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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Greece	Albania	Greece
1960	1,608,800	8,331,725	-	-
1961	1,659,800	8,398,050	3.17%	0.8%
1962	1,711,319	8,448,233	3.1%	0.6%
1963	1,762,621	8,479,625	3%	0.37%
1964	1,814,135	8,510,429	2.92%	0.36%
1965	1,864,791	8,550,333	2.79%	0.47%
1966	1,914,573	8,613,651	2.67%	0.74%
1967	1,965,598	8,684,088	2.67%	0.82%
1968	2,022,272	8,740,765	2.88%	0.65%
1969	2,081,695	8,772,764	2.94%	0.37%
1970	2,135,479	8,792,806	2.58%	0.23%
1971	2,187,853	8,831,036	2.45%	0.43%
1972	2,243,126	8,888,628	2.53%	0.65%
1973	2,296,752	8,929,086	2.39%	0.46%
1974	2,350,124	8,962,022	2.32%	0.37%
1975	2,404,831	9,046,541	2.33%	0.94%
1976	2,458,526	9,188,150	2.23%	1.57%
1977	2,513,546	9,308,479	2.24%	1.31%
1978	2,566,266	9,429,959	2.1%	1.31%
1979	2,617,832	9,548,258	2.01%	1.25%
1980	2,671,997	9,642,505	2.07%	0.99%
1981	2,726,056	9,729,350	2.02%	0.9%
1982	2,784,278	9,789,513	2.14%	0.62%
1983	2,843,960	9,846,627	2.14%	0.58%
1984	2,904,429	9,895,801	2.13%	0.5%
1985	2,964,762	9,934,300	2.08%	0.39%
1986	3,022,635	9,967,213	1.95%	0.33%
1987	3,083,605	10,000,595	2.02%	0.33%
1988	3,142,336	10,036,983	1.9%	0.36%
1989	3,227,943	10,089,498	2.72%	0.52%
1990	3,286,542	10,196,792	1.82%	1.06%
1991	3,266,790	10,319,927	-0.6%	1.21%
1992	3,247,039	10,399,061	-0.6%	0.77%
1993	3,227,287	10,460,415	-0.61%	0.59%
1994	3,207,536	10,512,922	-0.61%	0.5%
1995	3,187,784	10,562,153	-0.62%	0.47%
1996	3,168,033	10,608,800	-0.62%	0.44%
1997	3,148,281	10,661,259	-0.62%	0.49%
1998	3,128,530	10,720,509	-0.63%	0.56%
1999	3,108,778	10,761,698	-0.63%	0.38%
2000	3,089,027	10,805,808	-0.64%	0.41%
2001	3,060,173	10,862,132	-0.93%	0.52%
2002	3,051,010	10,902,022	-0.3%	0.37%
2003	3,039,616	10,928,070	-0.37%	0.24%
2004	3,026,939	10,955,141	-0.42%	0.25%
2005	3,011,487	10,987,314	-0.51%	0.29%
2006	2,992,547	11,020,362	-0.63%	0.3%
2007	2,970,017	11,048,473	-0.75%	0.26%
2008	2,947,314	11,077,841	-0.76%	0.27%
2009	2,927,519	11,107,017	-0.67%	0.26%
2010	2,913,021	11,121,341	-0.5%	0.13%
2011	2,905,195	11,104,899	-0.27%	-0.15%
2012	2,860,708	11,045,011	-1.53%	-0.54%
2013	2,816,902	10,965,211	-1.53%	-0.72%
2014	2,773,767	10,892,413	-1.53%	-0.66%
2015	2,731,293	10,820,883	-1.53%	-0.66%
2016	2,689,469	10,775,971	-1.53%	-0.42%
2017	2,648,285	10,754,679	-1.53%	-0.2%
2018	2,607,733	10,732,882	-1.53%	-0.2%
2019	2,567,801	10,721,582	-1.53%	-0.11%
2020	2,528,480	10,698,599	-1.53%	-0.21%
2021	2,489,762	10,569,207	-1.53%	-1.21%
2022	2,451,636	10,436,882	-1.53%	-1.25%
2023	2,414,095	10,407,351	-1.53%	-0.28%
2024	2,377,128	10,405,134	-1.53%	-0.02%
2025	2,359,884	10,292,291	-0.73%	-1.08%
2026	2,342,445	10,249,082	-0.74%	-0.42%
2027	2,325,583	10,204,400	-0.72%	-0.44%
2028	2,308,931	10,159,146	-0.72%	-0.44%
2029	2,292,108	10,113,475	-0.73%	-0.45%
2030	2,275,057	10,067,720	-0.74%	-0.45%
2031	2,258,025	10,021,773	-0.75%	-0.46%
2032	2,241,237	9,974,701	-0.74%	-0.47%
2033	2,224,113	9,927,344	-0.76%	-0.47%
2034	2,206,455	9,880,848	-0.79%	-0.47%
2035	2,188,805	9,834,216	-0.8%	-0.47%
2036	2,171,011	9,787,786	-0.81%	-0.47%
2037	2,152,744	9,741,790	-0.84%	-0.47%
2038	2,134,317	9,695,855	-0.86%	-0.47%
2039	2,115,391	9,650,459	-0.89%	-0.47%
2040	2,096,231	9,605,475	-0.91%	-0.47%
2041	2,077,210	9,560,641	-0.91%	-0.47%
2042	2,058,255	9,516,502	-0.91%	-0.46%
2043	2,039,438	9,472,263	-0.91%	-0.46%
2044	2,020,787	9,426,737	-0.91%	-0.48%
2045	2,002,071	9,380,458	-0.93%	-0.49%
2046	1,983,055	9,333,671	-0.95%	-0.5%
2047	1,964,257	9,284,541	-0.95%	-0.53%
2048	1,945,501	9,233,189	-0.95%	-0.55%
2049	1,926,519	9,180,074	-0.98%	-0.58%
2050	1,907,462	9,125,443	-0.99%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th 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 Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.