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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,377,128 in 2024 vs 132,059,767 people in Ethiopia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,342,445 people compared to 138,940,022 in Ethiopia.

Population statistics:

  • Ethiopia's population is 59.3 times bigger than Albania's.
  • Albania is ranked the 145th most populous country in the world, while Ethiopia is the 10th.
  • The countries together account for 1.71% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 1.68% for Ethiopia.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -1.53% per year vs +2.71% in Ethiopia.
  • Since 2006, the population of Albania has decreased from 2.99M people to 2.34M (21.7% decline), while Ethiopia has grown from 80.7M to 139M (72.2% growth).
  • Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people, while Albania's population already peaked in 1990 at 3.29M people and is projected to decrease to 1.01M people by 2100.

Albania vs Ethiopia: live population counter

Albania Ethiopia
Current population
2342445
138940022
Population rank 145/197 10/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 1.68%
One net population change
14.2 minutes
9.36 seconds
One birth every
21.3 minutes
7.68 seconds
One death every
26.1 minutes
41.1 seconds
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
17.5 minutes
Annual migration change -24,472 +30,069
Daily growth/decline -101 +9,228
Annual growth/decline -36,967 +3,368,075
Annual growth/decline rate -1.53% +2.62%
Population growth rate rank 194/197 25/197

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

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Ethiopia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Ethiopia Albania Ethiopia
1960 1,608,800 21,376,693 - -
1961 1,659,800 21,906,102 3.17% 2.48%
1962 1,711,319 22,465,126 3.1% 2.55%
1963 1,762,621 23,051,637 3% 2.61%
1964 1,814,135 23,666,548 2.92% 2.67%
1965 1,864,791 24,310,612 2.79% 2.72%
1966 1,914,573 24,952,689 2.67% 2.64%
1967 1,965,598 25,620,276 2.67% 2.68%
1968 2,022,272 26,337,930 2.88% 2.8%
1969 2,081,695 27,072,571 2.94% 2.79%
1970 2,135,479 27,829,128 2.58% 2.79%
1971 2,187,853 28,600,106 2.45% 2.77%
1972 2,243,126 29,374,608 2.53% 2.71%
1973 2,296,752 30,166,785 2.39% 2.7%
1974 2,350,124 30,957,273 2.32% 2.62%
1975 2,404,831 31,723,252 2.33% 2.47%
1976 2,458,526 32,534,418 2.23% 2.56%
1977 2,513,546 33,167,272 2.24% 1.95%
1978 2,566,266 33,734,592 2.1% 1.71%
1979 2,617,832 34,238,652 2.01% 1.49%
1980 2,671,997 34,428,514 2.07% 0.55%
1981 2,726,056 35,304,012 2.02% 2.54%
1982 2,784,278 36,701,290 2.14% 3.96%
1983 2,843,960 37,740,817 2.14% 2.83%
1984 2,904,429 38,735,722 2.13% 2.64%
1985 2,964,762 39,842,136 2.08% 2.86%
1986 3,022,635 41,037,656 1.95% 3%
1987 3,083,605 42,460,039 2.02% 3.47%
1988 3,142,336 44,150,825 1.9% 3.98%
1989 3,227,943 45,879,690 2.72% 3.92%
1990 3,286,542 47,609,755 1.82% 3.77%
1991 3,266,790 49,717,198 -0.6% 4.43%
1992 3,247,039 51,853,747 -0.6% 4.3%
1993 3,227,287 53,708,891 -0.61% 3.58%
1994 3,207,536 55,611,508 -0.61% 3.54%
1995 3,187,784 57,537,335 -0.62% 3.46%
1996 3,168,033 59,467,635 -0.62% 3.35%
1997 3,148,281 61,404,539 -0.62% 3.26%
1998 3,128,530 63,363,524 -0.63% 3.19%
1999 3,108,778 65,374,561 -0.63% 3.17%
2000 3,089,027 67,411,494 -0.64% 3.12%
2001 3,060,173 69,487,762 -0.93% 3.08%
2002 3,051,010 71,635,517 -0.3% 3.09%
2003 3,039,616 73,832,663 -0.37% 3.07%
2004 3,026,939 76,077,206 -0.42% 3.04%
2005 3,011,487 78,367,470 -0.51% 3.01%
2006 2,992,547 80,703,490 -0.63% 2.98%
2007 2,970,017 83,103,217 -0.75% 2.97%
2008 2,947,314 85,543,668 -0.76% 2.94%
2009 2,927,519 88,007,636 -0.67% 2.88%
2010 2,913,021 90,538,514 -0.5% 2.88%
2011 2,905,195 93,149,970 -0.27% 2.88%
2012 2,860,708 95,798,767 -1.53% 2.84%
2013 2,816,902 98,438,751 -1.53% 2.76%
2014 2,773,767 101,115,610 -1.53% 2.72%
2015 2,731,293 103,867,135 -1.53% 2.72%
2016 2,689,469 106,718,162 -1.53% 2.74%
2017 2,648,285 109,666,481 -1.53% 2.76%
2018 2,607,733 112,664,152 -1.53% 2.73%
2019 2,567,801 115,737,383 -1.53% 2.73%
2020 2,528,480 118,917,671 -1.53% 2.75%
2021 2,489,762 122,138,588 -1.53% 2.71%
2022 2,451,636 125,384,287 -1.53% 2.66%
2023 2,414,095 128,691,692 -1.53% 2.64%
2024 2,377,128 132,059,767 -1.53% 2.62%
2025 2,359,884 135,472,043 -0.73% 2.58%
2026 2,342,445 138,902,180 -0.74% 2.53%
2027 2,325,583 142,364,798 -0.72% 2.49%
2028 2,308,931 145,841,255 -0.72% 2.44%
2029 2,292,108 149,336,056 -0.73% 2.4%
2030 2,275,057 152,855,352 -0.74% 2.36%
2031 2,258,025 156,382,425 -0.75% 2.31%
2032 2,241,237 159,923,895 -0.74% 2.26%
2033 2,224,113 163,453,311 -0.76% 2.21%
2034 2,206,455 166,978,790 -0.79% 2.16%
2035 2,188,805 170,532,952 -0.8% 2.13%
2036 2,171,011 174,097,772 -0.81% 2.09%
2037 2,152,744 177,661,132 -0.84% 2.05%
2038 2,134,317 181,235,892 -0.86% 2.01%
2039 2,115,391 184,835,102 -0.89% 1.99%
2040 2,096,231 188,450,900 -0.91% 1.96%
2041 2,077,210 192,068,629 -0.91% 1.92%
2042 2,058,255 195,695,295 -0.91% 1.89%
2043 2,039,438 199,347,978 -0.91% 1.87%
2044 2,020,787 203,014,368 -0.91% 1.84%
2045 2,002,071 206,673,625 -0.93% 1.8%
2046 1,983,055 210,337,847 -0.95% 1.77%
2047 1,964,257 214,023,504 -0.95% 1.75%
2048 1,945,501 217,710,204 -0.95% 1.72%
2049 1,926,519 221,377,329 -0.98% 1.68%
2050 1,907,462 225,021,865 -0.99% 1.65%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.

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