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Albania currently has 22 operational land border crossings and shares borders with Montenegro, Kosovo (116.3 km), [1] North Macedonia (186.1 km), [2] and Greece. This article outlines a complete list of Albania's international border crossings , including land, sea and air entry points.
The countries of Montenegro (173 kilometres (107 mi)) and Kosovo (114 kilometres (71 mi)) border the country in the north and northeast, respectively. [15] A significant portion of this border connects high points and follows mountain ridges through the largely inaccessible Albanian Alps .
As much as a third of those born in the country's borders now live outside of it, making Albania one of the countries with the highest rate of outmigration relative to its population in the world. [ 305 ] [ 306 ] In 2022 the birth rate was 20% lower than in 2021, largely due to emigration of people of childbearing age.
The Albanian capital, Tirana, is home to 350,000 of the country's 3.6 million population. As a result of the opening of the country in the post-communist era, Albania is now undergoing a development boom as its telecommunications, transport and utilities infrastructure is being revamped. The country has been a member of NATO since 2009.
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders. However, borders along lakes, rivers, and other internal waters are considered land ...
Also included is the number of unique sovereign states [a] that a country or territory shares as neighbors. If the number is higher due to multiple dependencies or unrecognized states bordering the state, the larger number is shown in brackets. Footnotes are provided to provide clarity regarding the status of certain countries and territories.
Borders of Albania This page was last edited on 23 June 2018, at 22:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 February 2025. Geographic region in Europe Topographical map of Southeastern Europe Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos. There are overlapping and conflicting ...