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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Iceland	Albania	Iceland
1960	1,608,800	175,574	-	-
1961	1,659,800	179,029	3.17%	1.97%
1962	1,711,319	182,378	3.1%	1.87%
1963	1,762,621	185,653	3%	1.8%
1964	1,814,135	188,983	2.92%	1.79%
1965	1,864,791	192,286	2.79%	1.75%
1966	1,914,573	195,570	2.67%	1.71%
1967	1,965,598	198,751	2.67%	1.63%
1968	2,022,272	201,488	2.88%	1.38%
1969	2,081,695	203,369	2.94%	0.93%
1970	2,135,479	204,438	2.58%	0.53%
1971	2,187,853	206,098	2.45%	0.81%
1972	2,243,126	209,137	2.53%	1.47%
1973	2,296,752	212,317	2.39%	1.52%
1974	2,350,124	215,209	2.32%	1.36%
1975	2,404,831	217,979	2.33%	1.29%
1976	2,458,526	220,154	2.23%	1%
1977	2,513,546	221,799	2.24%	0.75%
1978	2,566,266	223,537	2.1%	0.78%
1979	2,617,832	225,735	2.01%	0.98%
1980	2,671,997	228,138	2.07%	1.06%
1981	2,726,056	230,755	2.02%	1.15%
1982	2,784,278	233,860	2.14%	1.35%
1983	2,843,960	236,977	2.14%	1.33%
1984	2,904,429	239,511	2.13%	1.07%
1985	2,964,762	241,405	2.08%	0.79%
1986	3,022,635	243,180	1.95%	0.74%
1987	3,083,605	245,859	2.02%	1.1%
1988	3,142,336	249,740	1.9%	1.58%
1989	3,227,943	252,852	2.72%	1.25%
1990	3,286,542	254,826	1.82%	0.78%
1991	3,266,790	257,797	-0.6%	1.17%
1992	3,247,039	261,057	-0.6%	1.26%
1993	3,227,287	263,725	-0.61%	1.02%
1994	3,207,536	266,021	-0.61%	0.87%
1995	3,187,784	267,468	-0.62%	0.54%
1996	3,168,033	268,916	-0.62%	0.54%
1997	3,148,281	271,128	-0.62%	0.82%
1998	3,128,530	274,047	-0.63%	1.08%
1999	3,108,778	277,381	-0.63%	1.22%
2000	3,089,027	281,205	-0.64%	1.38%
2001	3,060,173	284,968	-0.93%	1.34%
2002	3,051,010	287,523	-0.3%	0.9%
2003	3,039,616	289,521	-0.37%	0.69%
2004	3,026,939	292,074	-0.42%	0.88%
2005	3,011,487	296,734	-0.51%	1.6%
2006	2,992,547	303,782	-0.63%	2.38%
2007	2,970,017	311,566	-0.75%	2.56%
2008	2,947,314	317,414	-0.76%	1.88%
2009	2,927,519	318,499	-0.67%	0.34%
2010	2,913,021	318,041	-0.5%	-0.14%
2011	2,905,195	319,014	-0.27%	0.31%
2012	2,860,708	320,716	-1.53%	0.53%
2013	2,816,902	323,764	-1.53%	0.95%
2014	2,773,767	327,386	-1.53%	1.12%
2015	2,731,293	330,815	-1.53%	1.05%
2016	2,689,469	335,439	-1.53%	1.4%
2017	2,648,285	343,400	-1.53%	2.37%
2018	2,607,733	352,721	-1.53%	2.71%
2019	2,567,801	360,563	-1.53%	2.22%
2020	2,528,480	366,463	-1.53%	1.64%
2021	2,489,762	372,520	-1.53%	1.65%
2022	2,451,636	382,003	-1.53%	2.55%
2023	2,414,095	385,663	-1.53%	0.96%
2024	2,377,128	386,506	-1.53%	0.22%
2025	2,359,884	391,286	-0.73%	1.24%
2026	2,342,445	395,277	-0.74%	1.02%
2027	2,325,583	398,729	-0.72%	0.87%
2028	2,308,931	401,867	-0.72%	0.79%
2029	2,292,108	404,639	-0.73%	0.69%
2030	2,275,057	407,090	-0.74%	0.61%
2031	2,258,025	409,307	-0.75%	0.54%
2032	2,241,237	411,279	-0.74%	0.48%
2033	2,224,113	413,059	-0.76%	0.43%
2034	2,206,455	414,660	-0.79%	0.39%
2035	2,188,805	416,153	-0.8%	0.36%
2036	2,171,011	417,573	-0.81%	0.34%
2037	2,152,744	418,847	-0.84%	0.31%
2038	2,134,317	419,997	-0.86%	0.27%
2039	2,115,391	421,032	-0.89%	0.25%
2040	2,096,231	421,924	-0.91%	0.21%
2041	2,077,210	422,688	-0.91%	0.18%
2042	2,058,255	423,370	-0.91%	0.16%
2043	2,039,438	424,023	-0.91%	0.15%
2044	2,020,787	424,570	-0.91%	0.13%
2045	2,002,071	424,909	-0.93%	0.08%
2046	1,983,055	425,115	-0.95%	0.05%
2047	1,964,257	425,264	-0.95%	0.03%
2048	1,945,501	425,359	-0.95%	0.02%
2049	1,926,519	425,409	-0.98%	0.01%
2050	1,907,462	425,404	-0.99%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.