Albania
Demography
Population: 3,582,205 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 28.1% (male 520,714; female 486,911)
15-64 years: 64.6% (male 1,115,887; female 1,196,477)
65 years and over: 7.3% (male 115,754; female 146,462)(2003 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.03% (2003 est.)
Ethnic groups: Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Gypsy, Serb, and Bulgarian) (1989 est.) (Note: in response to international urging, the government began in autumn 2002 a first- ever registration of all minority communities. The project is carried out by the Institute of Statistics and the results were due in early 2003, but as of August 2003 they were not released yet.)
Religions: Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10%
Literacy: total population: 86.5%
male: 93.3%
female: 79.5% (2003 est.)