
Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (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:
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 est.)
total population:
72%
male:
80%
female:
63%
