Albania

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Population: 3,600,523 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 24.1% (male 454,622/female 413,698) 15-64 years: 66.6% (male 1,228,497/female 1,170,489) 65 years and over: 9.3% (male 154,352/female 178,865) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.529% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 15.16 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 5.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -4.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.1 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.099 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.863 male(s)/female total population: 1.042 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 20.02 deaths/1,000 live births male: 20.46 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.6 years male: 74.95 years female: 80.53 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA.

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.

Nationality: noun: Albanian(s) adjective: Albanian.

Ethnic groups: Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (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: percentages are estimates; there are no available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practice.

Languages: Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek, Vlach, Romani, Slavic dialects.

Literacy: definition: age 9 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.2% female: 98.3% (2001 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $20.46 billion note: Albania has a large gray economy that may be as large as 50% of official GDP (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 5% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,700 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 23.3% industry: 18.8% services: 57.9% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 1.09 million (not including 352,000 emigrant workers) (September 2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 58% industry: 15% services: 27% (September 2006 est.).

Population below poverty line: 25% (2004 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA%.

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.5% (2006).

Unemployment rate: 13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (September 2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $2.608 billion expenditures: $3.1 billion; including capital expenditures of $710 million (2007 est.).

Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, sugar beets, grapes; meat, dairy products.

Industries: food processing, textiles and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower.

Industrial production growth rate: 3.4% (2005 est.).

Electricity - production: 5.451 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - consumption: 3.53 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - exports: 729 million kWh (2005).

Electricity - imports: 385 million kWh (2005).

Exports: $763.2 million f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: textiles and footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; vegetables, fruits, tobacco.

Exports - partners: Italy 72.4%, Greece 10.5%, Serbia and Montenegro 5% (2005).

Imports: $2.901 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, textiles, chemicals.

Imports - partners: Italy 29.3%, Greece 16.4%, Turkey 7.5%, China 6.6%, Germany 5.4%, Russia 4% (2005).

Debt - external: $1.55 billion (2004).

Economic aid - recipient: ODA: $366 million note: top donors were Italy, EU, Germany (2003 est.).

Currency (code): lek (ALL) note: the plural of lek is leke.

Exchange rates: leke per US dollar - 98.384 (2006), 102.649 (2005), 102.78 (2004), 121.863 (2003), 140.155 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.