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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 41,288,599 people in Canada in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 41,972,421 in Canada.

Population statistics:

  • Canada's population is 15.6 times bigger than Albania's.
  • Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Canada is the 38th.
  • The countries together account for 0.54% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.51% for Canada.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +1.5% in Canada.
  • Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Canada has grown from 32.2M to 42M (30.2% growth).
  • Canada is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 55.7M 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 Canada: live population counter

Albania Canada
Current population
2694925
41972421
Population rank 141/197 38/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.51%
One net population change
16.8 minutes
26.2 seconds
One birth every
18.7 minutes
1.49 minutes
One death every
23 minutes
1.62 minutes
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
1.43 minutes
Annual migration change -24,472 +368,599
Daily growth/decline -86 +3,302
Annual growth/decline -31,355 +1,205,115
Annual growth/decline rate -1.14% +3.01%
Population growth rate rank 193/197 15/197

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

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Canada
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Canada Albania Canada
1960 1,608,800 17,909,356 - -
1961 1,659,800 18,271,000 3.17% 2.02%
1962 1,711,319 18,614,000 3.1% 1.88%
1963 1,762,621 18,964,000 3% 1.88%
1964 1,814,135 19,325,000 2.92% 1.9%
1965 1,864,791 19,678,000 2.79% 1.83%
1966 1,914,573 20,048,000 2.67% 1.88%
1967 1,965,598 20,412,000 2.67% 1.82%
1968 2,022,272 20,744,000 2.88% 1.63%
1969 2,081,695 21,028,000 2.94% 1.37%
1970 2,135,479 21,324,000 2.58% 1.41%
1971 2,187,853 21,962,032 2.45% 2.99%
1972 2,243,126 22,218,463 2.53% 1.17%
1973 2,296,752 22,491,777 2.39% 1.23%
1974 2,350,124 22,807,969 2.32% 1.41%
1975 2,404,831 23,143,275 2.33% 1.47%
1976 2,458,526 23,449,808 2.23% 1.32%
1977 2,513,546 23,725,843 2.24% 1.18%
1978 2,566,266 23,963,203 2.1% 1%
1979 2,617,832 24,201,544 2.01% 0.99%
1980 2,671,997 24,515,667 2.07% 1.3%
1981 2,726,056 24,819,915 2.02% 1.24%
1982 2,784,278 25,116,942 2.14% 1.2%
1983 2,843,960 25,366,451 2.14% 0.99%
1984 2,904,429 25,607,053 2.13% 0.95%
1985 2,964,762 25,842,116 2.08% 0.92%
1986 3,022,635 26,100,278 1.95% 1%
1987 3,083,605 26,446,601 2.02% 1.33%
1988 3,142,336 26,791,747 1.9% 1.31%
1989 3,227,943 27,276,781 2.72% 1.81%
1990 3,286,542 27,691,138 1.82% 1.52%
1991 3,266,790 28,037,420 -0.6% 1.25%
1992 3,247,039 28,371,264 -0.6% 1.19%
1993 3,227,287 28,684,764 -0.61% 1.1%
1994 3,207,536 29,000,663 -0.61% 1.1%
1995 3,187,784 29,302,311 -0.62% 1.04%
1996 3,168,033 29,610,218 -0.62% 1.05%
1997 3,148,281 29,905,948 -0.62% 1%
1998 3,128,530 30,155,173 -0.63% 0.83%
1999 3,108,778 30,401,286 -0.63% 0.82%
2000 3,089,027 30,685,730 -0.64% 0.94%
2001 3,060,173 31,020,855 -0.93% 1.09%
2002 3,051,010 31,359,199 -0.3% 1.09%
2003 3,039,616 31,642,461 -0.37% 0.9%
2004 3,026,939 31,938,807 -0.42% 0.94%
2005 3,011,487 32,242,732 -0.51% 0.95%
2006 2,992,547 32,571,193 -0.63% 1.02%
2007 2,970,017 32,888,886 -0.75% 0.98%
2008 2,947,314 33,247,298 -0.76% 1.09%
2009 2,927,519 33,630,069 -0.67% 1.15%
2010 2,913,021 34,005,902 -0.5% 1.12%
2011 2,905,195 34,339,221 -0.27% 0.98%
2012 2,900,401 34,713,395 -0.17% 1.09%
2013 2,895,092 35,080,992 -0.18% 1.06%
2014 2,889,104 35,434,066 -0.21% 1.01%
2015 2,880,703 35,704,498 -0.29% 0.76%
2016 2,876,101 36,110,803 -0.16% 1.14%
2017 2,873,457 36,545,075 -0.09% 1.2%
2018 2,866,376 37,072,620 -0.25% 1.44%
2019 2,854,191 37,618,495 -0.43% 1.47%
2020 2,837,849 38,028,638 -0.57% 1.09%
2021 2,811,666 38,239,864 -0.92% 0.56%
2022 2,777,689 38,935,934 -1.21% 1.82%
2023 2,745,972 40,083,484 -1.14% 2.95%
2024 2,714,617 41,288,599 -1.14% 3.01%
2025 2,694,925 41,687,850 -0.73% 0.97%
2026 2,675,010 42,042,113 -0.74% 0.85%
2027 2,655,754 42,368,857 -0.72% 0.78%
2028 2,636,738 42,683,927 -0.72% 0.74%
2029 2,617,526 42,986,030 -0.73% 0.71%
2030 2,598,055 43,276,190 -0.74% 0.68%
2031 2,578,605 43,559,839 -0.75% 0.66%
2032 2,559,433 43,833,228 -0.74% 0.63%
2033 2,539,878 44,089,067 -0.76% 0.58%
2034 2,519,713 44,336,794 -0.79% 0.56%
2035 2,499,557 44,574,481 -0.8% 0.54%
2036 2,479,237 44,802,196 -0.81% 0.51%
2037 2,458,376 45,029,252 -0.84% 0.51%
2038 2,437,333 45,250,482 -0.86% 0.49%
2039 2,415,720 45,461,809 -0.89% 0.47%
2040 2,393,840 45,661,339 -0.91% 0.44%
2041 2,372,118 45,855,081 -0.91% 0.42%
2042 2,350,472 46,046,286 -0.91% 0.42%
2043 2,328,984 46,232,447 -0.91% 0.4%
2044 2,307,685 46,413,908 -0.91% 0.39%
2045 2,286,312 46,594,973 -0.93% 0.39%
2046 2,264,596 46,768,120 -0.95% 0.37%
2047 2,243,130 46,930,946 -0.95% 0.35%
2048 2,221,710 47,092,745 -0.95% 0.34%
2049 2,200,033 47,246,217 -0.98% 0.33%
2050 2,178,271 47,396,788 -0.99% 0.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th 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 Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.

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