Those numbers are incorrect. Updated numbers have Orthodox christians at 30%, Catholics 30% Muslims and athesit at around 20% now in Albania.
No religion was allowed to exist in Communist Albania. The ban was lifted in 1990, but no legal provision for religious freedom was made until 1998. The very existence of Evangelicals and other faiths is often portrayed by Muslims, Orthodox and Catholics as a disturbance to social custom.
| Religions | Population % | Adherents | Ann.Gr. |
| Christian | 41.48 | 1,291,452 | +2.7% |
| Muslim | 38.79 | 1,207,701 | +0.5% |
| non-Religious/other | 19.54 | 608,365 | -6.9% |
| Baha'i | 0.18 | 5,604 | +12.0% |
| Jewish | 0.01 | 311 | n.a. |
Over 50% of the population is culturally Muslim, but superstition and folk Islam are strong. Many Muslims belong to the syncretistic Sufi Bektash movement.
| Christians | Denom. | Affil.% | ,000 | Ann.Gr. |
| Protestant | 9 | 0.15 | 5 | +15.6% |
| Independent | 14 | 0.25 | 8 | +13.4% |
| Catholic | 1 | 16.75 | 521 | +1.5% |
| Orthodox | 2 | 24.09 | 750 | +3.5% |
| Marginal | 2 | 0.24 | 7 | +20.1% |