The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 46,814,308 people in Algeria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 47,911,682 in Algeria.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 17.8 times bigger than Albania's.
- Albania is ranked the 141st 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 -0.58% per year vs +1.81% in Algeria.
- Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Algeria has grown from 33.1M to 47.9M (44.7% 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 1.15M people by 2100.
Albania vs Algeria: live population counter
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| Current population |
2694925
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47911682
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| Population rank | 141/197 | 33/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.58% |
| One net population change |
16.8 minutes
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48.5 seconds
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| One birth every |
18.7 minutes
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34.8 seconds
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| One death every |
23 minutes
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2.45 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
21.5 minutes
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16.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -24,472 | -31,240 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +1,781 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,355 | +650,089 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.14% | +1.41% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 76/197 |
Albania and Algeria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 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 | 2,900,401 | 37,646,166 | -0.17% | 2.01% |
| 2013 | 2,895,092 | 38,414,171 | -0.18% | 2.04% |
| 2014 | 2,889,104 | 39,205,031 | -0.21% | 2.06% |
| 2015 | 2,880,703 | 40,019,529 | -0.29% | 2.08% |
| 2016 | 2,876,101 | 40,850,721 | -0.16% | 2.08% |
| 2017 | 2,873,457 | 41,689,299 | -0.09% | 2.05% |
| 2018 | 2,866,376 | 42,505,035 | -0.25% | 1.96% |
| 2019 | 2,854,191 | 43,294,546 | -0.43% | 1.86% |
| 2020 | 2,837,849 | 44,042,091 | -0.57% | 1.73% |
| 2021 | 2,811,666 | 44,761,099 | -0.92% | 1.63% |
| 2022 | 2,777,689 | 45,477,389 | -1.21% | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 2,745,972 | 46,164,219 | -1.14% | 1.51% |
| 2024 | 2,714,617 | 46,814,308 | -1.14% | 1.41% |
| 2025 | 2,694,925 | 47,435,316 | -0.73% | 1.33% |
| 2026 | 2,675,010 | 48,028,344 | -0.74% | 1.25% |
| 2027 | 2,655,754 | 48,593,419 | -0.72% | 1.18% |
| 2028 | 2,636,738 | 49,135,532 | -0.72% | 1.12% |
| 2029 | 2,617,526 | 49,655,386 | -0.73% | 1.06% |
| 2030 | 2,598,055 | 50,154,168 | -0.74% | 1% |
| 2031 | 2,578,605 | 50,637,369 | -0.75% | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 2,559,433 | 51,113,505 | -0.74% | 0.94% |
| 2033 | 2,539,878 | 51,584,249 | -0.76% | 0.92% |
| 2034 | 2,519,713 | 52,048,009 | -0.79% | 0.9% |
| 2035 | 2,499,557 | 52,516,794 | -0.8% | 0.9% |
| 2036 | 2,479,237 | 52,986,277 | -0.81% | 0.89% |
| 2037 | 2,458,376 | 53,452,788 | -0.84% | 0.88% |
| 2038 | 2,437,333 | 53,921,847 | -0.86% | 0.88% |
| 2039 | 2,415,720 | 54,396,263 | -0.89% | 0.88% |
| 2040 | 2,393,840 | 54,873,482 | -0.91% | 0.88% |
| 2041 | 2,372,118 | 55,351,998 | -0.91% | 0.87% |
| 2042 | 2,350,472 | 55,834,554 | -0.91% | 0.87% |
| 2043 | 2,328,984 | 56,319,606 | -0.91% | 0.87% |
| 2044 | 2,307,685 | 56,806,185 | -0.91% | 0.86% |
| 2045 | 2,286,312 | 57,290,162 | -0.93% | 0.85% |
| 2046 | 2,264,596 | 57,767,681 | -0.95% | 0.83% |
| 2047 | 2,243,130 | 58,234,183 | -0.95% | 0.81% |
| 2048 | 2,221,710 | 58,690,893 | -0.95% | 0.78% |
| 2049 | 2,200,033 | 59,136,165 | -0.98% | 0.76% |
| 2050 | 2,178,271 | 59,565,558 | -0.99% | 0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Algeria gained 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Algeria's population increased by 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth).
Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Algeria was ranked 34th in 2005 and ranked 33rd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Albania's population will shrink by 19.2% to 2,178,271 people with a rank change from 141st to 146th. The population of Algeria will increase by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd.
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Population differences between Albania and Algeria
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| Life expectancy | 80 years | 76.7 years |
| Average age | 39.9 years | 30.8 years |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 29.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 51:49 |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 births per woman | 2.77 births per woman |
| Population density | 256.6 ppl/mi² | 50.9 ppl/mi² |
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