Population: 3,374,085 (July 1994 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

Population growth rate: 1.19% (1994 est.)

Birth rate: 22.46 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Death rate: 5.32 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Net migration rate: -5.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 30 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.4 years
male: 70.42 years
female: 76.61 years (1994 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.78 children born/woman (1994 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%, Greek 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)

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.