Demographics of Albania
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Albania, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[1]
Population
- 3,639,459 (July 2009 est.)
- Urban population: 47% of total population (2008 est.)
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 23.1% (male 440,528/female 400,816)
- 15-64 years: 67.1% (male 1,251,001/female 1,190,841)
- 65 years and older: 9.8% (male 165,557/female 190,710) (2009 est.)
Median age
- Total: 29.9 years
- Male: 29.3 years
- Female: 30.6 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
- 0.546% (2008 est.)
Birth rate
- 15.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate
- 5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate
–4.28 migrants/1,000 population (2009 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 older: 0.87 male(s)/female
- Total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- Total: 18.62 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 19.05 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 18.15 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 77.96 years
- Male: 75.28 years
- Female: 80.89 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 2.01 children born/woman (2009 est.)
Nationality
- Noun: Albanian(s)
- Adjective: Albanian
Ethnic groups
Red - Albanian majority
Green - Greek majority
Yellow - Macedonian majority
- Albanian: 95%
- Greek: 3%
- other: 2% (Aromanians (Vlachs), Roma (Gypsy), Serbs, Macedonians, (1989 est.)
Vlachs (Aromanians) live in the south of the country,[2] whereas Serbs/Montenegrins live in the north.[3]
Although conducting a satisfactory census of ethnic minorities is one of the country's commitments to the European Union, the Albanian government does not intend to conduct an official census to clarify the ethnic composition of the population.[4] The last census to include data on ethnic minorities was conducted in 1989 under the communist regime. The latest census conducted in 2001 did not collect information about ethnic groups and nationalities in the population.[5]
Religion
Today, most of Albanians are irreligious or atheists. By religious background, there are 70% Muslims, 20% Albanian Orthodox, Roman Catholics 10%.
Other estimates (by believing and practice):
- 10.33% Orthodox Christians
- 9,53% Muslims (Sunni)
- 8.09%: Roman Catholics
- 1.27%: Bektashi
- 0.6%: Christian Protestants
- 0.1%: Evangelist
- 0.6%: Others
Languages
- Albanian (official – generally based on Tosk dialect and enriched with Gheg lexicon), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects
Literacy
- Definition: age 9 and older can read and write
- Total population: 98.7%
- Male: 99.2%
- Female: 98.3% (2001 census)
Results of the 2001 census
The latest population census in Albania was conducted in April 2001.[7]
Resident population
- 3,069,275
- Urban population: 42% of total population
- Number of households: 726,895
Age structure
- Under 6 years: 10.8%
- 65 years and older: 7.5%
Sex ratio
- Males: 49.9% of total population
- Females: 50.1% of total population
Education
Percent of population aged 6 and older (2,737,614)
- Uncompleted primary: 14.8%
- Primary: 18.6%
- Junior secondary: 38.4%
- Senior secondary: 21.7%
- Higher education: 4.9%
- Illiterate: 1.6%
References
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- ^ Albania: People, CIA World Factbook, 2009. Retrieved on 19 June 2009
- ^ NL22_2: Map of Albania
- ^ The Albanian Census of 1918
- ^ http://www.watsoninstitute.org/bjwa/archive/11.1/Essays/Barjarba.pdf
- ^ Individual questionnaire used in the 2001 population census in Albania. Retrieved on 19 June 2009
- ^ Note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice. The statiscs given here are the result of a survey conducted by Albanian WB Data and Statistics, New York University of Tirana and Mother Theresa University of Tirana.
- ^ Albania: 2001 population census, official web site. Retrieved on 19 June 2009
