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Albania Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Albania with its 12 first-level divisions, the capital Tirana and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Albania

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 12 units

Albania is divided into 12 first-level administrative divisions:

BeratDibërDurrësElbasanFierGjirokastërKorçëKukësLezhëShkodërTiranëVlorë

Largest cities in Albania

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1TiranaCapital895,350
2Elbasan165,010
3Shkodër155,767
4Durrës142,432
5Vlorë89,546
6Fier82,297
7Korçë58,259
8Berat46,866
9Lushnjë41,469
10Pogradec40,000

Tirana is the largest urban area in Albania with about 895,350 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Albania: ≈ 2,654 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Drin
  • Bojana

🏞️ Lakes

  • Lake Skadar
  • Lake

Ethnic groups in Albania

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Albanian
82.6%Greek
0.9%other
1%unspecified
15.5%

Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1% (including Vlach, Romani, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian), unspecified 15.5% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Albanian is the most common ethnic group across most of the 12 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Albania

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Muslim
56.7%Roman Catholic
10%Orthodox
6.8%atheist
2.5%Bektashi
2.1%other
5.7%unspecified
16.2%

Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Muslim is the most common religious group across most of the 12 divisions, while Roman Catholic predominates in 2 divisions (Shkodër, Lezhë).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Albania

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Albanian
98.8%Greek
0.5%other
0.6%unspecified
0.1%

Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Albanian is the most common language group across most of the 12 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.