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Albania - Europe



Population  PopulationTop of page
InhabitantsLife expectancy
3,600,523 (July 2007 est.)total population: 77.6 years
male: 74.95 years
female: 80.53 years (2007 est.)
Ethnic groupsReligions
Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.)
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
LanguagesLiteracy
Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialectsdefinition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 93.3%
female: 79.5% (2003 est.)


Government  GovernmentTop of page
Government typeCapital
emerging democracy Tirana (Tirane)
IndependanceNational day
28 November 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire)Independence Day, 28 November (1912)
ConstitutionLegal system
adopted by popular referendum on 22 November 1998; promulgated 28 November 1998has a civil law system; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction; has accepted jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court for its citizens


Economy  EconomyTop of page
GDP (purchasing power parity)Growth rate
$9.306 billion (2006 est.)5% (2006 est.)
GDP per inhabitantUnemployment rate
$5,600 (2006 est.)13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (September 2006 est.)
Population below poverty lineInflation rate
25% (2004 est.)2.5% (2006)
ExportsImports
$763.2 million f.o.b. (2006 est.)$2.901 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldCurrency
$1.621 billion (2006 est.)lek (ALL)
Military expenditures
1.49% (2005 est.)


Geography  GeographyTop of page
LocationArea
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro 28,748 sq km
ClimateNatural resources
mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetterpetroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower


Communication  CommunicationTop of page
CellularsInternet code
1.259 million (2004).al
Internet hostsInternet users
430 (2006)75,000 (2005)


Transportation  TransportationTop of page
AirportsRailways (in km)
11 (2006)447 km
Roadways (in km)Pipelines (in km)
18,000 km gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2006)