Population growth rate .............................................................0.538% (2008 est.)
Birth rate....................................................15.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate..................................................5.44 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate...............................-4.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Ethnic groups..........Albanian 95%, Greek 3%, other 2% (Vlach, Roma (Gypsy), Serb, Macedonian, Bulgarian) (1989 est.)
Note: in 1989, other estimates of the Greek population ranged from 1% (official Albanian statistics) to 12% (from a Greek organization)
Albania:
Looking Beyond Borders Albania is traveling a bumpy road from totalitarianism to democracy,
with sharp twists and turns in migration flows along the way,
according to Barjaba Kosta.
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