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The Republic of Albania
National name: Republika E Shqiperise
President: Rexhep Mejdani (1997)
Prime Minister: Ilir Meta (1999)
Area: 11,100 sq. mi. (28,750 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 3,364,571 (average annual rate of natural increase: 1.34%); birth rate: 20.7/1000; infant mortality rate: 42.9/1000; density per sq. mi.: 303
Capital and largest city (1991 est.): Tiranė, 300,000
Monetary unit: Lek
Languages: Albanian, Greek
Ethnicity/race: Albanian 95%, Greeks 3%, other 2%: Vlachs, Gypsies, Serbs, and Bulgarians (1989 est.).
Religions (1980): Muslim, 70%; Albanian Orthodox, 20%; Roman Catholic, 10%
Literacy rate: 72%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $5 billion; $1,490 per capita. Real growth rate: 7%. Inflation: (1997 est.) 40%. Unemployment: 14%. Arable land: 21%. Agriculture: wide range of temperate-zone crops and livestock. Labor force: (1994 est.) 1.692 million; by occupation: agriculture, 49.5%; private sector, 22.2%; state sector, 28.3%. Industry: food processing, textiles and clothing, lumber, oil, cement, chemicals, mining, basic metals, hydropower. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, timber, nickel. Exports: $212 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): asphalt, metals and metallic ores, electricity, crude oil, vegetables, fruits, and tobacco. Imports: $791 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): machinery, consumer goods, grains. Major trading partners: Italy, Greece, Germany, Belgium, U.S., Bulgaria, Turkey, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
