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Albania vs France statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Albania has a population of 2.71M (ranked 141/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Albania's land area is 10,579 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 143rd vs. 48th).

By GDP, Albania ranks 112/197 ($27.2B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Albania ranks 86/197 ($10,012), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Main facts and rankings

Albania France
Population
2694925
68701054
Population rank 141/197 23/197
GDP
$27.2B
2024
$3.16T
2024
GDP rank 112/197 7/197
GDP per capita
$10,012
2024
$46,150
2024
GDP per capita rank 86/197 27/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$23,488
2024
$61,322
2024
Government debt
$15.1B
2024
$3.58T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
54.3%
2025
116.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,572
2024
$52,199
2024
Government debt per person rank 76/185 8/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,376
2025
$33,898
2025
Land area
10,579 sq mi
2025
208,090 sq mi
2025
Population density
256.6 ppl/mi²
2024
329 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.35
2023
1.66
2023
Median age
37.8 years
2024
43 years
2024
Life expectancy
80 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Albania and France: Comparison Charts

Albania and France economies compared

GDP
Albania

France
Year GDP
Albania France
1960 - $61,756,878,990
1961 - $66,806,595,975
1962 - $74,888,595,286
1963 - $83,957,182,115
1964 - $93,079,224,076
1965 - $100,522,559,916
1966 - $108,928,356,519
1967 - $117,751,396,249
1968 - $128,427,504,709
1969 - $140,361,802,782
1970 - $146,926,998,937
1971 - $164,238,872,973
1972 - $201,621,751,625
1973 - $262,343,828,816
1974 - $283,102,178,123
1975 - $356,780,728,163
1976 - $368,488,292,816
1977 - $406,736,454,934
1978 - $501,724,418,605
1979 - $608,218,624,730
1980 $1,578,102,105 $694,529,183,483
1981 $1,808,177,156 $609,184,791,792
1982 $1,861,163,170 $578,152,310,610
1983 $1,881,412,587 $553,356,312,936
1984 $1,857,337,995 $525,033,325,828
1985 $1,897,050,117 $547,220,981,165
1986 $2,097,326,250 $764,946,585,851
1987 $2,080,796,250 $926,320,855,615
1988 $2,051,236,250 $1,010,827,662,152
1989 $2,253,090,000 $1,016,742,237,302
1990 $2,028,553,750 $1,257,649,439,827
1991 $1,099,559,028 $1,258,961,748,634
1992 $652,174,991 $1,389,663,073,110
1993 $1,185,315,468 $1,314,383,368,080
1994 $1,880,950,864 $1,385,822,778,828
1995 $2,905,092,799 $1,595,219,345,512
1996 $3,234,486,232 $1,598,889,216,566
1997 $2,293,666,030 $1,449,392,222,971
1998 $2,600,356,999 $1,496,906,382,032
1999 $3,283,941,510 $1,486,915,879,702
2000 $3,584,570,165 $1,360,959,069,477
2001 $4,059,064,033 $1,370,376,677,299
2002 $4,515,003,117 $1,492,427,756,382
2003 $5,801,712,040 $1,835,095,983,049
2004 $7,406,645,793 $2,109,792,297,237
2005 $8,256,658,250 $2,192,146,403,028
2006 $9,150,528,132 $2,317,861,544,691
2007 $11,116,937,870 $2,655,816,911,867
2008 $13,258,506,375 $2,926,802,941,586
2009 $12,335,540,656 $2,700,075,882,519
2010 $12,086,545,641 $2,646,230,027,988
2011 $12,973,755,875 $2,870,408,553,990
2012 $12,246,499,748 $2,683,007,095,787
2013 $12,796,985,886 $2,816,077,607,875
2014 $13,296,322,588 $2,861,236,112,552
2015 $11,470,171,827 $2,442,483,452,643
2016 $11,988,668,785 $2,470,407,619,777
2017 $13,258,268,436 $2,588,868,323,335
2018 $15,379,508,330 $2,781,576,320,884
2019 $15,585,111,614 $2,722,793,515,172
2020 $15,241,455,556 $2,647,926,055,110
2021 $18,032,009,220 $2,966,433,692,008
2022 $19,017,244,117 $2,796,302,210,399
2023 $23,547,180,412 $3,051,831,611,385
2024 $27,177,735,528 $3,162,079,073,496

Albania and France economies compared

GDP per capita
Albania

France
Year GDP per capita
Albania France
1960 - $1,303
1961 - $1,395
1962 - $1,548
1963 - $1,718
1964 - $1,884
1965 - $2,015
1966 - $2,165
1967 - $2,321
1968 - $2,513
1969 - $2,724
1970 - $2,825
1971 - $3,128
1972 - $3,807
1973 - $4,914
1974 - $5,267
1975 - $6,607
1976 - $6,795
1977 - $7,465
1978 - $9,167
1979 - $11,063
1980 $591 $12,565
1981 $663 $10,956
1982 $668 $10,360
1983 $662 $9,862
1984 $639 $9,312
1985 $640 $9,657
1986 $694 $13,430
1987 $675 $16,176
1988 $653 $17,550
1989 $698 $17,547
1990 $617 $21,586
1991 $337 $21,501
1992 $200.9 $23,615
1993 $367 $22,239
1994 $586 $23,360
1995 $911 $26,792
1996 $1,021 $26,758
1997 $729 $24,169
1998 $831 $24,869
1999 $1,056 $24,576
2000 $1,160 $22,341
2001 $1,326 $22,332
2002 $1,480 $24,145
2003 $1,909 $29,480
2004 $2,447 $33,645
2005 $2,742 $34,696
2006 $3,058 $36,432
2007 $3,743 $41,486
2008 $4,499 $45,465
2009 $4,214 $41,728
2010 $4,149 $40,695
2011 $4,466 $43,930
2012 $4,222 $40,864
2013 $4,420 $42,669
2014 $4,602 $43,148
2015 $3,982 $36,702
2016 $4,168 $37,024
2017 $4,614 $38,687
2018 $5,365 $41,418
2019 $5,460 $40,408
2020 $5,371 $39,170
2021 $6,413 $43,725
2022 $6,846 $41,083
2023 $8,575 $44,691
2024 $10,012 $46,150

Albania vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Albania

France
Year Life expectancy, years
Albania France
1950 44.5 66.4
1951 45.3 66.1
1952 46.3 67.4
1953 47.4 67.3
1954 48.4 68.2
1955 49.6 68.4
1956 50.8 68.5
1957 52.3 68.9
1958 53.7 70.1
1959 55.1 70.2
1960 56.4 70.4
1961 57.5 71
1962 58.5 70.5
1963 59.5 70.3
1964 60.4 71.3
1965 61.3 71.1
1966 62.1 71.5
1967 63 71.5
1968 63.8 71.5
1969 64.5 71.2
1970 65.2 72.1
1971 65.9 72.1
1972 66.5 72.3
1973 67.1 72.5
1974 67.6 72.8
1975 68.1 72.9
1976 68.6 73.1
1977 69 73.7
1978 69.4 73.8
1979 69.6 74.1
1980 69.9 74.2
1981 70.1 74.4
1982 70.4 74.8
1983 70.7 74.7
1984 71 75.2
1985 71.3 75.3
1986 71.7 75.6
1987 72 76.1
1988 72.2 76.4
1989 72.5 76.5
1990 72.7 76.8
1991 73 77
1992 73.3 77.3
1993 73.6 77.3
1994 73.8 77.8
1995 74 77.9
1996 74.1 78.1
1997 73.4 78.4
1998 74.4 78.6
1999 74.6 78.7
2000 74.8 79
2001 75.1 79.2
2002 75.3 79.4
2003 75.6 79.4
2004 76 80.3
2005 76.4 80.3
2006 77 80.7
2007 77.7 81
2008 78.2 81
2009 78.5 81.2
2010 78.4 81.4
2011 78.3 81.8
2012 78.1 81.7
2013 78 82
2014 78 82.4
2015 78.4 82.1
2016 78.6 82.4
2017 78.9 82.4
2018 79.2 82.6
2019 79.5 82.7
2020 77.8 82.2
2021 76.8 82.3
2022 78.8 82.5
2023 79.6 83.3
2024 79.8 83.5
2025 80 83.6

Albania and France population clocks and comparison

Population
Albania

France
Year Population
Albania France
1960 1,608,800 47,412,964
1961 1,659,800 47,905,982
1962 1,711,319 48,389,516
1963 1,762,621 48,877,567
1964 1,814,135 49,401,492
1965 1,864,791 49,877,725
1966 1,914,573 50,311,637
1967 1,965,598 50,722,791
1968 2,022,272 51,112,980
1969 2,081,695 51,536,014
1970 2,135,479 52,007,169
1971 2,187,853 52,499,553
1972 2,243,126 52,962,356
1973 2,296,752 53,392,161
1974 2,350,124 53,746,571
1975 2,404,831 54,002,853
1976 2,458,526 54,232,383
1977 2,513,546 54,486,467
1978 2,566,266 54,734,030
1979 2,617,832 54,979,851
1980 2,671,997 55,274,184
1981 2,726,056 55,603,353
1982 2,784,278 55,806,789
1983 2,843,960 56,108,330
1984 2,904,429 56,383,085
1985 2,964,762 56,665,619
1986 3,022,635 56,956,002
1987 3,083,605 57,266,167
1988 3,142,336 57,598,186
1989 3,227,943 57,943,062
1990 3,286,542 58,261,012
1991 3,266,790 58,554,242
1992 3,247,039 58,846,584
1993 3,227,287 59,103,094
1994 3,207,536 59,324,863
1995 3,187,784 59,541,294
1996 3,168,033 59,754,504
1997 3,148,281 59,968,066
1998 3,128,530 60,190,684
1999 3,108,778 60,501,986
2000 3,089,027 60,918,661
2001 3,060,173 61,364,377
2002 3,051,010 61,812,142
2003 3,039,616 62,249,855
2004 3,026,939 62,707,588
2005 3,011,487 63,180,854
2006 2,992,547 63,622,342
2007 2,970,017 64,016,890
2008 2,947,314 64,375,116
2009 2,927,519 64,706,436
2010 2,913,021 65,026,211
2011 2,905,195 65,340,830
2012 2,900,401 65,657,659
2013 2,895,092 65,997,932
2014 2,889,104 66,312,067
2015 2,880,703 66,548,272
2016 2,876,101 66,724,104
2017 2,873,457 66,918,020
2018 2,866,376 67,158,348
2019 2,854,191 67,382,061
2020 2,837,849 67,601,110
2021 2,811,666 67,842,811
2022 2,777,689 68,065,015
2023 2,745,972 68,287,487
2024 2,714,617 68,516,699

Fertility rates in Albania and France

Fertility rate
Albania

France
Year Fertility rate
Albania France
1960 6.38 2.85
1961 6.27 2.87
1962 6.11 2.89
1963 5.93 2.89
1964 5.71 2.87
1965 5.47 2.84
1966 5.33 2.8
1967 5.31 2.75
1968 5.32 2.69
1969 5.29 2.62
1970 5.16 2.55
1971 5.08 2.47
1972 4.98 2.38
1973 4.83 2.28
1974 4.7 2.18
1975 4.57 2.09
1976 4.37 2.01
1977 4.2 1.94
1978 4 1.89
1979 3.78 1.87
1980 3.59 1.85
1981 3.47 1.85
1982 3.42 1.86
1983 3.32 1.86
1984 3.28 1.86
1985 3.21 1.86
1986 3.14 1.85
1987 3.11 1.83
1988 3.07 1.81
1989 3.03 1.79
1990 3.01 1.77
1991 2.96 1.75
1992 2.89 1.74
1993 2.81 1.73
1994 2.8 1.73
1995 2.76 1.74
1996 2.67 1.75
1997 2.54 1.77
1998 2.42 1.78
1999 2.31 1.81
2000 2.22 1.89
2001 2.14 1.9
2002 2 1.88
2003 2.01 1.89
2004 1.89 1.92
2005 1.79 1.94
2006 1.69 2
2007 1.63 1.98
2008 1.62 2.01
2009 1.64 2
2010 1.65 2.03
2011 1.68 2.01
2012 1.72 2.01
2013 1.74 1.99
2014 1.72 2
2015 1.63 1.96
2016 1.56 1.92
2017 1.49 1.89
2018 1.42 1.87
2019 1.4 1.86
2020 1.37 1.83
2021 1.37 1.84
2022 1.36 1.79
2023 1.35 1.66

Albania and France demographics compared

Median age
Albania

France
Year Median age, years
Albania France
1960 19.8 32.8
1961 19.7 32.8
1962 19.5 32.9
1963 19.4 32.8
1964 19.3 32.8
1965 19.2 32.7
1966 19.1 32.7
1967 19 32.7
1968 19 32.6
1969 19 32.5
1970 19 32.4
1971 19.1 32.2
1972 19.3 32
1973 19.4 31.8
1974 19.6 31.7
1975 19.8 31.6
1976 20 31.7
1977 20.3 31.9
1978 20.6 32.1
1979 20.9 32.3
1980 21.2 32.4
1981 21.5 32.6
1982 21.8 32.8
1983 22 33
1984 22.3 33.3
1985 22.6 33.5
1986 22.8 33.7
1987 23.1 34
1988 23.4 34.2
1989 23.7 34.5
1990 24 34.7
1991 24.3 35
1992 24.7 35.3
1993 25.1 35.6
1994 25.5 35.9
1995 25.8 36.2
1996 26.2 36.5
1997 26.5 36.8
1998 26.8 37.1
1999 27 37.4
2000 27.2 37.7
2001 27.5 37.9
2002 28 38.2
2003 28.5 38.4
2004 29.1 38.6
2005 29.6 38.9
2006 30.2 39.1
2007 30.8 39.4
2008 31.4 39.6
2009 32 39.8
2010 32.6 40
2011 33.1 40.3
2012 33.4 40.5
2013 33.7 40.8
2014 34 41
2015 34.3 41.2
2016 34.6 41.4
2017 34.9 41.6
2018 35.3 41.9
2019 35.8 42.1
2020 36.2 42.3
2021 36.7 42.4
2022 37.1 42.6
2023 37.4 42.8
2024 37.8 43

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Albania France
GNI, Atlas method
$23.6B
2024
$3.1T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
57.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.09%
2023
5.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.74%
2023
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
8,000
2020
304,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.54%
2025
-5.46%
2025
Unemployment rate
10.7%
2023
7.39%
2024
Services, % of GDP
48.9%
2024
70.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.4%
2024
17.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.6
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2020
25%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2020
3%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
2,868,031
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.42%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
52
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
457
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.37T
2018
Total reserves including gold
$6.52B
2024
$283B
2024
Personal remittances received
$2.27B
2024
$38.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,658,000
2020
117,109,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
35.9%
2020
4.8%
2020
Banked people share
46.1%
2024
99.2%
2024

Energy

Albania France
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
781 kg
2023
3,140 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$27.2
2023
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.59 megatons
2023
282.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.67 tons
2023
4.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.1%
2022
46.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
41.9%
2021
16.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
36.8%
2023
46.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share
22.7%
2023
47.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,540 kWh
2023
6,423 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
98.6%
2011
22.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
96.7%
2023
11.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
64.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Albania France
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
-24,472
2024
+90,527
2024
Urban population
65.4%
2024
82%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.86 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
63.3
2025
85.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
67
2024
Higher education index
39
2025
85
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.39
2023
1.34
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.7
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
122
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.7%
2023
99%
2003
English speaking
16%
2025
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
83.1%
2023
88.7%
2024

Health

Albania France
Government health expenditure per capita
$414
2022
$4,865
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$212.4
2022
$434
2022
Life expectancy
80 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.45%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.88
2020
3.34
2021
Age at first childbirth
26.6 years
2021
29.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
7
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.4
2023
4.3
2023
Obesity rate
24.3%
2022
10%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.6%
2024
6.5%
2024
Air quality index
54
2025
80
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
21.9%
2022
34.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.47 liters
2020
10.3 liters
2020

Territory

Albania France
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.36%
2025
Land area per capita
3,897 sq mi
2024
3,037 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,033 sq mi
2025
109,256 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,046 sq mi
2025
67,580 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,451 mi
2018
654,437 mi
2011

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