The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 1,371,986 people in Estonia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 1,355,535 in Estonia.
Population statistics:
- Albania's population is 1.99 times bigger than Estonia's.
- Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Estonia is the 155th.
- The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.02% for Estonia.
- For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +0.37% in Estonia.
- Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Estonia has grown from 1.35M to 1.36M (0.06% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 38.9% of the population in Albania and 27% in Estonia.
Albania vs Estonia: live population counter
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| Current population |
2694925
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1355535
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| Population rank | 141/197 | 155/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
16.8 minutes
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5.15 hours
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| One birth every |
18.7 minutes
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47.9 minutes
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| One death every |
23 minutes
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32.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
21.5 minutes
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1.13 hours
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| Annual migration change | -24,472 | -7,742 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +5 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,355 | +1,700 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.14% | +0.12% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 157/197 |
Albania and Estonia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,608,800 | 1,211,537 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,659,800 | 1,225,077 | 3.17% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 1,711,319 | 1,241,623 | 3.1% | 1.35% |
| 1963 | 1,762,621 | 1,258,857 | 3% | 1.39% |
| 1964 | 1,814,135 | 1,277,086 | 2.92% | 1.45% |
| 1965 | 1,864,791 | 1,294,566 | 2.79% | 1.37% |
| 1966 | 1,914,573 | 1,308,597 | 2.67% | 1.08% |
| 1967 | 1,965,598 | 1,318,946 | 2.67% | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 2,022,272 | 1,331,214 | 2.88% | 0.93% |
| 1969 | 2,081,695 | 1,345,249 | 2.94% | 1.05% |
| 1970 | 2,135,479 | 1,360,076 | 2.58% | 1.1% |
| 1971 | 2,187,853 | 1,376,955 | 2.45% | 1.24% |
| 1972 | 2,243,126 | 1,392,518 | 2.53% | 1.13% |
| 1973 | 2,296,752 | 1,405,951 | 2.39% | 0.96% |
| 1974 | 2,350,124 | 1,418,169 | 2.32% | 0.87% |
| 1975 | 2,404,831 | 1,429,352 | 2.33% | 0.79% |
| 1976 | 2,458,526 | 1,439,576 | 2.23% | 0.72% |
| 1977 | 2,513,546 | 1,450,211 | 2.24% | 0.74% |
| 1978 | 2,566,266 | 1,460,188 | 2.1% | 0.69% |
| 1979 | 2,617,832 | 1,468,333 | 2.01% | 0.56% |
| 1980 | 2,671,997 | 1,477,219 | 2.07% | 0.61% |
| 1981 | 2,726,056 | 1,487,666 | 2.02% | 0.71% |
| 1982 | 2,784,278 | 1,498,414 | 2.14% | 0.72% |
| 1983 | 2,843,960 | 1,508,745 | 2.14% | 0.69% |
| 1984 | 2,904,429 | 1,518,617 | 2.13% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 2,964,762 | 1,528,781 | 2.08% | 0.67% |
| 1986 | 3,022,635 | 1,540,190 | 1.95% | 0.75% |
| 1987 | 3,083,605 | 1,552,221 | 2.02% | 0.78% |
| 1988 | 3,142,336 | 1,561,900 | 1.9% | 0.62% |
| 1989 | 3,227,943 | 1,568,131 | 2.72% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 3,286,542 | 1,569,174 | 1.82% | 0.07% |
| 1991 | 3,266,790 | 1,561,314 | -0.6% | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 3,247,039 | 1,533,091 | -0.6% | -1.81% |
| 1993 | 3,227,287 | 1,494,128 | -0.61% | -2.54% |
| 1994 | 3,207,536 | 1,462,514 | -0.61% | -2.12% |
| 1995 | 3,187,784 | 1,436,634 | -0.62% | -1.77% |
| 1996 | 3,168,033 | 1,415,594 | -0.62% | -1.46% |
| 1997 | 3,148,281 | 1,399,535 | -0.62% | -1.13% |
| 1998 | 3,128,530 | 1,386,156 | -0.63% | -0.96% |
| 1999 | 3,108,778 | 1,390,244 | -0.63% | 0.29% |
| 2000 | 3,089,027 | 1,396,985 | -0.64% | 0.48% |
| 2001 | 3,060,173 | 1,388,115 | -0.93% | -0.63% |
| 2002 | 3,051,010 | 1,379,350 | -0.3% | -0.63% |
| 2003 | 3,039,616 | 1,370,720 | -0.37% | -0.63% |
| 2004 | 3,026,939 | 1,362,550 | -0.42% | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 3,011,487 | 1,354,775 | -0.51% | -0.57% |
| 2006 | 2,992,547 | 1,346,810 | -0.63% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 2,970,017 | 1,340,680 | -0.75% | -0.46% |
| 2008 | 2,947,314 | 1,337,090 | -0.76% | -0.27% |
| 2009 | 2,927,519 | 1,334,515 | -0.67% | -0.19% |
| 2010 | 2,913,021 | 1,331,475 | -0.5% | -0.23% |
| 2011 | 2,905,195 | 1,327,439 | -0.27% | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,900,401 | 1,322,696 | -0.17% | -0.36% |
| 2013 | 2,895,092 | 1,317,997 | -0.18% | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 2,889,104 | 1,314,545 | -0.21% | -0.26% |
| 2015 | 2,880,703 | 1,315,407 | -0.29% | 0.07% |
| 2016 | 2,876,101 | 1,315,790 | -0.16% | 0.03% |
| 2017 | 2,873,457 | 1,317,384 | -0.09% | 0.12% |
| 2018 | 2,866,376 | 1,321,977 | -0.25% | 0.35% |
| 2019 | 2,854,191 | 1,326,898 | -0.43% | 0.37% |
| 2020 | 2,837,849 | 1,329,522 | -0.57% | 0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,811,666 | 1,330,932 | -0.92% | 0.11% |
| 2022 | 2,777,689 | 1,348,840 | -1.21% | 1.35% |
| 2023 | 2,745,972 | 1,370,286 | -1.14% | 1.59% |
| 2024 | 2,714,617 | 1,371,986 | -1.14% | 0.12% |
| 2025 | 2,694,925 | 1,355,535 | -0.73% | -1.2% |
| 2026 | 2,675,010 | 1,342,253 | -0.74% | -0.98% |
| 2027 | 2,655,754 | 1,335,097 | -0.72% | -0.53% |
| 2028 | 2,636,738 | 1,327,942 | -0.72% | -0.54% |
| 2029 | 2,617,526 | 1,320,819 | -0.73% | -0.54% |
| 2030 | 2,598,055 | 1,313,729 | -0.74% | -0.54% |
| 2031 | 2,578,605 | 1,306,620 | -0.75% | -0.54% |
| 2032 | 2,559,433 | 1,299,552 | -0.74% | -0.54% |
| 2033 | 2,539,878 | 1,292,576 | -0.76% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 2,519,713 | 1,285,689 | -0.79% | -0.53% |
| 2035 | 2,499,557 | 1,278,930 | -0.8% | -0.53% |
| 2036 | 2,479,237 | 1,272,310 | -0.81% | -0.52% |
| 2037 | 2,458,376 | 1,265,820 | -0.84% | -0.51% |
| 2038 | 2,437,333 | 1,259,511 | -0.86% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 2,415,720 | 1,253,315 | -0.89% | -0.49% |
| 2040 | 2,393,840 | 1,247,191 | -0.91% | -0.49% |
| 2041 | 2,372,118 | 1,241,077 | -0.91% | -0.49% |
| 2042 | 2,350,472 | 1,234,931 | -0.91% | -0.5% |
| 2043 | 2,328,984 | 1,228,790 | -0.91% | -0.5% |
| 2044 | 2,307,685 | 1,222,587 | -0.91% | -0.5% |
| 2045 | 2,286,312 | 1,216,327 | -0.93% | -0.51% |
| 2046 | 2,264,596 | 1,210,041 | -0.95% | -0.52% |
| 2047 | 2,243,130 | 1,203,693 | -0.95% | -0.52% |
| 2048 | 2,221,710 | 1,197,336 | -0.95% | -0.53% |
| 2049 | 2,200,033 | 1,190,841 | -0.98% | -0.54% |
| 2050 | 2,178,271 | 1,184,135 | -0.99% | -0.56% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Estonia lost 39,368 people (a 2.91% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Estonia's population increased by 40,128 (a 3.05% growth).
Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Estonia was ranked 149th in 2005 and ranked 155th 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 Estonia will decrease by 12.6% to 1,184,135 people and rank change from 155th to 159th.
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Population differences between Albania and Estonia
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| Life expectancy | 80 years | 79.5 years |
| Average age | 39.9 years | 43.1 years |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 43.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 47.5:52.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 births per woman | 1.31 births per woman |
| Population density | 256.6 ppl/mi² | 83.2 ppl/mi² |
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