Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Tirana
- Region
- Europe, Southeast Europe
- Population
- 2,349,580 (2025)
- Area
- 28,748 km²
- Currency
- Albanian lek (ALL)
- Languages
- Albanian, Modern Greek (1453-)
- Calling code
- +355
- Internet domain
- .al
- ISO codes
- AL, ALB, 008
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Albania covers about 28,748 square kilometres. By area it ranks 145th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Armenia and a little larger than Solomon Islands. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo. Its centre lies at about 41° north, 20° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 2.35 million people live in Albania (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 147th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 82 people to each square kilometre. About 59 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 80 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Albanian, Modern Greek (1453-). A person from Albania is called Albanian.
Money and economy
The currency is the Albanian lek (code ALL, symbol L). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 30.5 billion (2025), which is about US$ 12,998 for each person (2025).
Time
Albania uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Tirane). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Tirana | 418,495 |
| Durrës | 195,920 |
| Vlorë | 115,261 |
| Elbasan | 100,903 |
| Shkodër | 95,553 |
| Lushnjë | 63,135 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southeast Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Serbia. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.