Albania: People & Society#
| Population | 3,038,594 (July 2016 est.) |
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| 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.) |