Albania People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
3,095,344 (2022 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.)
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: 17.6% (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: 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.)
Population growth rate
0.22% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
12.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
7.31 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-3.23 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 64.6% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
512,000 TIRANA (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.66 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
26.6 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
15 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 10.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 79.47 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 82.33 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.54 children born/woman (2022 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
5.2% 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.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
(2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.7% (2016)
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.)
Tobacco use
total: 22.4% (2020 est.)
male: 38.8% (2020 est.)
female: 6% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
1.5% (2017/18)
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.)
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: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 15 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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