Albania

Information

Capital Tirana
Currency Lek (ALL)
Government Parliamentary Republic
Area/ Size 28,748 sq km
Population 3,047,987 (July 2017 est.)
Language Albanian 98.8% (official – derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6%
Religion Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2%
Climate Mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
Industry Industries: food; footwear, apparel and clothing; lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower

Industrial production growth rate: 3.5% (2017 est.)

Exports – commodities: apparel and clothing, footwear; asphalt, metals and metallic ores, crude oil; cement and construction materials, vegetables, fruits, tobacco

Exports – partners: Italy 53.4%, Kosovo 7.7%, Spain 5.6%, Greece 4.2% (2017)

Transport Airports: 4 (2016)

Pipelines: gas 498 km; oil 249 km (2015)

Railways: total: 677 km

Roadways: total: 18,000 km; paved: 7,020 km

Waterways: 41 km (on the Bojana River)

Economy GDP (PPP): $38.154 billion (2018 est.)

GDP – composition, by sector of origin:

agriculture: 22.6%

industry: 23.8%

services: 53.7%

Other Facts Internet users: total: 2,016,516; percent of population: 66.4% (July 2016 est.)

Electricity – from nuclear fuels: 0% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)

Electricity – from hydroelectric plants: 94.8% of total installed capacity (2015 est.)