Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Albania

One in every 5,635 babies in the world is born here: about 23,804 a year, 0.045 a minute.

Population: 2,349,580
Births a year: 23,804
Life expectancy: 79.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 9.2

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
81.6
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
77.9
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
8.3
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
9.2
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
7
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
21
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
4.5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
11.7
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
1.4
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.34
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
12
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
95
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
84
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
5.5
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$22,724
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
29
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
0.3
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
10.9
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
31
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
59
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
48
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
59
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
95
World: 91
Internet users (%)
86
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.66
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.91
World: 0.34

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 56.4 → 2026: 79.6 → 2050: 84.1

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 382 → 2026: 8 → 2050: 4

World

Children per woman

1960: 6.4 → 2026: 1.3 → 2050: 1.4

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 31 → 2026: 59 → 2050: 63

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Albania comes up about once in every 5,635 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.