People (Albania)
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     Population:
         3,285,224 (July 1992), growth rate 1.1% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         23 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         --6 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         27 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         71 years male, 78 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         2.8 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Albanian(s); adjective - Albanian
     Ethnic divisions:
         Albanian 90%, Greeks 8%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians)
         (1989 est.)
     Religions:
         all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances
         prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious
         practice; estimates of religious affiliation - Muslim 70%, Greek Orthodox
         20%, Roman Catholic 10%
     Languages:
         Albanian (Tosk is official dialect), Greek
     Literacy:
         72% (male 80%, female 63%) age 9 and over can read and write (1955)
     Labor force:
         1,500,000 (1987); agriculture about 60%, industry and commerce 40% (1986)
     Organized labor:
         Independent Trade Union Federation of Albania; Confederation of Trade Unions