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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Iraq	Albania	Iraq
1960	1,608,800	7,022,052	-	-
1961	1,659,800	7,194,553	3.17%	2.46%
1962	1,711,319	7,413,875	3.1%	3.05%
1963	1,762,621	7,667,928	3%	3.43%
1964	1,814,135	7,929,566	2.92%	3.41%
1965	1,864,791	8,202,140	2.79%	3.44%
1966	1,914,573	8,485,104	2.67%	3.45%
1967	1,965,598	8,778,869	2.67%	3.46%
1968	2,022,272	9,085,016	2.88%	3.49%
1969	2,081,695	9,403,356	2.94%	3.5%
1970	2,135,479	9,735,611	2.58%	3.53%
1971	2,187,853	10,077,809	2.45%	3.51%
1972	2,243,126	10,430,164	2.53%	3.5%
1973	2,296,752	10,795,869	2.39%	3.51%
1974	2,350,124	11,167,761	2.32%	3.44%
1975	2,404,831	11,543,639	2.33%	3.37%
1976	2,458,526	11,927,651	2.23%	3.33%
1977	2,513,546	12,331,046	2.24%	3.38%
1978	2,566,266	12,753,355	2.1%	3.42%
1979	2,617,832	13,170,365	2.01%	3.27%
1980	2,671,997	13,591,992	2.07%	3.2%
1981	2,726,056	14,006,381	2.02%	3.05%
1982	2,784,278	14,406,083	2.14%	2.85%
1983	2,843,960	14,840,555	2.14%	3.02%
1984	2,904,429	15,310,733	2.13%	3.17%
1985	2,964,762	15,683,430	2.08%	2.43%
1986	3,022,635	16,074,145	1.95%	2.49%
1987	3,083,605	16,521,049	2.02%	2.78%
1988	3,142,336	16,908,819	1.9%	2.35%
1989	3,227,943	17,364,542	2.72%	2.7%
1990	3,286,542	17,581,206	1.82%	1.25%
1991	3,266,790	17,767,253	-0.6%	1.06%
1992	3,247,039	18,300,845	-0.6%	3%
1993	3,227,287	19,201,195	-0.61%	4.92%
1994	3,207,536	20,139,807	-0.61%	4.89%
1995	3,187,784	20,825,860	-0.62%	3.41%
1996	3,168,033	21,501,321	-0.62%	3.24%
1997	3,148,281	22,176,593	-0.62%	3.14%
1998	3,128,530	22,884,399	-0.63%	3.19%
1999	3,108,778	23,636,527	-0.63%	3.29%
2000	3,089,027	24,424,056	-0.64%	3.33%
2001	3,060,173	25,197,840	-0.93%	3.17%
2002	3,051,010	26,006,559	-0.3%	3.21%
2003	3,039,616	26,802,659	-0.37%	3.06%
2004	3,026,939	27,577,878	-0.42%	2.89%
2005	3,011,487	28,407,448	-0.51%	3.01%
2006	2,992,547	28,616,515	-0.63%	0.74%
2007	2,970,017	28,391,607	-0.75%	-0.79%
2008	2,947,314	28,971,036	-0.76%	2.04%
2009	2,927,519	30,058,206	-0.67%	3.75%
2010	2,913,021	31,045,366	-0.5%	3.28%
2011	2,905,195	32,161,424	-0.27%	3.59%
2012	2,900,401	33,654,842	-0.17%	4.64%
2013	2,895,092	35,281,989	-0.18%	4.83%
2014	2,889,104	36,550,059	-0.21%	3.59%
2015	2,880,703	37,560,535	-0.29%	2.76%
2016	2,876,101	38,469,627	-0.16%	2.42%
2017	2,873,457	39,337,353	-0.09%	2.26%
2018	2,866,376	40,265,624	-0.25%	2.36%
2019	2,854,191	41,192,171	-0.43%	2.3%
2020	2,837,849	42,116,605	-0.57%	2.24%
2021	2,811,666	43,071,211	-0.92%	2.27%
2022	2,777,689	44,070,551	-1.21%	2.32%
2023	2,745,972	45,074,049	-1.14%	2.28%
2024	2,714,617	46,042,015	-1.14%	2.15%
2025	2,694,925	47,020,778	-0.73%	2.13%
2026	2,675,010	48,007,435	-0.74%	2.1%
2027	2,655,754	48,987,424	-0.72%	2.04%
2028	2,636,738	49,960,955	-0.72%	1.99%
2029	2,617,526	50,943,339	-0.73%	1.97%
2030	2,598,055	51,937,208	-0.74%	1.95%
2031	2,578,605	52,934,373	-0.75%	1.92%
2032	2,559,433	53,953,395	-0.74%	1.93%
2033	2,539,878	54,985,129	-0.76%	1.91%
2034	2,519,713	56,012,641	-0.79%	1.87%
2035	2,499,557	57,035,917	-0.8%	1.83%
2036	2,479,237	58,071,740	-0.81%	1.82%
2037	2,458,376	59,109,258	-0.84%	1.79%
2038	2,437,333	60,132,232	-0.86%	1.73%
2039	2,415,720	61,174,679	-0.89%	1.73%
2040	2,393,840	62,223,208	-0.91%	1.71%
2041	2,372,118	63,249,167	-0.91%	1.65%
2042	2,350,472	64,260,847	-0.91%	1.6%
2043	2,328,984	65,257,000	-0.91%	1.55%
2044	2,307,685	66,237,772	-0.91%	1.5%
2045	2,286,312	67,204,176	-0.93%	1.46%
2046	2,264,596	68,150,060	-0.95%	1.41%
2047	2,243,130	69,098,087	-0.95%	1.39%
2048	2,221,710	70,050,118	-0.95%	1.38%
2049	2,200,033	70,999,566	-0.98%	1.36%
2050	2,178,271	71,928,759	-0.99%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.