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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro
Area: Land boundaries: total 720 km, Greece 282 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km (114 km with Serbia, 173 km with Montenegro) Coastline: 362 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,413,904 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.16% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 21.7 births/1,000 population Death rate: 5.22 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -4.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 28.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.71 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2% (Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians) (1989 est.) Religions: Muslim 70%, Albanian Orthodox 20%, Roman Catholic 10% Languages: Albanian (Tosk is the official dialect), Greek
Literacy:
age 9 and over can read and write (1955)
Government
Names:
Type: emerging democracy Capital: Tirane Independence: 28 November 1912 (from Ottoman Empire) Constitution: an interim basic law was approved by the People's Assembly on 29 April 1991; a draft constitution was rejected by popular referendum in the fall of 1994 and a new draft is pending
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.8 billion National product real growth rate: 11% National product per capita: $1,110 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 16% Unemployment rate: 18%
Electricity:
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