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Population in Albania compared to Algeria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,377,128 in 2024 vs 46,814,308 people in Algeria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,342,445 people compared to 48,034,519 in Algeria.

Population statistics:

  • Algeria's population is 20.5 times bigger than Albania's.
  • Albania is ranked the 145th most populous country in the world, while Algeria is the 33rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.58% for Algeria.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -1.53% per year vs +1.81% in Algeria.
  • Since 2006, the population of Albania has decreased from 2.99M people to 2.34M (21.7% decline), while Algeria has grown from 33.6M to 48M (42.9% growth).
  • Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people, while Albania's population already peaked in 1990 at 3.29M people and is projected to decrease to 1.01M people by 2100.

Albania vs Algeria: live population counter

Albania Algeria
Current population
2342445
48034519
Population rank 145/197 33/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.58%
One net population change
14.2 minutes
48.5 seconds
One birth every
21.3 minutes
34.8 seconds
One death every
26.1 minutes
2.45 minutes
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
16.8 minutes
Annual migration change -24,472 -31,240
Daily growth/decline -101 +1,781
Annual growth/decline -36,967 +650,089
Annual growth/decline rate -1.53% +1.41%
Population growth rate rank 194/197 75/197

Albania and Algeria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Algeria
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Algeria Albania Algeria
1960 1,608,800 11,424,922 - -
1961 1,659,800 11,628,883 3.17% 1.79%
1962 1,711,319 11,800,771 3.1% 1.48%
1963 1,762,621 11,982,118 3% 1.54%
1964 1,814,135 12,179,813 2.92% 1.65%
1965 1,864,791 12,365,976 2.79% 1.53%
1966 1,914,573 12,590,069 2.67% 1.81%
1967 1,965,598 12,876,118 2.67% 2.27%
1968 2,022,272 13,172,614 2.88% 2.3%
1969 2,081,695 13,475,960 2.94% 2.3%
1970 2,135,479 13,783,719 2.58% 2.28%
1971 2,187,853 14,098,936 2.45% 2.29%
1972 2,243,126 14,427,072 2.53% 2.33%
1973 2,296,752 14,771,147 2.39% 2.38%
1974 2,350,124 15,133,502 2.32% 2.45%
1975 2,404,831 15,678,596 2.33% 3.6%
1976 2,458,526 16,409,170 2.23% 4.66%
1977 2,513,546 17,015,994 2.24% 3.7%
1978 2,566,266 17,506,974 2.1% 2.89%
1979 2,617,832 18,036,655 2.01% 3.03%
1980 2,671,997 18,607,174 2.07% 3.16%
1981 2,726,056 19,220,704 2.02% 3.3%
1982 2,784,278 19,872,348 2.14% 3.39%
1983 2,843,960 20,558,115 2.14% 3.45%
1984 2,904,429 21,271,969 2.13% 3.47%
1985 2,964,762 22,008,544 2.08% 3.46%
1986 3,022,635 22,745,499 1.95% 3.35%
1987 3,083,605 23,443,624 2.02% 3.07%
1988 3,142,336 24,109,536 1.9% 2.84%
1989 3,227,943 24,754,485 2.72% 2.68%
1990 3,286,542 25,375,810 1.82% 2.51%
1991 3,266,790 25,987,928 -0.6% 2.41%
1992 3,247,039 26,628,568 -0.6% 2.47%
1993 3,227,287 27,277,048 -0.61% 2.44%
1994 3,207,536 27,887,279 -0.61% 2.24%
1995 3,187,784 28,470,191 -0.62% 2.09%
1996 3,168,033 29,033,044 -0.62% 1.98%
1997 3,148,281 29,579,301 -0.62% 1.88%
1998 3,128,530 30,054,133 -0.63% 1.61%
1999 3,108,778 30,474,354 -0.63% 1.4%
2000 3,089,027 30,903,893 -0.64% 1.41%
2001 3,060,173 31,331,221 -0.93% 1.38%
2002 3,051,010 31,750,835 -0.3% 1.34%
2003 3,039,616 32,175,818 -0.37% 1.34%
2004 3,026,939 32,628,286 -0.42% 1.41%
2005 3,011,487 33,109,249 -0.51% 1.47%
2006 2,992,547 33,623,506 -0.63% 1.55%
2007 2,970,017 34,189,416 -0.75% 1.68%
2008 2,947,314 34,816,961 -0.76% 1.84%
2009 2,927,519 35,490,445 -0.67% 1.93%
2010 2,913,021 36,188,236 -0.5% 1.97%
2011 2,905,195 36,903,376 -0.27% 1.98%
2012 2,860,708 37,646,166 -1.53% 2.01%
2013 2,816,902 38,414,171 -1.53% 2.04%
2014 2,773,767 39,205,031 -1.53% 2.06%
2015 2,731,293 40,019,529 -1.53% 2.08%
2016 2,689,469 40,850,721 -1.53% 2.08%
2017 2,648,285 41,689,299 -1.53% 2.05%
2018 2,607,733 42,505,035 -1.53% 1.96%
2019 2,567,801 43,294,546 -1.53% 1.86%
2020 2,528,480 44,042,091 -1.53% 1.73%
2021 2,489,762 44,761,099 -1.53% 1.63%
2022 2,451,636 45,477,389 -1.53% 1.6%
2023 2,414,095 46,164,219 -1.53% 1.51%
2024 2,377,128 46,814,308 -1.53% 1.41%
2025 2,359,884 47,435,316 -0.73% 1.33%
2026 2,342,445 48,028,344 -0.74% 1.25%
2027 2,325,583 48,593,419 -0.72% 1.18%
2028 2,308,931 49,135,532 -0.72% 1.12%
2029 2,292,108 49,655,386 -0.73% 1.06%
2030 2,275,057 50,154,168 -0.74% 1%
2031 2,258,025 50,637,369 -0.75% 0.96%
2032 2,241,237 51,113,505 -0.74% 0.94%
2033 2,224,113 51,584,249 -0.76% 0.92%
2034 2,206,455 52,048,009 -0.79% 0.9%
2035 2,188,805 52,516,794 -0.8% 0.9%
2036 2,171,011 52,986,277 -0.81% 0.89%
2037 2,152,744 53,452,788 -0.84% 0.88%
2038 2,134,317 53,921,847 -0.86% 0.88%
2039 2,115,391 54,396,263 -0.89% 0.88%
2040 2,096,231 54,873,482 -0.91% 0.88%
2041 2,077,210 55,351,998 -0.91% 0.87%
2042 2,058,255 55,834,554 -0.91% 0.87%
2043 2,039,438 56,319,606 -0.91% 0.87%
2044 2,020,787 56,806,185 -0.91% 0.86%
2045 2,002,071 57,290,162 -0.93% 0.85%
2046 1,983,055 57,767,681 -0.95% 0.83%
2047 1,964,257 58,234,183 -0.95% 0.81%
2048 1,945,501 58,690,893 -0.95% 0.78%
2049 1,926,519 59,136,165 -0.98% 0.76%
2050 1,907,462 59,565,558 -0.99% 0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Algeria gained 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Algeria's population increased by 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Algeria was ranked 34th in 2006 and ranked 33rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Albania's population will shrink by 18.6% to 1,907,462 people with a rank change from 145th to 148th. The population of Algeria will increase by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd.

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