Population in Albania compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	DR Congo	Albania	DR Congo
1960	1,608,800	15,264,846	-	-
1961	1,659,800	15,662,374	3.17%	2.6%
1962	1,711,319	16,075,724	3.1%	2.64%
1963	1,762,621	16,507,599	3%	2.69%
1964	1,814,135	16,955,327	2.92%	2.71%
1965	1,864,791	17,427,802	2.79%	2.79%
1966	1,914,573	17,931,929	2.67%	2.89%
1967	1,965,598	18,462,782	2.67%	2.96%
1968	2,022,272	19,012,189	2.88%	2.98%
1969	2,081,695	19,570,445	2.94%	2.94%
1970	2,135,479	20,137,436	2.58%	2.9%
1971	2,187,853	20,695,569	2.45%	2.77%
1972	2,243,126	21,251,160	2.53%	2.68%
1973	2,296,752	21,827,665	2.39%	2.71%
1974	2,350,124	22,418,878	2.32%	2.71%
1975	2,404,831	23,021,101	2.33%	2.69%
1976	2,458,526	23,624,031	2.23%	2.62%
1977	2,513,546	24,229,061	2.24%	2.56%
1978	2,566,266	24,992,689	2.1%	3.15%
1979	2,617,832	25,886,782	2.01%	3.58%
1980	2,671,997	26,711,099	2.07%	3.18%
1981	2,726,056	27,500,515	2.02%	2.96%
1982	2,784,278	28,338,190	2.14%	3.05%
1983	2,843,960	29,250,963	2.14%	3.22%
1984	2,904,429	30,245,081	2.13%	3.4%
1985	2,964,762	31,264,816	2.08%	3.37%
1986	3,022,635	32,265,196	1.95%	3.2%
1987	3,083,605	33,298,904	2.02%	3.2%
1988	3,142,336	34,382,752	1.9%	3.25%
1989	3,227,943	35,486,866	2.72%	3.21%
1990	3,286,542	36,684,063	1.82%	3.37%
1991	3,266,790	37,925,817	-0.6%	3.38%
1992	3,247,039	39,228,910	-0.6%	3.44%
1993	3,227,287	40,656,336	-0.61%	3.64%
1994	3,207,536	42,626,876	-0.61%	4.85%
1995	3,187,784	44,433,704	-0.62%	4.24%
1996	3,168,033	45,296,124	-0.62%	1.94%
1997	3,148,281	46,029,902	-0.62%	1.62%
1998	3,128,530	47,297,600	-0.63%	2.75%
1999	3,108,778	48,912,971	-0.63%	3.42%
2000	3,089,027	50,507,442	-0.64%	3.26%
2001	3,060,173	52,132,646	-0.93%	3.22%
2002	3,051,010	53,750,524	-0.3%	3.1%
2003	3,039,616	55,343,867	-0.37%	2.96%
2004	3,026,939	56,997,741	-0.42%	2.99%
2005	3,011,487	58,775,724	-0.51%	3.12%
2006	2,992,547	60,615,908	-0.63%	3.13%
2007	2,970,017	62,477,752	-0.75%	3.07%
2008	2,947,314	64,390,664	-0.76%	3.06%
2009	2,927,519	66,412,044	-0.67%	3.14%
2010	2,913,021	68,563,038	-0.5%	3.24%
2011	2,905,195	70,849,311	-0.27%	3.33%
2012	2,860,708	73,254,618	-1.53%	3.39%
2013	2,816,902	75,789,395	-1.53%	3.46%
2014	2,773,767	78,403,242	-1.53%	3.45%
2015	2,731,293	81,035,531	-1.53%	3.36%
2016	2,689,469	83,956,415	-1.53%	3.6%
2017	2,648,285	87,083,398	-1.53%	3.72%
2018	2,607,733	90,047,644	-1.53%	3.4%
2019	2,567,801	92,947,442	-1.53%	3.22%
2020	2,528,480	95,989,998	-1.53%	3.27%
2021	2,489,762	99,148,932	-1.53%	3.29%
2022	2,451,636	102,396,968	-1.53%	3.28%
2023	2,414,095	105,789,731	-1.53%	3.31%
2024	2,377,128	109,276,265	-1.53%	3.3%
2025	2,359,884	112,832,475	-0.73%	3.25%
2026	2,342,445	116,452,162	-0.74%	3.21%
2027	2,325,583	120,129,744	-0.72%	3.16%
2028	2,308,931	123,871,555	-0.72%	3.11%
2029	2,292,108	127,674,141	-0.73%	3.07%
2030	2,275,057	131,532,201	-0.74%	3.02%
2031	2,258,025	135,447,495	-0.75%	2.98%
2032	2,241,237	139,408,613	-0.74%	2.92%
2033	2,224,113	143,414,031	-0.76%	2.87%
2034	2,206,455	147,468,142	-0.79%	2.83%
2035	2,188,805	151,560,102	-0.8%	2.77%
2036	2,171,011	155,689,453	-0.81%	2.72%
2037	2,152,744	159,848,574	-0.84%	2.67%
2038	2,134,317	164,045,610	-0.86%	2.63%
2039	2,115,391	168,296,695	-0.89%	2.59%
2040	2,096,231	172,595,578	-0.91%	2.55%
2041	2,077,210	176,946,261	-0.91%	2.52%
2042	2,058,255	181,350,407	-0.91%	2.49%
2043	2,039,438	185,805,168	-0.91%	2.46%
2044	2,020,787	190,312,004	-0.91%	2.43%
2045	2,002,071	194,865,386	-0.93%	2.39%
2046	1,983,055	199,464,487	-0.95%	2.36%
2047	1,964,257	204,105,925	-0.95%	2.33%
2048	1,945,501	208,783,692	-0.95%	2.29%
2049	1,926,519	213,497,692	-0.98%	2.26%
2050	1,907,462	218,246,073	-0.99%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th 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 the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.