Population: 3,490,435 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
30% (male 545,329; female 507,589)
15-64 years:
63% (male 1,056,583; female 1,141,664)
65 years and over:
7% (male 104,086; female 135,184) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.26% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 19.47 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -10.36 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:
0.77 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 41.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.57 years
male:
68.75 years
female:
74.59 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 2.37 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Albanian(s)
adjective:
Albanian
Ethnic groups:
Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2% (Vlachs[?], Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (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:
93% (1997 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
Work force (1.5 million): Agriculture--60%. Industry and commerce--40%.
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