State · 1992 – present
Albania
A state of 1992 – present — 34 years, still standing in Europe. It replaced People's Socialist Republic of Albania. The atlas records 17 things within it — wars and battles 3 · unrest and atrocity 2 · famine and plague 1 · natural disasters 1 · people 10. Its line of rulers holds 11 people.
- Still standing: the span runs to the year of the build, 2026.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 34 years
- and still standing
- Rulers
- 11
- the President of Albania
- Most ground
- 27,800 km²
- in 1993
- Within it
- 17
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 11
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania · replaces · 1946 – 1992
Rulers
The line of President of Albania - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramiz Alia | 1991 – 1992 | 1 year | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Kastriot Islami | 1992 – 1992 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Pjetër Arbnori | 1992 – 1992 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Sali Berisha | 1992 – 1997 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Skënder Gjinushi | 1997 – 1997 | under a year | ending not on record | |
| Rexhep Meidani | 1997 – 2002 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Alfred Moisiu | 2002 – 2007 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Bamir Topi | 2007 – 2012 | 5 years | resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Bujar Nishani | 2012 – 2017 | 5 years | served out the term, the article saysread from the ruler's own article | |
| Ilir Meta | 2017 – 2022 | 5 years | ending not on record | |
| Bajram Begaj | 2022 – in office | in office since 2022 | still in office |
11 rulers, 11 with terms dated as terms, covering 1991 – 2022. Only 31 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. 0 of 10 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. The violent-handover count is withheld: power changed hands so often that any rising falls beside one (exposure 1.00, limit 0.6). A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Heads of government
The line of Prime Minister of Albania, drawn and never measured: a cabinet is not a reign.
| Adil Çarçani | 1981 – 1991 |
| Fatos Nano | 1991 – 1991 |
| Ylli Bufi | 1991 – 1991 |
| Fatos Nano | 1997 – 1998 |
| Bashkim Fino | 1997 – 1997 |
| Pandeli Majko | 1998 – 1999 |
| Ilir Meta | 1999 – 2002 |
| Fatos Nano | 2002 – 2005 |
| Pandeli Majko | 2002 – 2002 |
| Sali Berisha | 2005 – 2013 |
| Edi Rama | 2013 – … |
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
27,800 km² in 1997, 27,800 km² in 2022; at its largest 27,800 km² in 1997. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
.svg/120px-Flag_of_Albanian_Provisional_Government_(1912-1914).svg.png)
flag, 1912 – 1914Flag of Albanian Provisional Government (1912-1914) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jaume Ollé (original); Ryan Wilson (derivative) .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1914%E2%80%931920).svg.png)
flag, 1914 – 1920Flag of Albania (1914–1920) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1920%E2%80%931926).svg.png)
flag, 1920 – 1926Flag of Albania (1920–1926) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1926%E2%80%931928).svg.png)
flag, 1926 – 1928Flag of Albania (1926–1928) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1934%E2%80%931939).svg.png)
flag, 1928 – 1939Flag of Albania (1934–1939) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1939%E2%80%931943).svg.png)
flag, 1939 – 1943Flag of Albania (1939–1943) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1943%E2%80%931944).svg.png)
flag, 1943 – 1944Flag of Albania (1943–1944) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · SeNeKa .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1944%E2%80%931946).svg.png)
flag, 1944 – 1946Flag of Albania (1944–1946) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Albania_(1946%E2%80%931992).svg.png)
flag, 1946 – 1992Flag of Albania (1946–1992) · Public domain 
flag, from 1992Flag of Albania · Public domain 
coat of arms, from 1998Coat of arms of Albania · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1900 – 199913 rows · 3 wars and battles
- Sali Berisha · ruler · 1944 – present
- Bujar Nishani · ruler · 1966 – 2022
- Bamir Topi · ruler · 1957 – present
- Ilir Meta · ruler · 1969 – present
- Bajram Begaj · ruler · 1967 – present
- Alfred Moisiu · ruler · 1929 – present
- Rexhep Meidani · ruler · 1944 – present
- Pjetër Arbnori · ruler · 1935 – 2006
and 5 more in the atlas.
2000 – 20994 rows · 2 risings, regime changes and massacres
- 2019 Albania earthquake · disaster · 2019
- Flamingo Revolution · unrest · 2026
- COVID-19 pandemic in Albania · plague · 2020
- 2011 Albanian opposition demonstrations · unrest · 2013
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood34 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held27,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 26% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century1.0
had more wars on record per century than 94% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record11
has more rulers on record than 83% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 5 causes the record names and 0 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1982 – 2036, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1993, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q222 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.