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Cities |
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- Tirana (800,000)
- Durres (365,000)
- Vlore (263,000)
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Demographics |
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- Population: 3,639,453
- Life Expectancy: 77.96 years
- Literacy: 98.7%
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Median Age: 29.9 years
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Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
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Language |
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- Albanian (official - derived from Tosk dialect)
- Greek
- Vlach
- Romani
- Slavic dialects
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Religion |
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- Muslim 70%
- Albanian Orthodox 20%
- Roman Catholic 10%
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note: percentages are estimates; there are no
available current statistics on religious affiliation; all mosques
and churches were closed in 1967 and religious observances
prohibited; in November 1990, Albania began allowing private
religious practice
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