The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,377,128 in 2024 vs 83,516,593 people in Germany in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,342,445 people compared to 82,619,736 in Germany.
Population statistics:
- Germany's population is 35.3 times bigger than Albania's.
- Albania is ranked the 145th most populous country in the world, while Germany is the 19th.
- The countries together account for 1.03% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 1% for Germany.
- For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -1.53% per year vs +0.32% in Germany.
- Since 2006, the population of Albania has decreased from 2.99M people to 2.34M (21.7% decline), while Germany has grown from 82.4M to 82.6M (0.3% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 39.2% of the population in Albania and 13.1% in Germany.
Albania vs Germany: live population counter
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| Current population |
2342445
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82619736
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| Population rank | 145/197 | 19/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 1% |
| One net population change |
14.2 minutes
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2.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
21.3 minutes
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45.6 seconds
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| One death every |
26.1 minutes
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30.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
21.5 minutes
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14.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -24,472 | +36,954 |
| Daily growth/decline | -101 | +628 |
| Annual growth/decline | -36,967 | +229,320 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.53% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 194/197 | 152/197 |
Albania and Germany: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,608,800 | 72,814,900 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,659,800 | 73,377,632 | 3.17% | 0.77% |
| 1962 | 1,711,319 | 74,025,784 | 3.1% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 1,762,621 | 74,714,353 | 3% | 0.93% |
| 1964 | 1,814,135 | 75,318,337 | 2.92% | 0.81% |
| 1965 | 1,864,791 | 75,963,695 | 2.79% | 0.86% |
| 1966 | 1,914,573 | 76,600,311 | 2.67% | 0.84% |
| 1967 | 1,965,598 | 76,951,336 | 2.67% | 0.46% |
| 1968 | 2,022,272 | 77,294,314 | 2.88% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 2,081,695 | 77,909,682 | 2.94% | 0.8% |
| 1970 | 2,135,479 | 78,169,289 | 2.58% | 0.33% |
| 1971 | 2,187,853 | 78,312,842 | 2.45% | 0.18% |
| 1972 | 2,243,126 | 78,688,452 | 2.53% | 0.48% |
| 1973 | 2,296,752 | 78,936,666 | 2.39% | 0.32% |
| 1974 | 2,350,124 | 78,967,433 | 2.32% | 0.04% |
| 1975 | 2,404,831 | 78,673,554 | 2.33% | -0.37% |
| 1976 | 2,458,526 | 78,336,950 | 2.23% | -0.43% |
| 1977 | 2,513,546 | 78,159,814 | 2.24% | -0.23% |
| 1978 | 2,566,266 | 78,091,820 | 2.1% | -0.09% |
| 1979 | 2,617,832 | 78,126,350 | 2.01% | 0.04% |
| 1980 | 2,671,997 | 78,288,576 | 2.07% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 2,726,056 | 78,407,907 | 2.02% | 0.15% |
| 1982 | 2,784,278 | 78,333,366 | 2.14% | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 2,843,960 | 78,128,282 | 2.14% | -0.26% |
| 1984 | 2,904,429 | 77,858,685 | 2.13% | -0.35% |
| 1985 | 2,964,762 | 77,684,873 | 2.08% | -0.22% |
| 1986 | 3,022,635 | 77,720,436 | 1.95% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 3,083,605 | 77,839,920 | 2.02% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 3,142,336 | 78,144,619 | 1.9% | 0.39% |
| 1989 | 3,227,943 | 78,751,283 | 2.72% | 0.78% |
| 1990 | 3,286,542 | 79,433,029 | 1.82% | 0.87% |
| 1991 | 3,266,790 | 80,013,896 | -0.6% | 0.73% |
| 1992 | 3,247,039 | 80,624,598 | -0.6% | 0.76% |
| 1993 | 3,227,287 | 81,156,363 | -0.61% | 0.66% |
| 1994 | 3,207,536 | 81,438,348 | -0.61% | 0.35% |
| 1995 | 3,187,784 | 81,678,051 | -0.62% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 3,168,033 | 81,914,831 | -0.62% | 0.29% |
| 1997 | 3,148,281 | 82,034,771 | -0.62% | 0.15% |
| 1998 | 3,128,530 | 82,047,195 | -0.63% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 3,108,778 | 82,100,243 | -0.63% | 0.06% |
| 2000 | 3,089,027 | 82,211,508 | -0.64% | 0.14% |
| 2001 | 3,060,173 | 82,349,925 | -0.93% | 0.17% |
| 2002 | 3,051,010 | 82,488,495 | -0.3% | 0.17% |
| 2003 | 3,039,616 | 82,534,176 | -0.37% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 3,026,939 | 82,516,260 | -0.42% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 3,011,487 | 82,469,422 | -0.51% | -0.06% |
| 2006 | 2,992,547 | 82,376,451 | -0.63% | -0.11% |
| 2007 | 2,970,017 | 82,266,372 | -0.75% | -0.13% |
| 2008 | 2,947,314 | 82,110,097 | -0.76% | -0.19% |
| 2009 | 2,927,519 | 81,902,307 | -0.67% | -0.25% |
| 2010 | 2,913,021 | 81,776,930 | -0.5% | -0.15% |
| 2011 | 2,905,195 | 80,274,983 | -0.27% | -1.84% |
| 2012 | 2,860,708 | 80,425,823 | -1.53% | 0.19% |
| 2013 | 2,816,902 | 80,645,605 | -1.53% | 0.27% |
| 2014 | 2,773,767 | 80,982,500 | -1.53% | 0.42% |
| 2015 | 2,731,293 | 81,686,611 | -1.53% | 0.87% |
| 2016 | 2,689,469 | 82,348,669 | -1.53% | 0.81% |
| 2017 | 2,648,285 | 82,657,002 | -1.53% | 0.37% |
| 2018 | 2,607,733 | 82,905,782 | -1.53% | 0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,567,801 | 83,092,962 | -1.53% | 0.23% |
| 2020 | 2,528,480 | 83,160,871 | -1.53% | 0.08% |
| 2021 | 2,489,762 | 83,196,078 | -1.53% | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 2,451,636 | 83,177,813 | -1.53% | -0.02% |
| 2023 | 2,414,095 | 83,287,273 | -1.53% | 0.13% |
| 2024 | 2,377,128 | 83,516,593 | -1.53% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 2,359,884 | 83,045,276 | -0.73% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 2,342,445 | 82,619,736 | -0.74% | -0.51% |
| 2027 | 2,325,583 | 82,420,656 | -0.72% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 2,308,931 | 82,209,650 | -0.72% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 2,292,108 | 81,988,746 | -0.73% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 2,275,057 | 81,767,011 | -0.74% | -0.27% |
| 2031 | 2,258,025 | 81,541,291 | -0.75% | -0.28% |
| 2032 | 2,241,237 | 81,315,327 | -0.74% | -0.28% |
| 2033 | 2,224,113 | 81,094,150 | -0.76% | -0.27% |
| 2034 | 2,206,455 | 80,879,704 | -0.79% | -0.26% |
| 2035 | 2,188,805 | 80,669,570 | -0.8% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 2,171,011 | 80,445,835 | -0.81% | -0.28% |
| 2037 | 2,152,744 | 80,222,108 | -0.84% | -0.28% |
| 2038 | 2,134,317 | 80,001,936 | -0.86% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 2,115,391 | 79,780,699 | -0.89% | -0.28% |
| 2040 | 2,096,231 | 79,565,092 | -0.91% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 2,077,210 | 79,361,541 | -0.91% | -0.26% |
| 2042 | 2,058,255 | 79,167,400 | -0.91% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 2,039,438 | 78,962,964 | -0.91% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 2,020,787 | 78,743,160 | -0.91% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 2,002,071 | 78,518,131 | -0.93% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 1,983,055 | 78,293,579 | -0.95% | -0.29% |
| 2047 | 1,964,257 | 78,066,226 | -0.95% | -0.29% |
| 2048 | 1,945,501 | 77,826,011 | -0.95% | -0.31% |
| 2049 | 1,926,519 | 77,578,876 | -0.98% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 1,907,462 | 77,335,610 | -0.99% | -0.31% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Germany lost 27,782 people (a 0.03% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Germany's population increased by 271,067 (a 0.33% growth).
Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Germany was ranked 14th in 2006 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.4% to 77,335,610 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.
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Population differences between Albania and Germany
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| Life expectancy | 80.1 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 39.9 years | 45 years |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 46.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 224.7 ppl/mi² | 619 ppl/mi² |
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