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Albania

Republic of Albania

Capital

Tirana

Population

2,751,025

2026 estimate

Area

28,748 km²

Code

ALB

Languages

Albanian

Currencies

Albanian lek (L)

Borders

Montenegro Flag of Greece

North Macedonia Flag of Kosovo

Did you know?

✨Large numbers of concrete bunkers were constructed across Albania under Enver Hoxha's communist rule, and many still dot the landscape.
✨Albanians nod for 'no' and shake their head for 'yes' — opposite to most of the world.
🏔Was effectively closed to outsiders from 1944 to 1991 — and the Albanian Alps stayed almost untouched.
✨Mother Teresa was ethnically Albanian.
🗣The Albanian language (Shqip) is its own branch of the Indo-European family, related to no living language.

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Compared to Australia.

Australia · 7,692,024 km²

Albania

28,748 km²

% of Australia

0.37%