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Albania vs Greece statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Albania has a population of 2.71M (ranked 141/197), compared with 10.4M in Greece (ranked 94/197). Albania's land area is 10,579 sq mi versus 49,769 sq mi for Greece (ranked 143rd vs. 95th).

By GDP, Albania ranks 112/197 ($27.2B) and Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B). By GDP per capita, Albania ranks 86/197 ($10,012), while Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752).

Main facts and rankings

Albania Greece
Population
2694925
10276140
Population rank 141/197 95/197
GDP
$27.2B
2024
$257B
2024
GDP rank 112/197 54/197
GDP per capita
$10,012
2024
$24,752
2024
GDP per capita rank 86/197 49/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$23,488
2024
$44,074
2024
Government debt
$15.1B
2024
$388B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
54.3%
2025
142.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,572
2024
$37,349
2024
Government debt per person rank 76/185 16/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,376
2025
$13,372
2025
Land area
10,579 sq mi
2025
49,769 sq mi
2025
Population density
256.6 ppl/mi²
2024
208.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.35
2023
1.32
2023
Median age
37.8 years
2024
47.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
80 years
2025
82.2 years
2025

Albania and Greece: Comparison Charts

Albania and Greece economies compared

GDP
Albania

Greece
Year GDP
Albania Greece
1960 - $4,274,890,307
1961 - $4,892,397,431
1962 - $5,140,542,929
1963 - $5,813,285,627
1964 - $6,576,906,345
1965 - $7,582,209,670
1966 - $8,472,021,467
1967 - $9,146,592,856
1968 - $9,950,331,206
1969 - $11,454,106,327
1970 - $12,957,113,636
1971 - $14,388,806,818
1972 - $16,650,659,091
1973 - $22,037,019,563
1974 - $24,998,715,909
1975 - $28,129,128,587
1976 - $30,719,552,239
1977 - $35,673,080,481
1978 - $43,654,480,519
1979 - $53,724,121,435
1980 $1,578,102,105 $56,039,256,595
1981 $1,808,177,156 $51,618,456,335
1982 $1,861,163,170 $53,858,346,939
1983 $1,881,412,587 $48,741,397,059
1984 $1,857,337,995 $47,352,146,312
1985 $1,897,050,117 $47,155,741,426
1986 $2,097,326,250 $55,595,445,472
1987 $2,080,796,250 $64,739,630,096
1988 $2,051,236,250 $75,200,610,137
1989 $2,253,090,000 $78,067,933,277
1990 $2,028,553,750 $96,529,587,274
1991 $1,099,559,028 $103,680,863,713
1992 $652,174,991 $114,608,178,405
1993 $1,185,315,468 $107,295,704,518
1994 $1,880,950,864 $114,980,063,202
1995 $2,905,092,799 $134,974,613,914
1996 $3,234,486,232 $142,502,984,145
1997 $2,293,666,030 $138,766,067,640
1998 $2,600,356,999 $139,612,812,176
1999 $3,283,941,510 $137,131,371,955
2000 $3,584,570,165 $125,760,166,225
2001 $4,059,064,033 $132,050,474,720
2002 $4,515,003,117 $150,253,800,086
2003 $5,801,712,040 $196,930,509,813
2004 $7,406,645,793 $234,979,615,898
2005 $8,256,658,250 $242,315,668,619
2006 $9,150,528,132 $269,073,415,334
2007 $11,116,937,870 $314,226,996,944
2008 $13,258,506,375 $351,121,399,546
2009 $12,335,540,656 $326,829,054,686
2010 $12,086,545,641 $296,417,644,404
2011 $12,973,755,875 $283,228,079,776
2012 $12,246,499,748 $238,841,140,018
2013 $12,796,985,886 $236,556,279,641
2014 $13,296,322,588 $233,911,581,521
2015 $11,470,171,827 $194,567,373,678
2016 $11,988,668,785 $193,097,239,006
2017 $13,258,268,436 $200,381,103,984
2018 $15,379,508,330 $213,298,873,494
2019 $15,585,111,614 $207,305,649,887
2020 $15,241,455,556 $191,362,985,555
2021 $18,032,009,220 $218,303,801,895
2022 $19,017,244,117 $218,880,566,444
2023 $23,547,180,412 $243,498,333,238
2024 $27,177,735,528 $257,144,811,302

Albania and Greece economies compared

GDP per capita
Albania

Greece
Year GDP per capita
Albania Greece
1960 - $513
1961 - $583
1962 - $608
1963 - $686
1964 - $773
1965 - $887
1966 - $984
1967 - $1,053
1968 - $1,138
1969 - $1,306
1970 - $1,474
1971 - $1,629
1972 - $1,873
1973 - $2,468
1974 - $2,789
1975 - $3,109
1976 - $3,343
1977 - $3,832
1978 - $4,629
1979 - $5,627
1980 $591 $5,812
1981 $663 $5,305
1982 $668 $5,502
1983 $662 $4,950
1984 $639 $4,785
1985 $640 $4,747
1986 $694 $5,578
1987 $675 $6,474
1988 $653 $7,492
1989 $698 $7,738
1990 $617 $9,467
1991 $337 $10,047
1992 $200.9 $11,021
1993 $367 $10,257
1994 $586 $10,937
1995 $911 $12,779
1996 $1,021 $13,433
1997 $729 $13,016
1998 $831 $13,023
1999 $1,056 $12,743
2000 $1,160 $11,638
2001 $1,326 $12,157
2002 $1,480 $13,782
2003 $1,909 $18,021
2004 $2,447 $21,449
2005 $2,742 $22,054
2006 $3,058 $24,416
2007 $3,743 $28,441
2008 $4,499 $31,696
2009 $4,214 $29,425
2010 $4,149 $26,653
2011 $4,466 $25,505
2012 $4,222 $21,624
2013 $4,420 $21,573
2014 $4,602 $21,475
2015 $3,982 $17,981
2016 $4,168 $17,919
2017 $4,614 $18,632
2018 $5,365 $19,873
2019 $5,460 $19,335
2020 $5,371 $17,887
2021 $6,413 $20,655
2022 $6,846 $20,972
2023 $8,575 $23,401
2024 $10,012 $24,752

Albania vs. Greece life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Albania

Greece
Year Life expectancy, years
Albania Greece
1950 44.5 66.2
1951 45.3 66.7
1952 46.3 67.3
1953 47.4 67.5
1954 48.4 68
1955 49.6 68.6
1956 50.8 68.1
1957 52.3 68.4
1958 53.7 69.7
1959 55.1 69.6
1960 56.4 70.5
1961 57.5 70.4
1962 58.5 70.3
1963 59.5 70.6
1964 60.4 70.5
1965 61.3 71.5
1966 62.1 71.9
1967 63 71.4
1968 63.8 71.5
1969 64.5 72.1
1970 65.2 72.7
1971 65.9 72.9
1972 66.5 72.7
1973 67.1 73
1974 67.6 73.5
1975 68.1 73.5
1976 68.6 73.7
1977 69 73.8
1978 69.4 74.4
1979 69.6 74.7
1980 69.9 74.5
1981 70.1 74.9
1982 70.4 75.2
1983 70.7 75.5
1984 71 75.8
1985 71.3 76.1
1986 71.7 76.5
1987 72 76.1
1988 72.2 77
1989 72.5 77.1
1990 72.7 77.3
1991 73 77.4
1992 73.3 77.3
1993 73.6 77.7
1994 73.8 77.9
1995 74 77.9
1996 74.1 78
1997 73.4 78.4
1998 74.4 78.3
1999 74.6 78.4
2000 74.8 78.4
2001 75.1 78.9
2002 75.3 79
2003 75.6 79.1
2004 76 79.4
2005 76.4 79.7
2006 77 79.8
2007 77.7 79.7
2008 78.2 80.1
2009 78.5 80.4
2010 78.4 80.6
2011 78.3 80.6
2012 78.1 80.4
2013 78 81.1
2014 78 81.1
2015 78.4 80.8
2016 78.6 81.3
2017 78.9 81
2018 79.2 81.5
2019 79.5 81.3
2020 77.8 81.5
2021 76.8 80.5
2022 78.8 79.9
2023 79.6 81.9
2024 79.8 82
2025 80 82.2

Albania and Greece population clocks and comparison

Population
Albania

Greece
Year Population
Albania Greece
1960 1,608,800 8,331,725
1961 1,659,800 8,398,050
1962 1,711,319 8,448,233
1963 1,762,621 8,479,625
1964 1,814,135 8,510,429
1965 1,864,791 8,550,333
1966 1,914,573 8,613,651
1967 1,965,598 8,684,088
1968 2,022,272 8,740,765
1969 2,081,695 8,772,764
1970 2,135,479 8,792,806
1971 2,187,853 8,831,036
1972 2,243,126 8,888,628
1973 2,296,752 8,929,086
1974 2,350,124 8,962,022
1975 2,404,831 9,046,541
1976 2,458,526 9,188,150
1977 2,513,546 9,308,479
1978 2,566,266 9,429,959
1979 2,617,832 9,548,258
1980 2,671,997 9,642,505
1981 2,726,056 9,729,350
1982 2,784,278 9,789,513
1983 2,843,960 9,846,627
1984 2,904,429 9,895,801
1985 2,964,762 9,934,300
1986 3,022,635 9,967,213
1987 3,083,605 10,000,595
1988 3,142,336 10,036,983
1989 3,227,943 10,089,498
1990 3,286,542 10,196,792
1991 3,266,790 10,319,927
1992 3,247,039 10,399,061
1993 3,227,287 10,460,415
1994 3,207,536 10,512,922
1995 3,187,784 10,562,153
1996 3,168,033 10,608,800
1997 3,148,281 10,661,259
1998 3,128,530 10,720,509
1999 3,108,778 10,761,698
2000 3,089,027 10,805,808
2001 3,060,173 10,862,132
2002 3,051,010 10,902,022
2003 3,039,616 10,928,070
2004 3,026,939 10,955,141
2005 3,011,487 10,987,314
2006 2,992,547 11,020,362
2007 2,970,017 11,048,473
2008 2,947,314 11,077,841
2009 2,927,519 11,107,017
2010 2,913,021 11,121,341
2011 2,905,195 11,104,899
2012 2,900,401 11,045,011
2013 2,895,092 10,965,211
2014 2,889,104 10,892,413
2015 2,880,703 10,820,883
2016 2,876,101 10,775,971
2017 2,873,457 10,754,679
2018 2,866,376 10,732,882
2019 2,854,191 10,721,582
2020 2,837,849 10,698,599
2021 2,811,666 10,569,207
2022 2,777,689 10,436,882
2023 2,745,972 10,405,588
2024 2,714,617 10,388,805

Fertility rates in Albania and Greece

Fertility rate
Albania

Greece
Year Fertility rate
Albania Greece
1960 6.38 2.23
1961 6.27 2.13
1962 6.11 2.16
1963 5.93 2.14
1964 5.71 2.24
1965 5.47 2.25
1966 5.33 2.32
1967 5.31 2.45
1968 5.32 2.42
1969 5.29 2.36
1970 5.16 2.4
1971 5.08 2.32
1972 4.98 2.32
1973 4.83 2.27
1974 4.7 2.38
1975 4.57 2.33
1976 4.37 2.35
1977 4.2 2.27
1978 4 2.28
1979 3.78 2.26
1980 3.59 2.23
1981 3.47 2.09
1982 3.42 2.03
1983 3.32 1.94
1984 3.28 1.83
1985 3.21 1.67
1986 3.14 1.6
1987 3.11 1.5
1988 3.07 1.5
1989 3.03 1.4
1990 3.01 1.39
1991 2.96 1.37
1992 2.89 1.36
1993 2.81 1.32
1994 2.8 1.33
1995 2.76 1.28
1996 2.67 1.26
1997 2.54 1.27
1998 2.42 1.24
1999 2.31 1.23
2000 2.22 1.25
2001 2.14 1.25
2002 2 1.28
2003 2.01 1.29
2004 1.89 1.31
2005 1.79 1.34
2006 1.69 1.4
2007 1.63 1.41
2008 1.62 1.5
2009 1.64 1.5
2010 1.65 1.48
2011 1.68 1.4
2012 1.72 1.34
2013 1.74 1.29
2014 1.72 1.3
2015 1.63 1.33
2016 1.56 1.38
2017 1.49 1.35
2018 1.42 1.35
2019 1.4 1.34
2020 1.37 1.39
2021 1.37 1.43
2022 1.36 1.32
2023 1.35 1.32

Albania and Greece demographics compared

Median age
Albania

Greece
Year Median age, years
Albania Greece
1960 19.8 28.5
1961 19.7 29
1962 19.5 29.3
1963 19.4 29.4
1964 19.3 29.4
1965 19.2 31
1966 19.1 30.9
1967 19 31.1
1968 19 31.3
1969 19 31.6
1970 19 33.2
1971 19.1 32.9
1972 19.3 33
1973 19.4 33.3
1974 19.6 33.6
1975 19.8 33.8
1976 20 33.8
1977 20.3 33.9
1978 20.6 33.9
1979 20.9 34
1980 21.2 33.8
1981 21.5 33.7
1982 21.8 33.9
1983 22 34.1
1984 22.3 34.3
1985 22.6 34.5
1986 22.8 34.8
1987 23.1 35.1
1988 23.4 35.4
1989 23.7 35.7
1990 24 36
1991 24.3 36.3
1992 24.7 36.5
1993 25.1 36.6
1994 25.5 36.8
1995 25.8 37
1996 26.2 37.2
1997 26.5 37.4
1998 26.8 37.6
1999 27 37.8
2000 27.2 38
2001 27.5 38.2
2002 28 38.5
2003 28.5 38.8
2004 29.1 39.1
2005 29.6 39.4
2006 30.2 39.7
2007 30.8 40.1
2008 31.4 40.5
2009 32 40.9
2010 32.6 41.4
2011 33.1 41.8
2012 33.4 42.2
2013 33.7 42.7
2014 34 43.2
2015 34.3 43.7
2016 34.6 44.1
2017 34.9 44.4
2018 35.3 44.7
2019 35.8 45
2020 36.2 45.3
2021 36.7 45.9
2022 37.1 46.4
2023 37.4 46.7
2024 37.8 47.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Albania Greece
GNI, Atlas method
$23.6B
2024
$239B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
49.9%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.09%
2023
3.38%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.74%
2023
3.23%
2023
Armed forces personnel
8,000
2020
147,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.54%
2025
-0.48%
2025
Unemployment rate
10.7%
2023
10%
2024
Services, % of GDP
48.9%
2024
68%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.4%
2024
15.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.6
2025
60.6
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2020
26%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2020
2.7%
2023
Number of billionaires
1
2025
16
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
143
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$83.2B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.52B
2024
$15.2B
2024
Personal remittances received
$2.27B
2024
$561M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,658,000
2020
7,406,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
35.9%
2020
10.5%
2020
Banked people share
46.1%
2024
88.6%
2024

Energy

Albania Greece
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
781 kg
2023
1,875 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$27.2
2023
$22
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.59 megatons
2023
51.7 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.67 tons
2023
4.97 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.1%
2022
79.1%
2023
Renewable energy use share
41.9%
2021
21.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
36.8%
2023
12.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share
22.7%
2023
89.2%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,540 kWh
2023
4,694 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
98.6%
2011
40.6%
2021
Hydroelectric share
96.7%
2023
8.1%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Albania Greece
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.13%
2024
Annual migration change
-24,472
2024
-122,772
2024
Urban population
65.4%
2024
81%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.88 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.44 ft
2025
Quality of life index
63.3
2025
72.4
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
49
2024
Higher education index
39
2025
86
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.39
2023
0.84
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.7
2019
8.3
2019
Visa free countries
122
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.7%
2023
93.9%
2009
English speaking
16%
2025
51%
2023
People using the Internet
83.1%
2023
86.3%
2024

Health

Albania Greece
Government health expenditure per capita
$414
2022
$1,768
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$212.4
2022
$593
2022
Life expectancy
80 years
2025
82.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.45%
2022
0.21%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.88
2020
6.37
2021
Age at first childbirth
26.6 years
2021
31 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
5
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.4
2023
3.7
2023
Obesity rate
24.3%
2022
28.9%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.6%
2024
8%
2024
Air quality index
54
2025
69
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
21.9%
2022
32.8%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.47 liters
2020
5.81 liters
2020

Territory

Albania Greece
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.09%
2025
Land area per capita
3,897 sq mi
2024
4,791 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,033 sq mi
2025
20,742 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,046 sq mi
2025
15,065 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,451 mi
2018
72,700 mi
2018

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