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  • Population.......................................................................3,619,778 (July 2008 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.538% (2008 est.)
  • Birth rate....................................................15.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Death rate..................................................5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................-4.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • 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)

Albania: Looking Beyond Borders
Albania is traveling a bumpy road from totalitarianism to democracy, with sharp twists and turns in migration flows along the way, according to Barjaba Kosta.

Albania page on the World Migration Map

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Neighboring Countries

Greece
Italy
Macedonia
Serbia and Montenegro

Other Resources

Albania Institute of Statistics
http://www.instat.gov.al

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/

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