Population:

3,582,205 (July 2003 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 28.1% (male 520,714; female 486,911)
15-64 years: 64.6% (male 1,115,887; female 1,196,477)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 115,754; female 146,462) (2003 est.)

Median age:

total: 26.5 years
male: 24.8 years
female: 28.1 years (2002)

Population growth rate:

1.03% (2003 est.)

Birth rate:

18.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate:

6.48 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate:

-1.39 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 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: 0.79 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 37.28 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 34.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)
male: 39.68 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 72.37 years
male: 69.53 years
female: 75.42 years (2003 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.22 children born/woman (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

NA

Nationality:

noun: Albanian(s)
adjective: Albanian

Ethnic groups:

Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Gypsy, Serb, and Bulgarian) (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: 86.5%
male: 93.3%
female: 79.5% (2003 est.)