Population 3,299,757 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 34% (male 575,087; female 534,618)
15-64 years: 60% (male 927,791; female 1,068,922)
65 years and over: 6% (male 80,135; female 113,204) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 0.9% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 21.96 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 7.54 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate -5.46 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 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
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 47.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population : 68.28 years
male: 65.24 years
female: 71.55 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.64 children born/woman (1997 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% (officialAlbanian 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 observancesprohibited; 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 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Albania People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Albania People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.