November 28, 1912
3.07 million
Tirana
Albanian
Albanian Lek
Unemployment Rate: 31.90%
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President: Ilir Meta
Prime Minister: Edi Rama
Government: Parliamentary Democracy
Average Salary in Capital: $430/mo
Rent Cost in Capital: $675/mo (3bdrm)
Rent Cost Outside Capital: $390/mo (3bdrm)
Cost of Living in Capital: $1735 (Family of 4)
Cup of Coffee: $1.25
Evangelical: 0.05%
Muslim: 58%
Orthodox: 7%
Catholic: 10%
Aetheist: 2.50%
Unspecified: 16%
Bektashi: 2%
other: 6%
1943: Communist German Forces Invade Albania
1967: All mosques and churches were closed as Albania was declared the first atheist country in the world.
1990: Communism collapses and Albania began allowing private religious practice