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	2,900,401	11,045,011	-0.17%	-0.54%
2013	2,895,092	10,965,211	-0.18%	-0.72%
2014	2,889,104	10,892,413	-0.21%	-0.66%
2015	2,880,703	10,820,883	-0.29%	-0.66%
2016	2,876,101	10,775,971	-0.16%	-0.42%
2017	2,873,457	10,754,679	-0.09%	-0.2%
2018	2,866,376	10,732,882	-0.25%	-0.2%
2019	2,854,191	10,721,582	-0.43%	-0.11%
2020	2,837,849	10,698,599	-0.57%	-0.21%
2021	2,811,666	10,569,207	-0.92%	-1.21%
2022	2,777,689	10,436,882	-1.21%	-1.25%
2023	2,745,972	10,405,588	-1.14%	-0.3%
2024	2,714,617	10,388,805	-1.14%	-0.16%
2025	2,694,925	10,276,140	-0.73%	-1.08%
2026	2,675,010	10,232,997	-0.74%	-0.42%
2027	2,655,754	10,188,386	-0.72%	-0.44%
2028	2,636,738	10,143,203	-0.72%	-0.44%
2029	2,617,526	10,097,603	-0.73%	-0.45%
2030	2,598,055	10,051,921	-0.74%	-0.45%
2031	2,578,605	10,006,045	-0.75%	-0.46%
2032	2,559,433	9,959,048	-0.74%	-0.47%
2033	2,539,878	9,911,765	-0.76%	-0.47%
2034	2,519,713	9,865,342	-0.79%	-0.47%
2035	2,499,557	9,818,783	-0.8%	-0.47%
2036	2,479,237	9,772,426	-0.81%	-0.47%
2037	2,458,376	9,726,502	-0.84%	-0.47%
2038	2,437,333	9,680,639	-0.86%	-0.47%
2039	2,415,720	9,635,315	-0.89%	-0.47%
2040	2,393,840	9,590,401	-0.91%	-0.47%
2041	2,372,118	9,545,637	-0.91%	-0.47%
2042	2,350,472	9,501,568	-0.91%	-0.46%
2043	2,328,984	9,457,398	-0.91%	-0.46%
2044	2,307,685	9,411,943	-0.91%	-0.48%
2045	2,286,312	9,365,737	-0.93%	-0.49%
2046	2,264,596	9,319,023	-0.95%	-0.5%
2047	2,243,130	9,269,970	-0.95%	-0.53%
2048	2,221,710	9,218,699	-0.95%	-0.55%
2049	2,200,033	9,165,668	-0.98%	-0.58%
2050	2,178,271	9,111,122	-0.99%	-0.6%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Greece lost 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Greece's population decreased by -544,743 (a 5.03% decline).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Greece was ranked 74th in 2005 and ranked 95th 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 Greece will decrease by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people and rank change from 95th to 106th.