Demographics of Albania
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Demographics of Albania, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
This articles is about the demographics of the People of Albania. Most statistics are estimates from the CIA World Factbook publication as there are no available official statistics.
Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook
Population
- 3,563,112 (July 2005 est.)
Age Structure
- 0-14 years: 25.6% (male 476,989/female 434,298)
- 15-64 years: 65.8% (male 1,199,964/female 1,144,886)
- 65 years and over: 8.6% (male 141,559/female 165,416) (2005 est.)
Median age
- Total: 28.52 years
- Male: 27.95 years
- Female: 29.1 years (2005 est.)
Population Growth Rate
- 0.52% (2005 est.)
Birth Rate
- 15.08 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death Rate
- 5.12 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration Rate
- -4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex Ratio
- At birth: 1.1 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
- Total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate
- Total: 21.52 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 21.96 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 21.03 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth
- Total population: 77.24 years
- Male: 74.6 years
- Female: 80.15 years (2005 est.)
Total Fertility Rate
- 2.04 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: less than 100 (2000 est.)
- Deaths: less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality
- Noun: Albanian(s)
- Adjective: Albanian
Ethnic Groups
- Albanians: 97%
- Greeks: 1%
- Other: 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.)
- Note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)
- Tosk Albanian 82.6%
- Gheg Albanian 9.2%
- Greek 2.3%
- Bulgarian 2%
- Other: 1.8% (Vlach, Gypsy, Serb etc.)
- Source: Bethany Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles, http://www.bethany.com/profiles/p_code1/1142.html
Religions
- Muslim: 70%
- 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
Literacy
- Definition: age 9 and over can read and write
- Total population: 86.5%
- Male: 93.3%
- Female: 79.5% (2003 est.)
Labor Force
- 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (2004 est.)
Reference
- CIA World Factbook entry on Albania (http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/al.html)pt:Demografia da Albânia