Location of Albania (red) and Kosovo (orange) in Southeastern Europe
Largest city
Tirana
Area
• Total
39,635 km2 (15,303 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate
4,600,546
• Density
116/km2 (300.4/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)
2022 estimate
• Total
€26,23 billion[1]
• Per capita
€5,760
The unification of Albania and Kosovo is a political idea, revived before and after Kosovo declared independence in 2008.[2] This idea has been connected to the irredentist concept of Greater Albania.[3][4][5] As of the 2021 estimate, approximately 97% of Kosovars are ethnic Albanians.[6]
Subdivision
Area km2
Population[7]
GDP (nominal)[8]
Albania
28,748
2,829,525[9]
€17,496 billion[10]
Kosovo
10,887
1,771,012[11]
€8,737 billion[12]
Greater Albania
39,635
4,600,546
€26,233 billion
^"Gross domestic product at market prices (Current prices and per capita)". Eurostat.
^Wolchik, Sharon L.; Curry, Jane Leftwich (2011). Central and East European Politics: From Communism to Democracy. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 390. ISBN 978-0-7425-6734-4. Undoubtedly, Kosovo's independence has revived the idea of the national unification of Albanians
^Mabry, Tristan James; McGarry, John; Moore, Margaret; O’Leary, Brendan (2013). Mabry, Tristan James; McGarry, John; Moore, Margaret; O'Leary, Brendan (eds.). Divided Nations and European Integration. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 175. doi:10.9783/9780812208276. ISBN 978-0-8122-4497-7. JSTOR j.ctt3fj4hj.
^Cohen, Lenard J.; Dragović-Soso, Jasna (2008). State Collapse in South-Eastern Europe: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia's Disintegration. Purdue University Press. p. 194. doi:10.2307/j.ctt6wq21x. ISBN 9781557534606. JSTOR j.ctt6wq21x.
^Langley, Winston (2013). Langley, Winston (ed.). Encyclopedia of Human Rights Issues Since 1945. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203058633. ISBN 9781579581664. OCLC 42137564.
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^"Population on 1 January". ec.europa.eu. Eurostat. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
^"Report for Selected Countries and Subjects". IMF. Retrieved 2023-11-19.
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^"Albania GDP - Worldometer". www.worldometers.info. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
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