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People
Population: 3,413,904 (July 1995 est.)
note: IMF, working with Albanian government figures,
estimates the population at 3,120,000 in 1993 and that the population
has fallen since 1990
Age structure:
0 - 14 years: 32% (female 520,186; male 563,953)
15 - 64 years: 62% (female 1,026,321; male 1,104,371)
65 years and over: 6% (female 112,252; male 86,821) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.16% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 21.7 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 5.22 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: - 4.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 28.1 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.81 years
male: 70.83 years
female: 77.02 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.71 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Albanian(s)
adjective: Albanian
Ethnic divisions: Albanian 95% Greeks 3% other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.)
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: age 9 and over can read and write (1955)
total population: 72%
male: 80%
female: 63%
Labor force: 1.5 million (1987)
by occupation: agriculture 60%, industry and commerce 40% (1986)