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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Bhutan	Albania	Bhutan
1960	1,608,800	224,084	-	-
1961	1,659,800	230,602	3.17%	2.91%
1962	1,711,319	237,636	3.1%	3.05%
1963	1,762,621	245,156	3%	3.16%
1964	1,814,135	252,987	2.92%	3.19%
1965	1,864,791	261,200	2.79%	3.25%
1966	1,914,573	269,820	2.67%	3.3%
1967	1,965,598	278,852	2.67%	3.35%
1968	2,022,272	288,311	2.88%	3.39%
1969	2,081,695	298,214	2.94%	3.43%
1970	2,135,479	308,528	2.58%	3.46%
1971	2,187,853	319,211	2.45%	3.46%
1972	2,243,126	330,264	2.53%	3.46%
1973	2,296,752	341,705	2.39%	3.46%
1974	2,350,124	353,538	2.32%	3.46%
1975	2,404,831	365,791	2.33%	3.47%
1976	2,458,526	378,490	2.23%	3.47%
1977	2,513,546	391,639	2.24%	3.47%
1978	2,566,266	405,243	2.1%	3.47%
1979	2,617,832	419,200	2.01%	3.44%
1980	2,671,997	433,404	2.07%	3.39%
1981	2,726,056	447,836	2.02%	3.33%
1982	2,784,278	462,485	2.14%	3.27%
1983	2,843,960	477,460	2.14%	3.24%
1984	2,904,429	492,784	2.13%	3.21%
1985	2,964,762	508,392	2.08%	3.17%
1986	3,022,635	524,324	1.95%	3.13%
1987	3,083,605	540,557	2.02%	3.1%
1988	3,142,336	556,986	1.9%	3.04%
1989	3,227,943	573,586	2.72%	2.98%
1990	3,286,542	589,287	1.82%	2.74%
1991	3,266,790	599,784	-0.6%	1.78%
1992	3,247,039	577,774	-0.6%	-3.67%
1993	3,227,287	554,673	-0.61%	-4%
1994	3,207,536	554,497	-0.61%	-0.03%
1995	3,187,784	547,989	-0.62%	-1.17%
1996	3,168,033	548,784	-0.62%	0.15%
1997	3,148,281	558,697	-0.62%	1.81%
1998	3,128,530	569,435	-0.63%	1.92%
1999	3,108,778	582,579	-0.63%	2.31%
2000	3,089,027	596,863	-0.64%	2.45%
2001	3,060,173	610,794	-0.93%	2.33%
2002	3,051,010	624,409	-0.3%	2.23%
2003	3,039,616	637,663	-0.37%	2.12%
2004	3,026,939	650,544	-0.42%	2.02%
2005	3,011,487	661,865	-0.51%	1.74%
2006	2,992,547	670,799	-0.63%	1.35%
2007	2,970,017	678,641	-0.75%	1.17%
2008	2,947,314	686,351	-0.76%	1.14%
2009	2,927,519	693,988	-0.67%	1.11%
2010	2,913,021	701,632	-0.5%	1.1%
2011	2,905,195	709,377	-0.27%	1.1%
2012	2,900,401	717,279	-0.17%	1.11%
2013	2,895,092	725,273	-0.18%	1.11%
2014	2,889,104	733,139	-0.21%	1.08%
2015	2,880,703	740,618	-0.29%	1.02%
2016	2,876,101	747,866	-0.16%	0.98%
2017	2,873,457	754,335	-0.09%	0.86%
2018	2,866,376	759,759	-0.25%	0.72%
2019	2,854,191	764,824	-0.43%	0.67%
2020	2,837,849	770,006	-0.57%	0.68%
2021	2,811,666	775,442	-0.92%	0.71%
2022	2,777,689	780,914	-1.21%	0.71%
2023	2,745,972	786,385	-1.14%	0.7%
2024	2,714,617	791,524	-1.14%	0.65%
2025	2,694,925	796,681	-0.73%	0.65%
2026	2,675,010	802,211	-0.74%	0.69%
2027	2,655,754	807,265	-0.72%	0.63%
2028	2,636,738	811,835	-0.72%	0.57%
2029	2,617,526	816,265	-0.73%	0.55%
2030	2,598,055	820,693	-0.74%	0.54%
2031	2,578,605	825,464	-0.75%	0.58%
2032	2,559,433	830,347	-0.74%	0.59%
2033	2,539,878	834,984	-0.76%	0.56%
2034	2,519,713	839,045	-0.79%	0.49%
2035	2,499,557	843,199	-0.8%	0.5%
2036	2,479,237	847,699	-0.81%	0.53%
2037	2,458,376	851,844	-0.84%	0.49%
2038	2,437,333	855,558	-0.86%	0.44%
2039	2,415,720	858,918	-0.89%	0.39%
2040	2,393,840	862,126	-0.91%	0.37%
2041	2,372,118	865,152	-0.91%	0.35%
2042	2,350,472	868,152	-0.91%	0.35%
2043	2,328,984	871,100	-0.91%	0.34%
2044	2,307,685	873,733	-0.91%	0.3%
2045	2,286,312	876,178	-0.93%	0.28%
2046	2,264,596	878,161	-0.95%	0.23%
2047	2,243,130	879,450	-0.95%	0.15%
2048	2,221,710	880,488	-0.95%	0.12%
2049	2,200,033	881,433	-0.98%	0.11%
2050	2,178,271	882,337	-0.99%	0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Bhutan gained 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Bhutan's population increased by 60,505 (a 8.17% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Bhutan was ranked 161st in 2005 and ranked 163rd 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 Bhutan will increase by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd.