Population 3,330,754 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 33% (male 572,430; female 532,917)
15-64 years: 61% (male 941,076; female 1,086,541)
65 years and over: 6% (male 82,184; female 115,606) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.97% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 21.35 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 7.45 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate -4.16 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.87 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 45.01 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 68.64 years
male: 65.58 years
female: 71.94 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.57 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Albanian(s)
adjective: Albanian

Ethnic groups Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, 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)

Religions Muslim 70%, Albanian 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 Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek

Literacy
definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 72%
male: 80%
female: 63% (1955 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Albania on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.