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| Population: |
3,510,484 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
29.53% (male 536,495; female 500,026)
15-64 years:
63.48% (male 1,073,351; female 1,155,115)
65 years and over:
6.99% (male 107,476; female 138,021) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.88% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
19.01 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
6.5 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
-3.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| 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:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
39.99 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
71.83 years
male:
69.01 years
female:
74.87 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
2.32 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
less than 100 (2000 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
less than 100 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Albanian(s)
adjective:
Albanian
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| 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)
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| 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
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| Languages: |
Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 9 and over can read and write
total population:
93% (1997 est.)
male:
NA%
female:
NA%
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