Albanians flee villages, 30 per cent of them live in Tirana

A map compiled by Jacobarian, with national data from every country in Europe, shows the population of each country's metropolitan area as a percentage of the country's total population. The bigger the number, the more the country is centralised around its capital.

According to 2016 figures, 30% of the total population lives in the Albanian capital. While in the Balkans, Montenegro follows, with the same figure, Kosovo with 28%, Macedonia and Serbia with 24% and Bosnia and Herzegovina at 11%.

The mostcentralised state” in Europe is evidently Malta, with 90% of the population living in the capital; followed by Luxembourg 76% and Iceland 65%. The fewer percentage countries of their population living in the capital are Ukraine 7%, Switzerland and Germany 5%.

A city's metropolitan area is the city itself and the area that leads as a country's economic centre. It's also sometimes called the <x0). The Metropolitan area is a better characterization of the true extent of a city than the city population, because the boundaries of the city are often arbitraryly defined.

Surprisingly, Switzerland has the lowest percentage of “capitalization” in Europe (in just 5%). The reason is that Berna, the capital of Switzerland, is neither its largest city nor its economic center. It goes to Zurich, whose Metropolitan area contains 15% of the Swiss population.

While taking a look at the data for all states in the world, the largest percentage was in Monaco, Singapore, Vatican, Hong Kong and Macao, all 100%. The lowest was in the United States, with only 0.21%./ Monitor