🇦🇱 Albania in Numbers
/demographics/ · BluePlace macro report
📊 Source: Institute of Statistics of Albania (INSTAT) · Data as of Mid 2026
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🏠 Overview
👥 Population & Age
🗺️ Regions & Ethnicity
🎓 Education
✈️ Migration
Key outcomes 🔒 preview
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In 2026, women are slightly XX than men (±X.X%) — XXX men per every 1,000 women.
The population is aging: the XX–XX group is now the largest share.
By 2022, the urban population reached XX% of the total.
Territorially, XX (XX%) is the most populated region, and XX (XX%) the least.
Only X cities exceed 100,000 residents: XX, XX and XX.
Excluding the Albanian majority (XX%), XX and XX are the largest minority groups.
From 2016 to 2026, population declined in nearly all regions — XX, XX and XX each lost over XX%.
By 2026, XX% of the population holds an academic degree.
XX and XX are the most preferred fields of study (2022–2025).
In 2022, net international migration was XX at ±XX,XXX — more people XX the country than XX.
Key outcomes based on the most recent census (2023) and INSTAT data through 2025/2026. Exact figures are available in the full report.
Population & age structure
Gender split and age distribution, compared 2016 vs 2026
👤 Population by gender 🔒
Data: 01.01.2026 · INSTAT of Albania
XX%
total 2026
Women — XX% (XXX,XXX)
Men — XX% (XXX,XXX)
🔒 Exact gender split available in the full report.
📈 Age structure of the population 🔒
Data: 01.01.2016, 01.01.2026 · INSTAT of Albania
2016 2026
🔒 The population is aging: the XX–XX age group is now the largest — full breakdown available in the full report.
Regions & ethnicity
Population by county, 10-year change, and ethnic composition
🗺️ Population by region (2026) 🔒
12 counties, real names shown — exact shares hidden in this preview
📉 Change in population by region (2016 → 2026) 🔒
10-year trend by county — direction and magnitude hidden in this preview
🔒 Which counties grew, which shrank, and by how much — full ranking available in the full report.
🌍 Population structure by ethnicity 🔒
Data: 2023 · INSTAT of Albania · minority groups shown below — shares hidden in this preview
Educational structure
Enrollment levels, higher-education degrees, and preferred fields of study
🏫 Enrollment by education level 🔒
Share of total enrolled, 2023/24 vs 2025/26 · INSTAT of Albania
2023/24 2025/26
🔒 How enrollment shifted between primary, secondary and tertiary — full trend available in the full report.
🎓 Higher-education degrees 🔒
Share of students enrolled in tertiary education · Data: 2026
🔒 Full degree-level breakdown available in the full report.
📚 Preferred fields of study 🔒
Share among higher-education graduates, by academic year · INSTAT of Albania
2022/23 2023/24 2024/25
🔒 Which fields are gaining or losing ground among Albanian students — exact shares in the full report.
Migration processes
Net internal migration by region, and international migration flows
🏙️ Net internal migration 🔒
County-level flows · Data: 2023 — exact figures hidden in this preview
🔒 Which counties gain and which lose population internally — full ranking available in the full report.
🌐 International migration 🔒
Data: 2022 · INSTAT of Albania
XX,XXX
settled in the country
XX,XXX
emigrated from the country
±XX,XXX
mechanical (net) growth
🔒 Whether migration was net positive or negative in 2022 — full figures in the full report.
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