{"id":34449,"date":"2022-04-15T18:34:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34449"},"modified":"2022-04-15T18:36:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:36:24","slug":"albanian-population-shrank-by-13-says-instat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanian-population-shrank-by-13-says-instat\/","title":{"rendered":"Albanian population shrank by 1.3%, says INSTAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of 1 January 2022, Albania\u2019s population is estimated at 2,793,592 inhabitants, marking a decrease of 1.3% compared to data from last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest INSTAT report, the factors behind this are the emigration of some 42,000 people and the negative birth-death ratio.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, the natural increase was -3.296 inhabitants, the first time that this figure was negative.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34453\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34453\" style=\"width: 631px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34453\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/lindje.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/lindje.jpg 631w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/lindje-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/lindje-150x67.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34453\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birth in blue \/ deaths in yellow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Declining population figures were accompanied by a rise in the average age, which results 38.2 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Around one-third of the country\u2019s population lives in Tirana (32.9%). The other two cities with the highest population figures are Durres (10.4%) and Fier (10%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of 1 January 2022, Albania\u2019s population is estimated at 2,793,592 inhabitants, marking a decrease of 1.3% compared to data from last year. According to the latest INSTAT report, the factors behind this are the emigration of some 42,000 people and the negative birth-death ratio. 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