Demographics Of Albania

According to the preliminary data from the 2001 census http://pages.albaniaonline.net/repoba/zyra_shtypit/prel_eng.htm the population is 3,087,159, but estimates for 2004 http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/al.html#People put it at around 3,544,808.

• 0-14 years: 26.4% (male 489,363; female 446,586)
• 15-64 years: 65.3% (male 1,184,670; female 1,130,065)
• 65 years and over: 8.3% (male 135,177; female 158,947) (2004 est.)

• total: 28.2 years
• male: 27.6 years
• female: 28.7 years (2004 est.)

• 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: 0.85 male(s)/female
• total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

• total: 22.31 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 21.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
• male: 23.01 deaths/1,000 live births

• total population: 77.06 years
• male: 74.37 years
• female: 80.02 years (2004 est.)

• 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.)

• noun: Albanian(s)
• adjective: Albanian

• Albanians: 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)

• Tosk Albanian 82.6%
• Gheg Albanian 9.2%
• Greek 2.3%
• Slavic Macedonian 2%
• Other: 1.8% (Vlach, Gypsy, Serb etc.)

Source: Bethany Unreached Peoples Prayer Profiles, http://www.bethany.com/profiles/p_code1/1142.html

• 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

• Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect)
• Greek

Definition: age 9 and over can read and write

• total population: 86.5% (2003 est.)
• male: 93.3%
• female79.5%

1.5 million

Agriculture: 60%

Industry and Commerce: 40%

Reference

• CIA World Factbook entry on Albania

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