General Information
Capital
Tirana (Tirane)
Continent
Europe
Region
Europe
Subregion
Europe
Currency
leke (ALL)
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.)
Timezones
UTC+1
Area
28,748 km²
Map Reference
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece to the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north
Borders
Greece
Kosovo
North Macedonia
Montenegro
Demographics
Population (2023)
2,745,972
Density
95.5 per km²
Urban Population
64.6%
Median Age
36.3 years
Life Expectancy
79.9 years
Major Cities
TIRANA
Economy
GDP (2024)
$27.2B
GDP Per Capita (2023)
$8,368
Inflation (2024)
2.2%
Unemployment (2024)
10.3%
Public Debt
81.9% of GDP
Exchange Rate (2024)
93.123 to USD
