President: Bamir Topi Prime minister: Sali Berisha
President: Dr Nicholas Liverpool Prime minister: Roosevelt Skerrit
Population
3,002,859
73,126
Life Expectancy
77.590 years
76.180 years
Capital City
Tirana (Tirane)
Largest city
Tirana (population: 374,801)
Roseau (population: 16,571)
Human Development Index
0.807
0.797
GDP per capita
$7,800 US
Literacy Rate
98.7%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
3.4
6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.1%
19.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
13.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
emerging democracy
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
28 November 1912 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Religions
Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% 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
Roman Catholic 61.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 6%, Pentecostal 5.6%, Baptist 4.1%, Methodist 3.7%, Church of God 1.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.2%, other Christian 7.7%, Rastafarian 1.3%, other or unspecified 1.6%, none 6.1% (2001 census)
