Albania People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

3,088,385 (July 2021 est.)

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.)

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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: 17.6% (male 284,636/female 256,474)

15-24 years: 15.39% (male 246,931/female 226,318)

25-54 years: 42.04% (male 622,100/female 670,307)

55-64 years: 11.94% (male 178,419/female 188,783)

65 years and over: 13.03% (male 186,335/female 214,276) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 46.9

youth dependency ratio: 25.3

elderly dependency ratio: 21.6

potential support ratio: 4.6 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 34.3 years

male: 32.9 years

female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

0.24% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

12.86 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

7.27 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

-3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

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

Urbanization

urban population: 63% of total population (2021)

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

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

503,000 TIRANA (capital) (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

24.8 years (2019 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

15 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 11.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 12.15 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 9.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.23 years

male: 76.55 years

female: 82.12 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.53 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

46% (2017/18)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 96.8% of population

rural: 95.3% of population

total: 96.2% of population

unimproved: urban: 4.7% of population

rural: 4.7% of population

total: 3.8% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

5.3% (2018)

Physicians density

1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2016)

Hospital bed density

2.9 beds/1,000 population (2013)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 99.5% of population

total: 99.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0.5% of population

total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

<.1 est.>

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

1,400 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children

HIV/AIDS - deaths

note: estimate does not include children

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

21.7% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

1.5% (2017/18)

Education expenditures

3.6% of GDP (2017)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98.1%

male: 98.5%

female: 97.8% (2018)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2019)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 27%

male: 27.8%

female: 25.9% (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.