1986 Edition
CIA World Factbook 1986 (Internet Archive)
Geography
Branches
Albanian People's Army, Frontier Troops, Interior Troops, Albanian Coastal Defense Command, Air and Air Defense Force
Budget
(1984 prov.) revenue $1.29 billion, expenditure $1.28 billion; state investment $709.7 billion (1984 planned)
Civil air
no civil airline Defense Forces
Coastline
1,183 km People
Ethnic divisions
99% ArabBerbers, less than 1 % Europeans
Fiscal year
same as calendar year; economic data reported for calendar year Communications
Freight carried
rail — 2.8 million metric tons, 180 million metric ton/km (1971); highways 39 million metric tons, 900 million metric ton/km (1971)
Highways
4,989 km total; 1,287 km paved, 1,609 km crushed stone and/or gravel, 2,093 km improved or unimproved earth (1975)
Infant mortality rate
106/1,000(1984)
Inland waterways
43 km plus Albanian sections of Lake Scutari, Lake Ohrid, and Lake Prespa (1979)
Land boundaries
6,260 km Water
Language
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Life expectancy
60
Limits of territorial waters (claimed)
12 nm
Literacy
52%
Military budget
announced for fiscal year ending 31 December 1985, 1 billion leks; 10.9% of total budget Mediterranean Sea Sec rtfional map VII Land 2,381,471 km2; more than three times the size of Texas; 80% desert, waste, or urban; 16% pasture and meadows; 3% cultivated; 1% forest
Military manpower
males 15-49, 806,000; 667,000 fit for military service; 32,000 reach military age (19) annually
Monetary conversion rate
7.1328 leks=US$l (February 1984)
Nationality
noun — Algerian(s); adjective — Algerian
Pipelines
crude oil, 117 km; refined products, 65 km; natural gas, 64 km
Population
22,817,000 (July 1986), average annual growth rate 3.2%
Ports
1 major (Durres), 3 minor (1979)
Railroads
228 km 1.435-meter standard gauge, single track, government owned (1980 est.); claims over 400 km (1983); line connecting Titograd, Yugoslavia, and Shkodev, Albania, to be completed in 1986
Religion
99% Sunni Muslim (state religion); 1% Christian and Jewish