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title: "Albania — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Albania: capital Tirana, area 28,748 km², population 2,349,580 (2025), currency Albanian lek. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/albania/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Albania

**Albania: Capital Tirana**

28,748 km² · 2,349,580 people (2025) · Albanian lek

About seventy percent mountain, with the Albanian Alps in the north rising above 2,600 m. Lake Ohrid on the eastern border is one of the oldest lakes in the world at over a million years, and holds more than 200 species found nowhere else. The Vjosa was declared a national park in 2023, making it one of the last wild rivers in Europe protected along its whole length.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Tirana
- **Area:** 28,748 km² — 11,100 sq mi
- **Population:** 2,349,580 (2025)
- **Density:** 81.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Albanian lek (ALL, L)
- **Official language:** Albanian
- **Time zone:** UTC+01:00
- **Calling code:** +355
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** AL · ALB
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 142 of 200
- **By population:** 147 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Armenia | 29,743 | 3,086,700 |
| Solomon Islands | 28,896 | 838,645 |
| Albania ← | 28,748 | 2,349,580 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 28,051 | 1,938,431 |
| Burundi | 27,830 | 14,390,003 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Albania?

Tirana

### What currency does Albania use?

The Albanian lek (ALL).

### How big is Albania?

28,748 km², or 11,100 square miles — 142 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Albania drive on?

The right.

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- [Armenia](https://atoneplace.net/country/armenia/)
- [Solomon Islands](https://atoneplace.net/country/solomon-islands/)
- [Equatorial Guinea](https://atoneplace.net/country/equatorial-guinea/)
- [Burundi](https://atoneplace.net/country/burundi/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]