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.) |