Indicator	Value
Total population	2,380,000–2,790,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 2,792,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 2,377,000 people
Median age	36.7 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	79.6–79.8 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 79.78 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 79.6 years
Ethnic groups	Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1% (including Vlach, Romani, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian), unspecified 15.5% (2011 est.); note: data represent population by ethnic and cultural affiliationCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2% (2011 est.); note: all mosques and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private religious practiceCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	64.6% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	-1.54 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	10.1 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	8.46 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	58.5 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Albanian Sign Language / Aromanian / Balkan Romani / Central Romani / Gheg Albanian / Illyrian / Ladino / Macedonian / Modern Greek / Northern Tosk Albanian / Sinte-Manus Romani / Turkish / Vlax RomaniGlottolog [2026]