Businesses in Shëngjin

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Shëngjin

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Hotels and motels	108
Restaurants	83
Other accommodation	50
Real estate	24
Bars, pubs and taverns	24
Apartments	14
Grocery stores and supermarkets	8

Shëngjin Facts

Area	68.8 km²
Population	9,553
Male Population	4,782 (50.1%)
Female Population	4,771 (49.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+861.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+55.3%
Median Age	32.5 years (Male: 30.7, Female: 34.2)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$12,009 (2022)
Neighborhoods	Skutaj
Local Time
Timezone	Central European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	41.81361, 19.59389
Postal Codes	4503

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Shëngjin Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	994	4,201	6,151	8,772	9,553	9,997	10,198
Population Density	14.5 / km²	61.1 / km²	89.5 / km²	127.6 / km²	139 / km²	145.4 / km²	148.3 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Shëngjin Population change from 2000 to 2020

Increase of 55.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Shëngjin	+861.1%	+127.4%	+55.3%
Lezhë County	—	—	—
Albania	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Shëngjin Median Age

Median Age: 32.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Shëngjin	32.5 yrs	34.2 yrs	30.7 yrs
Lezhë County	32.5 yrs	34.2 yrs	30.7 yrs
Albania	33.6 yrs	34.7 yrs	32.3 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Shëngjin Population Density

Population Density: 139 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Shëngjin	9,553	68.8 km²	139 / km²
Lezhë County	133,856	1,652.7 km²	81 / km²
Albania	2.9 million	28,671.4 km²	101 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Shëngjin Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1870 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Shëngjin

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Shëngjin

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Shëngjin Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$3,958	$4,179	$6,258	$7,412	$7,088	$8,636	$10,051	$12,009
Total GDP	$26.6M	$29M	$42M	$45.1M	$38.6M	$42.5M	$43.8M	$49.6M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Shëngjin CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Shëngjin	19,354 tn	2.03 tn	281.5 tons/km²
Lezhë County	319,565 tn	2.39 tn	193.4 tons/km²
Albania	7,341,173 tn	2.55 tn	256 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Shëngjin CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	19,354 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	2.03 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	281.5 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (6)
Landslide	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
2/26/18	3:04 PM	4.3	11.5 km	10,000 m	6km SSE of Lezhe, Albania	usgs.gov
4/21/14	9:25 PM	4.4	20.3 km	10,000 m	16km SE of Ulcinj, Montenegro	usgs.gov
3/26/12	3:00 AM	4.7	20.1 km	16,700 m	Albania	usgs.gov
8/30/07	4:20 AM	4.5	16 km	11,000 m	Albania	usgs.gov
8/14/06	11:14 AM	3.2	7.4 km	11,000 m	Albania	usgs.gov
6/3/06	11:45 PM	3.4	23.4 km	20,400 m	Albania	usgs.gov
6/17/05	5:33 AM	3.8	13.5 km	11,000 m	Albania	usgs.gov
3/7/05	11:35 PM	3.1	9.7 km	8,900 m	Albania	usgs.gov
12/11/03	10:10 PM	3.7	20.1 km	12,000 m	Montenegro	usgs.gov
5/27/01	7:29 PM	3.1	14.5 km	12,700 m	Albania	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Shëngjin

Shëngjin (Albanian pronunciation: [ʃənˈɟin]; Albanian for St. John, Italian: San Giovanni di Medua) is a coastal town and a former municipality in the Lezhë County, northwestern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of ..

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