Population in Albania compared to Costa Rica: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Costa Rica	Albania	Costa Rica
1960	1,608,800	1,327,496	-	-
1961	1,659,800	1,377,920	3.17%	3.8%
1962	1,711,319	1,429,445	3.1%	3.74%
1963	1,762,621	1,481,604	3%	3.65%
1964	1,814,135	1,533,960	2.92%	3.53%
1965	1,864,791	1,586,208	2.79%	3.41%
1966	1,914,573	1,638,116	2.67%	3.27%
1967	1,965,598	1,689,523	2.67%	3.14%
1968	2,022,272	1,739,731	2.88%	2.97%
1969	2,081,695	1,789,276	2.94%	2.85%
1970	2,135,479	1,838,949	2.58%	2.78%
1971	2,187,853	1,888,539	2.45%	2.7%
1972	2,243,126	1,938,248	2.53%	2.63%
1973	2,296,752	1,988,343	2.39%	2.58%
1974	2,350,124	2,039,643	2.32%	2.58%
1975	2,404,831	2,092,719	2.33%	2.6%
1976	2,458,526	2,147,774	2.23%	2.63%
1977	2,513,546	2,205,025	2.24%	2.67%
1978	2,566,266	2,264,510	2.1%	2.7%
1979	2,617,832	2,326,490	2.01%	2.74%
1980	2,671,997	2,390,633	2.07%	2.76%
1981	2,726,056	2,456,637	2.02%	2.76%
1982	2,784,278	2,524,806	2.14%	2.77%
1983	2,843,960	2,595,153	2.14%	2.79%
1984	2,904,429	2,667,595	2.13%	2.79%
1985	2,964,762	2,741,894	2.08%	2.79%
1986	3,022,635	2,817,216	1.95%	2.75%
1987	3,083,605	2,892,699	2.02%	2.68%
1988	3,142,336	2,968,103	1.9%	2.61%
1989	3,227,943	3,043,827	2.72%	2.55%
1990	3,286,542	3,121,706	1.82%	2.56%
1991	3,266,790	3,202,176	-0.6%	2.58%
1992	3,247,039	3,284,258	-0.6%	2.56%
1993	3,227,287	3,367,434	-0.61%	2.53%
1994	3,207,536	3,451,122	-0.61%	2.49%
1995	3,187,784	3,535,176	-0.62%	2.44%
1996	3,168,033	3,619,013	-0.62%	2.37%
1997	3,148,281	3,701,711	-0.62%	2.29%
1998	3,128,530	3,782,838	-0.63%	2.19%
1999	3,108,778	3,862,101	-0.63%	2.1%
2000	3,089,027	3,937,739	-0.64%	1.96%
2001	3,060,173	4,008,947	-0.93%	1.81%
2002	3,051,010	4,075,705	-0.3%	1.67%
2003	3,039,616	4,138,784	-0.37%	1.55%
2004	3,026,939	4,200,078	-0.42%	1.48%
2005	3,011,487	4,261,240	-0.51%	1.46%
2006	2,992,547	4,321,340	-0.63%	1.41%
2007	2,970,017	4,380,248	-0.75%	1.36%
2008	2,947,314	4,440,056	-0.76%	1.37%
2009	2,927,519	4,499,791	-0.67%	1.35%
2010	2,913,021	4,555,962	-0.5%	1.25%
2011	2,905,195	4,609,833	-0.27%	1.18%
2012	2,860,708	4,663,934	-1.53%	1.17%
2013	2,816,902	4,716,147	-1.53%	1.12%
2014	2,773,767	4,767,119	-1.53%	1.08%
2015	2,731,293	4,818,038	-1.53%	1.07%
2016	2,689,469	4,866,998	-1.53%	1.02%
2017	2,648,285	4,913,177	-1.53%	0.95%
2018	2,607,733	4,957,818	-1.53%	0.91%
2019	2,567,801	4,999,553	-1.53%	0.84%
2020	2,528,480	5,034,320	-1.53%	0.7%
2021	2,489,762	5,059,988	-1.53%	0.51%
2022	2,451,636	5,081,765	-1.53%	0.43%
2023	2,414,095	5,105,525	-1.53%	0.47%
2024	2,377,128	5,129,910	-1.53%	0.48%
2025	2,359,884	5,152,946	-0.73%	0.45%
2026	2,342,445	5,174,780	-0.74%	0.42%
2027	2,325,583	5,195,555	-0.72%	0.4%
2028	2,308,931	5,215,247	-0.72%	0.38%
2029	2,292,108	5,233,877	-0.73%	0.36%
2030	2,275,057	5,251,495	-0.74%	0.34%
2031	2,258,025	5,268,137	-0.75%	0.32%
2032	2,241,237	5,283,807	-0.74%	0.3%
2033	2,224,113	5,298,514	-0.76%	0.28%
2034	2,206,455	5,312,162	-0.79%	0.26%
2035	2,188,805	5,324,698	-0.8%	0.24%
2036	2,171,011	5,336,133	-0.81%	0.21%
2037	2,152,744	5,346,408	-0.84%	0.19%
2038	2,134,317	5,355,519	-0.86%	0.17%
2039	2,115,391	5,363,363	-0.89%	0.15%
2040	2,096,231	5,369,806	-0.91%	0.12%
2041	2,077,210	5,374,934	-0.91%	0.1%
2042	2,058,255	5,378,670	-0.91%	0.07%
2043	2,039,438	5,380,915	-0.91%	0.04%
2044	2,020,787	5,381,720	-0.91%	0.01%
2045	2,002,071	5,381,014	-0.93%	-0.01%
2046	1,983,055	5,378,757	-0.95%	-0.04%
2047	1,964,257	5,374,945	-0.95%	-0.07%
2048	1,945,501	5,369,577	-0.95%	-0.1%
2049	1,926,519	5,362,651	-0.98%	-0.13%
2050	1,907,462	5,354,148	-0.99%	-0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Costa Rica was ranked 119th in 2006 and ranked 126th 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 Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.