This article is about the demographic

Demographics

Demographics are the most recent statistical characteristics of a population. These types of data are used widely in sociology , public policy, and marketing. Commonly examined demographics include gender, race, age, disabilities, mobility, home ownership, employment status, and even location...

 features of the population

Population

A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...

 of Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

, including population density

Population density

Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...

, ethnicity

Ethnic group

An ethnic group is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, often consisting of a common language, a common culture and/or an ideology that stresses common ancestry or endogamy...

, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Ethnic groups

Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

: 95%

Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

: 3%

other: 2% Aromanians

Aromanians

Aromanians are a Latin people native throughout the southern Balkans, especially in northern Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and as an emigrant community in Serbia and Romania . An older term is Macedo-Romanians...

 (Vlachs

Vlachs

Vlach is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. English variations on the name include: Walla, Wlachs, Wallachs, Vlahs, Olahs or Ulahs...

), Roma (Gypsy), Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

, Macedonians

Macedonians (ethnic group)

The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...

,

Vlachs (Aromanians) live in the south of the country, whereas Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

/Montenegrins live in the north.

As conducting a satisfactory census of ethnic minorities is one of the country's commitments to the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

, the Albanian government intends to conduct an official census to clarify the ethnic composition of the population in 2012. 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.

Vital statistics

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1934	1 010	33 884	14 440	19 444	34.7	16.7	18.0
1935	1 012	32 640	13 373	19 267	33.1	17.0	16.1
1936	1 014	34 199	16 788	17 411	33.7	16.6	17.1
1937	1 030	34 829	20 036	14 793	33.8	19.5	14.3
1938	1 048	36 138	18 512	17 626	34.3	17.7	16.6
1939	1 070	29 597	16 013	13 584	27.9	15.0	12.9
1940	1 088	33 651	17 812	15 839	31.3	16.4	14.9
1941	1 100	30 627	18 234	12 393	28.0	16.6	11.4
1942	1 117	36 683	15 899	20 784	32.8	14.2	18.6
1948	1 164	42 141	18 883	23 258	36.2	16.2	20.0
1949	1 183	46 196	14 970	31 226	39.0	12.7	26.4
1950	1 215	47 291	17 215	30 076	38.9	14.2	24.8
1951	1 242	47 813	18 862	28 951	38.5	15.2	23.3
1952	1 270	44 727	19 826	24 901	35.2	15.6	19.6
1953	1 302	53 273	17 822	35 451	40.9	13.7	27.2
1954	1 340	54 635	17 560	37 075	40.8	13.1	27.7
1955	1 379	61 300	20 750	40 550	44.5	15.0	29.4
1956	1 421	59 565	16 370	43 195	41.9	11.5	30.4
1957	1 462	57 241	17 241	40 000	39.2	11.8	27.4
1958	1 507	63 007	14 059	48 948	41.8	9.3	32.5
1959	1 556	65 213	15 305	49 908	41.9	9.8	32.1
1960	1 607	69 686	16 775	52 911	43.4	10.4	32.9
1961	1 660	68 452	15 445	53 007	41.2	9.3	31.9
1962	1 711	67 209	18 363	48 846	39.3	10.7	28.5
1963	1 763	68 967	17 646	51 321	39.1	10.0	29.1
1964	1 814	68 599	15 811	52 788	37.8	8.7	29.1
1965	1 864	65 692	16 731	48 961	35.2	9.0	26.3
1966	1 914	65 127	16 469	48 658	34.0	8.6	25.4
1967	1 965	69 261	16 565	52 696	35.2	8.4	26.8
1968	2 019	71 869	16 214	55 655	35.6	8.0	27.6
1969	2 080	73 458	15 624	57 834	35.3	7.5	27.8
1970	2 136	69 507	19 774	49 733	32.5	9.3	23.3
1971	2 188	72 784	17 768	55 016	33.3	8.1	25.1
1972	2 239	73 607	17 616	55 991	33.3	7.9	25.4
1973	2 292	69 754	18 032	51 722	30.4	7.9	22.5
1974	2 346	71 862	17 726	54 136	30.2	7.6	22.6
1975	2 401	70 688	17 399	53 289	29.6	7.3	22.3
1976	2 454	70 510	17 029	53 481	29.0	6.9	22.1
1977	2 508	73 439	16 638	56 801	28.4	6.6	21.8
1978	2 563	70 594	16 219	54 375	27.5	6.3	21.2
1979	2 617	72 055	17 421	54 634	27.5	6.7	20.9
1980	2 671	70 680	16 981	53 699	26.5	6.4	20.1
1981	2 724	72 180	18 001	54 179	26.5	6.6	19.9
1982	2 780	77 232	16 521	60 711	27.8	5.9	21.8
1983	2 838	73 762	17 416	56 346	26.0	6.1	19.9
1984	2 897	79 177	16 618	62 559	27.3	5.7	21.6
1985	2 957	77 535	17 179	60 356	26.2	5.8	20.4
1986	3 016	76 435	17 369	59 066	25.3	5.8	19.6
1987	3 076	79 696	17 119	62 577	25.9	5.6	20.3
1988	3 138	80 241	17 027	63 214	25.6	5.4	20.1
1989	3 199	78 862	18 168	60 694	24.7	5.7	19.0
1990	3 245	82 125	18 193	63 932	25.2	5.6	19.6
1991	3 225	77 361	17 743	59 618	24.0	5.5	18.5
1992	3 179	75 425	18 026	57 399	23.7	5.7	18.1
1993	3 208	67 730	17 920	49 810	21.1	5.6	15.5
1994	3 035	72 179	18 342	53 837	23.8	6.0	17.7
1995	3 030	72 081	18 060	54 021	23.8	6.0	17.8
1996	3 076	68 354	17 600	50 754	22.2	5.7	16.5
1997	3 075	61 739	18 237	43 502	20.1	5.9	14.1
1998	3 055	60 139	18 250	41 889	19.7	6.0	13.7
1999	3 054	57 948	16 720	41 228	19.0	5.5	13.5
2000	3 061	50 077	16 421	33 656	16.4	5.4	11.0
2001	3 074	54 283	15 813	38 470	17.7	5.1	12.5
2002	3 094	45 515	16 248	29 267	14.7	5.3	9.5
2003	3 112	47 012	17 967	29 045	15.1	5.8	9.3
2004	3 128	43 022	17 749	25 273	13.8	5.7	8.1
2005	3 142	39 612	17 427	22 185	12.6	5.5	7.1
2006	3 151	34 229	16 935	17 294	10.9	5.4	5.5
2007	3 161	33 163	14 528	18 635	10.5	4.6	5.9
2008	3 182	36 251	16 143	20 108	11.4	5.1	6.3
2009	3 194	29 189	15 662	13 527	9.1	4.9	4.2
2010

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

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.)

Sex ratio

At birth: 1.1 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.5 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: 18.6 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.)

Language

Albanian

Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

 (official – generally based on Tosk

Tosk Albanian

Tosk is the southern dialect of the Albanian language. The line of demarcation between Tosk and Gheg is the Shkumbin River. Tosk is the basis of the standard Albanian language.- Tosks :...

 dialect and enriched with Gheg lexicon), Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

, Aromanian

Aromanian language

Aromanian , also known as Macedo-Romanian, Arumanian or Vlach is an Eastern Romance language spoken in Southeastern Europe...

, Macedonian

Macedonian language

Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...

, and Romani

Romani language

Romani or Romany, Gypsy or Gipsy is any of several languages of the Romani people. They are Indic, sometimes classified in the "Central" or "Northwestern" zone, and sometimes treated as a branch of their own....

.

Literacy

Definition: age 9 and older can read and write

Total population: 98.7%

Male: 99.2%

Female: 98.3% (2001 census)

Resident population

3,069,275

Urban population: 42% of total population

Number of households: 726,895

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: 2.9%

Illiterate: 3.6%

External links

• Population cartogram of Albania