Albania
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 17.6%
- people aged 65 or older
- 414K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 27.9%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 22.7 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 10.6%
- women 15.8%, men 5.4%
- of people 65+ live in collective quarters: care homes, hospitals, hostels and the like
- 0.2%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2017; UN, 2011 census
Languages
12 languages, 1 of them endangered
- AromanianDefinitely endangered
- Albanian Sign Language
- Balkan Romani
- Carpathian Romani
- Gheg
- Judaeo-Spanish
- Macedonian
- Modern Greek
- Serbisk
- Tosk
- Turkish
- Vlax Romani
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Art of playing, singing and making the lahuta2025
- K'cimi dancing of Tropojë2024
- Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock2023
- Xhubleta, skills, craftsmanship and forms of usage2022
- Albanian folk iso-polyphony2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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