Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Dropull, Gjirokastër, Këlcyrë, Libohovë, Memaliaj, Përmet and Tepelenë.

See Villages of Gjirokastër County for a structured list.

Ethnic groups in the county include Albanians, Greeks, Aromanians, Romani, & Balkan Egyptians.

[6] According to the results of the 2011 census, 38.54% of the total population (27,815 people) declared themselves Muslim.

The European Council's Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities stated that "the results of the census should be viewed with the utmost caution and calls on the authorities not to rely exclusively on the data on nationality collected during the census in determining its policy on the protection of national minorities".