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🇦🇱 Albania

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3ALB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2AL
UN M49 numeric008
IOC codeALB
Official nameRepublic of Albania
Native name(s)sqi: official: Republika e Shqipërisë; common: Shqipëria
Alt spellingsAL, Shqipëri, Shqipëria, Shqipnia
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSoutheast Europe
UN regional groupEastern European Group
CapitalTirana
Area (km²)28,748
Lat / Lng41.0000, 20.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)MNE, GRC, MKD, UNK
Top-level domain.al
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 55

Demographics

Population (World Bank)2,349,580 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)79.776 (2024)
Languagessqi: Albanian
Demonymseng: f: Albanian; m: Albanian; fra: f: Albanaise; m: Albanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)30,540,188,271.342 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)12,998.148 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)10.926 (2025)
CurrenciesALL: name: Albanian lek; symbol: L

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,247,851
19511,276,366
19521,308,360
19531,343,575
19541,381,087
19551,418,850
19561,456,820
19571,497,956
19581,543,978
19591,595,011
19601,649,387
19611,698,791
19621,743,733
19631,791,285
19641,841,441
19651,894,312
19661,950,044
19672,008,521
19682,068,841
19692,126,875
19702,181,220
19712,234,992
19722,289,265
19732,344,105
19742,399,401
19752,454,859
19762,510,580
19772,566,599
19782,624,621
19792,681,385
19802,735,416
19812,790,413
19822,846,907
19832,905,130
19842,964,958
19853,026,242
19863,087,652
19873,148,838
19883,212,919
19893,260,374
19903,277,966
19913,282,602
19923,282,501
19933,277,825
19943,269,410
19953,258,567
19963,245,678
19973,229,660
19983,210,133
19993,188,595
20003,166,148
20013,147,943
20023,134,092
20033,118,088
20043,098,657
20053,076,159
20063,050,809
20073,022,887
20082,992,930
20092,961,479
20102,928,722
20112,911,504
20122,910,004
20132,907,573
20142,903,749
20152,898,632
20162,897,867
20172,898,242
20182,894,231
20192,885,010
20202,871,954
20212,849,635
20222,827,608
20232,811,655

Full raw record (JSON)

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