At
a Glance |
| Population: 3,510,484 (July 2001 est.) |
| 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.) |
| Population growth rate: 0.88% (2001 est.) |
| Religions:
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% |
| Ethnic
groups: Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.) |
| Languages: Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek |
| Literacy (age 9 and over can read and write): 93% (1997 est.) |
| Government Type: emerging democracy |
| Constitution: a new constitution was adopted by popular referendum on November, 28 1998 (which is also the Albanian Independence Day) |
| Capital: Tirana |
| Administrative division: 36 districts (rrethe, singular - rreth) |
| Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory |
| GDP-
composition by sector: agriculture: 55% industry: 24% services: 21% (2000) |
| Agriculture: wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes, meat, dairy products |
| Export commodities: textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil, vegetables, fruits, tobacco |
| Import commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals |
| Industries: food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower |
| Industrial production growth rate: 9% (2000 est.) |
| Labor force: 1.692 million, including 352,000 emigrant workers (1994 est.) |
| Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel, hydropower |
| Total area: 17,866 sq miles (about the size of Maryland) |
| Coastline: 225 miles |
| Embassy:
2100 S Street NW Washington, DC 20008 Phone: [1] (202) 223-9528 Fax: [1] (202) 628-7342 |
