Official name
Republic of Albania
Name in local language
Republika e Shqipërisë (sq)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
Europe (outside the European Union)
Population (ranking: 141e )
2,870,324 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
-0.22 % / year
Area
28,748 km²
Density
99.84 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 130e )15.059 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
5,254 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
4.00 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
78.55 years (2017)
Birth rate
11.00 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.51 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
7.40 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
8.00 ‰ (2017)
Literacy rate
99.03 % (2015)
Official languages
Albanian
Currency
Lek (ALL)
HDI (ranking: 96e )0.791 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )65.46 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Head of State
President Ilir Meta
National Day
28 November (independence of 1912)
ISO Codes AL, ALB
Demonym
Albanian
Tourists (ranking )
5,375,174 people (2017)
A developing country on the doorstep of the European Union
Albania is a state located in Southern Europe, in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. It lies at the edge of the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea. It has common borders with Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east, and Greece to the south.
Vlora, Albania Tirana, capital of Albania. Photo: Albinfo Beach of Gjipe, Albania. Photo: Marcin Szala Urban areas (2018)
Urban areas
Population
Tirana - Durrës
1,173,624 inhabitants
Elbasan
141,714 inhabitants
Shkodra (Shkodër)
135,612 inhabitants
Vlora (Vlorë)
130,827 inhabitants
Fier (Fieri)
120,655 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Counties (Prefekturë)
Population
Area
Berat
127,431 inhabitants
1,798 km²
Dibër
120,978 inhabitants
2,586 km²
Durrës
289,628 inhabitants
766 km²
Elbasan
278,547 inhabitants
3,199 km²
Fier
298,144 inhabitants
1,891 km²
Gjirokastër
62,952 inhabitants
2,884 km²
Korçë
210,178 inhabitants
3,710 km²
Kukës
77,394 inhabitants
2,373 km²
Lezhë
126,800 inhabitants
1,620 km²
Shkodër
204,994 inhabitants
3,561 km²
Tirana
883,996 inhabitants
1,653 km²
Vlorë
189,282 inhabitants
2,706 km²
See also
