Albania
Republic of Albania · Shqipëria
Albania (AL, ALB) is a country in Southeast Europe, with Tirana as its capital. The currency is the Albanian Lek (ALL, ALL). The international dialling code is +355 and the trunk prefix is 0; mobile numbers are written like 067 212 3456. The time zone is Europe/Tirane. Official language: Albanian.
CurrencyALLALL
Dial code+355e.g. 067 212 3456
Time zoneTiraneUTC+01:00
LanguageAlbanian
CapitalTirana
Population3.1M28.7K km²
Overview
- Official name
- Republic of Albania
- Native name
- Shqipëria
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2
- AL
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3
- ALB
- ISO 3166-1 numeric
- 008
- IOC code
- ALB
- Demonym
- Albanian
- Capital
- Tirana
- Region
- Europe › Southeast Europe
- Status
- Independent, UN member
- Groups
- Southern Europe
- United Nations
- Internet domain
- .al
- Coordinates
- 41, 20
- Area
- 28,748 km²
- Population
- 3,107,100
- GDP
- $49.6B ($16K per person)
- Literacy
- 96.8%
- Landlocked
- No
Currency
Albanian Lek ALL
- Symbol
- ALL
- Minor units
- None (0 decimals)
- Example
- 1235 Lekë
Former currencies: ALK
Languages
| Language | Status | Share of population | Writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian sq | Official | 100% (3.1M) | |
| Greek el | 1.9% (59K) | ||
| Macedonian mk | 0.47% (14.6K) |
Time zones
| Time zone | Local time | Standard | Daylight saving | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe/Tirane | UTC+01:00 | UTC+02:00 | Central European Standard Time |
Phone numbers
- Calling code
- +355
- Dial-out prefix
- 00
- Trunk prefix
- 0
- National number length
- 6–9 digits
- Emergency number
- 112 pattern 1(?:12|2[7-9])
Number types
| Type | National format | International format | Layout | Digits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed line | 022 345 678 | +355 22 345 678 | XXX XXX XXX | 8 |
| Mobile | 067 212 3456 | +355 67 212 3456 | XXX XXX XXXX | 9 |
| Toll free | 0800 1234 | +355 800 1234 | XXXX XXXX | 7 |
| Premium rate | 0900 123 | +355 900 123 | XXXX XXX | 6 |
| Shared cost | 0808 123 | +355 808 123 | XXXX XXX | 6 |
| Personal number | 0700 21234 | +355 700 21234 | XXXX XXXXX | 8 |
Show the 5 formatting rules
| Digits pattern | Leading digits | Format | International |
|---|---|---|---|
(\d{3})(\d{3,4}) | 80|9 | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d)(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 4[2-6] | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{3}) | [2358][2-5]|4 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
(\d{3})(\d{5}) | [23578] | $1 $2 | $1 $2 |
(\d{2})(\d{3})(\d{4}) | 6 | $1 $2 $3 | $1 $2 $3 |
Address and postal code
Address layout
{Name}
{Organization}
{Street address}
{Postal code}
{City}
No data.
Postal code
- Pattern
\d{4}- Examples
- 1001 · 1017 · 3501
Calendar, units and conventions
- First day of the week
- Monday
- Weekend
- Saturday to Sunday
- First week of the year
- Contains at least 1 day of the new year
- Hour cycle
- 12-hour (1–12), also H, hB
- Calendars
- gregorian, islamic-civil, islamic-tbla
- Measurement system
- Metric
- Temperature
- Celsius
- Paper size
- A4
- Locales
Number and date formats
As written by the Albanian (Albania) locale (sq-AL), amounts in ALL.
- Number
- 1 234 567,891
- Percent
- 45,7%
- Currency (ALL)
- 1 234 568 Lekë
- Accounting
- (1 234 568 Lekë)
- Currency, name
- 1 234 568 lekë shqiptar
- Compact short
- 1,2 mln
- Compact long
- 1,2 milion
- Scientific
- 1,235E6
- Speed
- 88 kilometra në orë
- Temperature
- 21,5 gradë C
- Date, full
- e premte, 27 mars 2026
- Date, long
- 27 mars 2026
- Date, medium
- 27 mar 2026
- Date, short
- 27.3.26
- Time, medium
- 3:04:05 m.d.
- Time, short
- 3:04 m.d.
- Date and time
- 27 mar 2026, 3:04 m.d.
- Month and year
- mars 2026
- Weekday
- e premte
- Relative time
- dje · pas 3 ditësh · 2 orë më parë
- List: and
- A, B dhe C
- List: or
- A, B ose C