Central Albania

Central Albania
Shqipëria Qendrore
Region
Central Albania (yellow) in Albania
Central Albania (yellow) in Albania
Country Albania
Area
 • Total4,851 km2 (1,873 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total991,093
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
NUTS codeAL02
HDI (2017)0.803[2]
high · 1st of 3

Central Albania (Albanian: Shqipëria Qendrore) is one of the three NUTS-2 Regions of Albania.[3]

It consists of two counties: Tirana County and Elbasan County.[4] Their combined population is 991,093 as of the 2023 census.[1]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1989806,725—    
2001960,635+19.1%
20111,045,192+8.8%
2023991,093−5.2%
Source: [5]
  1. ^ a b "Main Results of the Population and Housing Census 2023" (PDF). INSTAT.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "NUTS of Albania" (PDF). INSTAT. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-21.
  4. ^ "A new Urban–Rural Classification of Albanian Population" (PDF). Instituti i Statistikës (INSTAT). May 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Institute of Statistics Albania.