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Albania vs. Montenegro

Demographics

AlbaniaMontenegro
Population3,088,385 (July 2021 est.)607,414 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 17.6% (male 284,636/female 256,474)

15-24 years: 15.39% (male 246,931/female 226,318)

25-54 years: 42.04% (male 622,100/female 670,307)

55-64 years: 11.94% (male 178,419/female 188,783)

65 years and over: 13.03% (male 186,335/female 214,276) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 18.14% (male 57,402/female 53,217)

15-24 years: 12.78% (male 40,220/female 37,720)

25-54 years: 39.65% (male 120,374/female 121,461)

55-64 years: 13.41% (male 40,099/female 41,670)

65 years and over: 16.02% (male 42,345/female 55,351) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 34.3 years

male: 32.9 years

female: 35.7 years (2020 est.)
total: 39.6 years

male: 38.1 years

female: 41.1 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.24% (2021 est.)-0.4% (2021 est.)
Birth rate12.86 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)11.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate7.27 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)10.37 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-3.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-4.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.08 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.11 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.08 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 11.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 12.15 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 9.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 3.29 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 79.23 years

male: 76.55 years

female: 82.12 years (2021 est.)
total population: 77.51 years

male: 75.06 years

female: 80.04 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.53 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.82 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate<.1 (2020 est.)<.1% (2020 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Albanian(s)

adjective: Albanian
noun: Montenegrin(s)

adjective: Montenegrin
Ethnic groupsAlbanian 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 affiliation
Montenegrin 45%, Serbian 28.7%, Bosniak 8.7%, Albanian 4.9%, Muslim 3.3%, Romani 1%, Croat 1%, other 2.6%, unspecified 4.9% (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS1,400 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
<500 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
ReligionsMuslim 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 practice
Orthodox 72.1%, Muslim 19.1%, Catholic 3.4%, atheist 1.2%, other 1.5%, unspecified 2.6% (2011 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
<100 (2020 est.)

note: estimate does not include children
LanguagesAlbanian 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.)

major-language sample(s):
Libri i fakteve boterore, burim i pa zevendesueshem  per informacione elementare. (Albanian)

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Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Knjiga svetskih cinjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) 

Knjiga svjetskih cinjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Montenegrin/Bosnian)

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98.1%

male: 98.5%

female: 97.8% (2018)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 98.8%

male: 99.5%

female: 98.3% (2018)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 15 years

male: 14 years

female: 16 years (2019)
total: 15 years

male: 15 years

female: 15 years (2019)
Education expenditures3.6% of GDP (2017)NA
Urbanizationurban population: 63% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.29% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
urban population: 67.8% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.45% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 96.8% of population

rural: 95.3% of population

total: 96.2% of population

unimproved: urban: 4.7% of population

rural: 4.7% of population

total: 3.8% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 99.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 99.5% of population

total: 99.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0.5% of population

total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 93.9% of population

total: 97.8% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 6.1% of population

total: 2.2% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population503,000 TIRANA (capital) (2021)177,000 PODGORICA (capital) (2018)
Maternal mortality rate15 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight1.5% (2017/18)3.7% (2018/19)
Health expenditures5.3% (2018)8.4% (2018)
Physicians density1.22 physicians/1,000 population (2016)2.76 physicians/1,000 population (2018)
Hospital bed density2.9 beds/1,000 population (2013)3.9 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate21.7% (2016)23.3% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth24.8 years (2019 est.)26.3 years (2010 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate46% (2017/18)20.7% (2018)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 46.9

youth dependency ratio: 25.3

elderly dependency ratio: 21.6

potential support ratio: 4.6 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 51.1

youth dependency ratio: 27.3

elderly dependency ratio: 23.8

potential support ratio: 4.2 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook