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	2,860,708	33,654,842	-1.53%	4.64%
2013	2,816,902	35,281,989	-1.53%	4.83%
2014	2,773,767	36,550,059	-1.53%	3.59%
2015	2,731,293	37,560,535	-1.53%	2.76%
2016	2,689,469	38,469,627	-1.53%	2.42%
2017	2,648,285	39,337,353	-1.53%	2.26%
2018	2,607,733	40,265,624	-1.53%	2.36%
2019	2,567,801	41,192,171	-1.53%	2.3%
2020	2,528,480	42,116,605	-1.53%	2.24%
2021	2,489,762	43,071,211	-1.53%	2.27%
2022	2,451,636	44,070,551	-1.53%	2.32%
2023	2,414,095	45,074,049	-1.53%	2.28%
2024	2,377,128	46,042,015	-1.53%	2.15%
2025	2,359,884	47,020,778	-0.73%	2.13%
2026	2,342,445	48,007,435	-0.74%	2.1%
2027	2,325,583	48,987,424	-0.72%	2.04%
2028	2,308,931	49,960,955	-0.72%	1.99%
2029	2,292,108	50,943,339	-0.73%	1.97%
2030	2,275,057	51,937,208	-0.74%	1.95%
2031	2,258,025	52,934,373	-0.75%	1.92%
2032	2,241,237	53,953,395	-0.74%	1.93%
2033	2,224,113	54,985,129	-0.76%	1.91%
2034	2,206,455	56,012,641	-0.79%	1.87%
2035	2,188,805	57,035,917	-0.8%	1.83%
2036	2,171,011	58,071,740	-0.81%	1.82%
2037	2,152,744	59,109,258	-0.84%	1.79%
2038	2,134,317	60,132,232	-0.86%	1.73%
2039	2,115,391	61,174,679	-0.89%	1.73%
2040	2,096,231	62,223,208	-0.91%	1.71%
2041	2,077,210	63,249,167	-0.91%	1.65%
2042	2,058,255	64,260,847	-0.91%	1.6%
2043	2,039,438	65,257,000	-0.91%	1.55%
2044	2,020,787	66,237,772	-0.91%	1.5%
2045	2,002,071	67,204,176	-0.93%	1.46%
2046	1,983,055	68,150,060	-0.95%	1.41%
2047	1,964,257	69,098,087	-0.95%	1.39%
2048	1,945,501	70,050,118	-0.95%	1.38%
2049	1,926,519	70,999,566	-0.98%	1.36%
2050	1,907,462	71,928,759	-0.99%	1.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Iraq gained 9,853,112 people (a 34.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Iraq's population increased by 9,548,518 (a 24.8% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Iraq was ranked 39th in 2006 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 49.8% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.