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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Belgium	Albania	Belgium
1960	1,608,800	9,153,489	-	-
1961	1,659,800	9,183,948	3.17%	0.33%
1962	1,711,319	9,220,578	3.1%	0.4%
1963	1,762,621	9,289,770	3%	0.75%
1964	1,814,135	9,378,113	2.92%	0.95%
1965	1,864,791	9,463,667	2.79%	0.91%
1966	1,914,573	9,527,807	2.67%	0.68%
1967	1,965,598	9,580,991	2.67%	0.56%
1968	2,022,272	9,618,756	2.88%	0.39%
1969	2,081,695	9,646,032	2.94%	0.28%
1970	2,135,479	9,655,549	2.58%	0.1%
1971	2,187,853	9,673,162	2.45%	0.18%
1972	2,243,126	9,711,115	2.53%	0.39%
1973	2,296,752	9,741,720	2.39%	0.32%
1974	2,350,124	9,772,419	2.32%	0.32%
1975	2,404,831	9,800,700	2.33%	0.29%
1976	2,458,526	9,818,227	2.23%	0.18%
1977	2,513,546	9,830,358	2.24%	0.12%
1978	2,566,266	9,839,534	2.1%	0.09%
1979	2,617,832	9,848,382	2.01%	0.09%
1980	2,671,997	9,859,242	2.07%	0.11%
1981	2,726,056	9,858,982	2.02%	-0.003%
1982	2,784,278	9,856,303	2.14%	-0.03%
1983	2,843,960	9,855,520	2.14%	-0.008%
1984	2,904,429	9,855,372	2.13%	-0.002%
1985	2,964,762	9,858,308	2.08%	0.03%
1986	3,022,635	9,861,823	1.95%	0.04%
1987	3,083,605	9,870,234	2.02%	0.09%
1988	3,142,336	9,901,664	1.9%	0.32%
1989	3,227,943	9,937,697	2.72%	0.36%
1990	3,286,542	9,967,379	1.82%	0.3%
1991	3,266,790	10,004,486	-0.6%	0.37%
1992	3,247,039	10,045,158	-0.6%	0.41%
1993	3,227,287	10,084,475	-0.61%	0.39%
1994	3,207,536	10,115,603	-0.61%	0.31%
1995	3,187,784	10,136,811	-0.62%	0.21%
1996	3,168,033	10,156,637	-0.62%	0.2%
1997	3,148,281	10,181,245	-0.62%	0.24%
1998	3,128,530	10,203,008	-0.63%	0.21%
1999	3,108,778	10,226,419	-0.63%	0.23%
2000	3,089,027	10,251,250	-0.64%	0.24%
2001	3,060,173	10,286,570	-0.93%	0.34%
2002	3,051,010	10,332,785	-0.3%	0.45%
2003	3,039,616	10,376,133	-0.37%	0.42%
2004	3,026,939	10,421,137	-0.42%	0.43%
2005	3,011,487	10,478,617	-0.51%	0.55%
2006	2,992,547	10,547,958	-0.63%	0.66%
2007	2,970,017	10,625,700	-0.75%	0.74%
2008	2,947,314	10,709,973	-0.76%	0.79%
2009	2,927,519	10,796,493	-0.67%	0.81%
2010	2,913,021	10,895,586	-0.5%	0.92%
2011	2,905,195	11,038,264	-0.27%	1.31%
2012	2,900,401	11,106,932	-0.17%	0.62%
2013	2,895,092	11,159,407	-0.18%	0.47%
2014	2,889,104	11,209,057	-0.21%	0.44%
2015	2,880,703	11,274,196	-0.29%	0.58%
2016	2,876,101	11,331,422	-0.16%	0.51%
2017	2,873,457	11,375,158	-0.09%	0.39%
2018	2,866,376	11,427,054	-0.25%	0.46%
2019	2,854,191	11,488,980	-0.43%	0.54%
2020	2,837,849	11,538,604	-0.57%	0.43%
2021	2,811,666	11,586,195	-0.92%	0.41%
2022	2,777,689	11,680,210	-1.21%	0.81%
2023	2,745,972	11,787,423	-1.14%	0.92%
2024	2,714,617	11,876,844	-1.14%	0.76%
2025	2,694,925	11,896,918	-0.73%	0.17%
2026	2,675,010	11,913,154	-0.74%	0.14%
2027	2,655,754	11,927,312	-0.72%	0.12%
2028	2,636,738	11,940,447	-0.72%	0.11%
2029	2,617,526	11,952,623	-0.73%	0.1%
2030	2,598,055	11,963,228	-0.74%	0.09%
2031	2,578,605	11,972,203	-0.75%	0.08%
2032	2,559,433	11,980,413	-0.74%	0.07%
2033	2,539,878	11,988,622	-0.76%	0.07%
2034	2,519,713	11,996,340	-0.79%	0.06%
2035	2,499,557	12,003,132	-0.8%	0.06%
2036	2,479,237	12,009,585	-0.81%	0.05%
2037	2,458,376	12,016,237	-0.84%	0.06%
2038	2,437,333	12,022,688	-0.86%	0.05%
2039	2,415,720	12,027,954	-0.89%	0.04%
2040	2,393,840	12,032,091	-0.91%	0.03%
2041	2,372,118	12,035,890	-0.91%	0.03%
2042	2,350,472	12,038,939	-0.91%	0.03%
2043	2,328,984	12,040,642	-0.91%	0.01%
2044	2,307,685	12,041,547	-0.91%	0.008%
2045	2,286,312	12,040,973	-0.93%	-0.005%
2046	2,264,596	12,038,516	-0.95%	-0.02%
2047	2,243,130	12,034,474	-0.95%	-0.03%
2048	2,221,710	12,028,475	-0.95%	-0.05%
2049	2,200,033	12,020,405	-0.98%	-0.07%
2050	2,178,271	12,010,542	-0.99%	-0.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Belgium gained 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Belgium's population increased by 635,764 (a 5.64% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Belgium was ranked 77th in 2005 and ranked 83rd 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 Belgium will increase by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people and rank change from 83rd to 92nd.