!!!Albania: People & Society ||Population|3,038,594 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Albanian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Albanian \\ ||Ethnic groups|Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1% (including Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian), unspecified 15.5% (2011 est.) ||Languages|Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Roma, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.) ||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% \\ ''__note__'': all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice (2011 est.) \\ ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 18.37% (male 295,022/female 263,141) \\ ''15-24 years'': 18.09% (male 284,201/female 265,530) \\ ''25-54 years'': 40.73% (male 589,707/female 648,021) \\ ''55-64 years'': 11.23% (male 168,500/female 172,587) \\ ''65 years and over'': 11.58% (male 165,076/female 186,809) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 44.8% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 26.9% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 18% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 5.6% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 32.5 years \\ ''male'': 31.2 years \\ ''female'': 33.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.31% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|13.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|6.7 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-3.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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'': 57.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.21% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|TIRANA (capital) 454,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.1 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.12 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 0.91 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.98 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.89 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|25 (2010 est.) ||Maternal mortality rate|29 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 12.3 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 13.7 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 78.3 years \\ ''male'': 75.7 years \\ ''female'': 81.2 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.51 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|69.3% (2008/09) ||Health expenditures|5.9% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|1.15 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|2.6 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 84.3% of population \\ rural: 81.8% of population \\ total: 83.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 15.7% of population \\ rural: 18.2% of population \\ total: 16.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 95.5% of population \\ rural: 90.2% of population \\ total: 93.2% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 4.5% of population \\ rural: 9.8% of population \\ total: 6.8% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.04% (2013 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|18.1% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|6.3% (2009) ||Education expenditures|3.5% of GDP (2013) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 97.6% \\ ''male'': 98.4% \\ ''female'': 96.9% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 16 years \\ ''male'': 16 years \\ ''female'': 16 years (2014) \\ ||Child labor - children ages 5-14|''total number'': 72,818 \\ ''percentage'': 12% (2005 est.) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 30.2% \\ ''male'': 32.5% \\ ''female'': 26.1% (2013 est.) \\