The total population of Albania is 2,934,363 people. The people of Albania speak the Albanian language. The linguistic diversity of Albania is almost homogeneous according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.0399 for Albania. The average age is around 31.6 years. Life expectancy in Albania is 77.35. The female fertility rate in Albania is 1.8. About 21% of Albania's population is obese. Ethnic diversity is nearly uniform according to a fractionation scale, which is 0.2204 for Albania. Details on the language, religion, age, gender distribution and advancement of the people of Albania can be found in the sections below, as well as the section on education in the country.

Population
In Albania, the population density is 8 people per square kilometer (21 per square mile). Based on these statistics, this country is considered very sparsely populated. The total population of Albania is 2,934,363 people. Albania has approximately 57,616 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Albania account for 0.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Immigrants in Albania account for 3.1 percent of the total number of immigrants worldwide. Albania's ethnic diversity is nearly uniform according to a fractionation scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic Fractionation (EF) deals with the number, size, socioeconomic distribution, and geographic location of diverse cultural groups, usually within a state or some other demarcated area. Specific cultural characteristics can refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. These characteristics are often used for social exclusion and power monopolization. The index of ethnic fractionation in Albania is 0.2204. This means that the people living in Albania come from a narrow group of ethnic groups, all of which are related to one another. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group proportions, which reflects the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Below you will find statistics of Albania on the average age and gender distribution at different ages.

Age
The average age is around 31.6 years. The average age of men is 30.3, the average age of women is 32.9.

Gender
The sex ratio, or number of males per female (estimated at birth), is 1.118. It can be further broken down into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.1; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1.05; sex ratio over 64 - 0.87; Overall sex ratio - 1.04. The overall sex ratio differs from the sex ratio estimated at birth. This is because some newborns are included in the sex ratio estimated at birth, but die within the first few weeks of life and are not included in the overall sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion in Albania is Islam, whose adherents make up 80.3% of all religious believers in the country. Islam (Arabic: الإسلام‎‎) is a monotheistic and Abrahamic religion articulated through the Qur'an, a religious text believed to be the literal word of God (Allāh) by its followers and by the teachings and norms for the vast majority of followers becomes an example (called Sunna, Arabic سنة, composed of reports, called Hadith, Arabic حديث) of Muhammad, who is considered by most of them to be the last prophet of God. A follower of Islam is called a Muslim. In addition to Islam, there are some followers of Christianity in Albania. Albania's religious diversity is diverse according to a fractionation scale based on the number of religions in Albania. The index of religious fractionation in Albania is 0.4719. This score means that within the country there is one major religion and several other minor beliefs.