Short facts about people of Albania

Population:

3,510,484 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  29.53% (male 536,495; female 500,026) 15-64 years:  63.48% (male 1,073,351; female 1,155,115) 65 years and over:  6.99% (male 107,476; female 138,021) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.88% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

19.01 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

-3.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth:  1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.78 male(s)/female total population:  0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

39.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  71.83 years male:  69.01 years female:  74.87 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.32 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

less than 0.01% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

less than 100 (2000 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

less than 100 (1999 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:  93% (1997 est.) male:  NA% female:  NA%

Source: World Factbook