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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Ireland	Albania	Ireland
1960	1,608,800	2,828,600	-	-
1961	1,659,800	2,824,400	3.17%	-0.15%
1962	1,711,319	2,836,050	3.1%	0.41%
1963	1,762,621	2,852,650	3%	0.59%
1964	1,814,135	2,866,550	2.92%	0.49%
1965	1,864,791	2,877,300	2.79%	0.38%
1966	1,914,573	2,888,800	2.67%	0.4%
1967	1,965,598	2,902,450	2.67%	0.47%
1968	2,022,272	2,915,550	2.88%	0.45%
1969	2,081,695	2,932,650	2.94%	0.59%
1970	2,135,479	2,957,250	2.58%	0.84%
1971	2,187,853	2,992,050	2.45%	1.18%
1972	2,243,126	3,036,850	2.53%	1.5%
1973	2,296,752	3,085,950	2.39%	1.62%
1974	2,350,124	3,137,500	2.32%	1.67%
1975	2,404,831	3,189,550	2.33%	1.66%
1976	2,458,526	3,238,050	2.23%	1.52%
1977	2,513,546	3,282,200	2.24%	1.36%
1978	2,566,266	3,329,100	2.1%	1.43%
1979	2,617,832	3,373,750	2.01%	1.34%
1980	2,671,997	3,412,800	2.07%	1.16%
1981	2,726,056	3,453,000	2.02%	1.18%
1982	2,784,278	3,485,800	2.14%	0.95%
1983	2,843,960	3,510,600	2.14%	0.71%
1984	2,904,429	3,532,423	2.13%	0.62%
1985	2,964,762	3,538,082	2.08%	0.16%
1986	3,022,635	3,539,690	1.95%	0.05%
1987	3,083,605	3,540,057	2.02%	0.01%
1988	3,142,336	3,524,949	1.9%	-0.43%
1989	3,227,943	3,511,009	2.72%	-0.4%
1990	3,286,542	3,513,974	1.82%	0.08%
1991	3,266,790	3,534,235	-0.6%	0.58%
1992	3,247,039	3,558,430	-0.6%	0.68%
1993	3,227,287	3,576,261	-0.61%	0.5%
1994	3,207,536	3,590,386	-0.61%	0.39%
1995	3,187,784	3,608,841	-0.62%	0.51%
1996	3,168,033	3,637,510	-0.62%	0.79%
1997	3,148,281	3,674,171	-0.62%	1.01%
1998	3,128,530	3,712,696	-0.63%	1.05%
1999	3,108,778	3,754,786	-0.63%	1.13%
2000	3,089,027	3,805,174	-0.64%	1.34%
2001	3,060,173	3,866,243	-0.93%	1.6%
2002	3,051,010	3,931,947	-0.3%	1.7%
2003	3,039,616	3,996,521	-0.37%	1.64%
2004	3,026,939	4,070,262	-0.42%	1.85%
2005	3,011,487	4,159,914	-0.51%	2.2%
2006	2,992,547	4,273,591	-0.63%	2.73%
2007	2,970,017	4,398,942	-0.75%	2.93%
2008	2,947,314	4,489,544	-0.76%	2.06%
2009	2,927,519	4,535,375	-0.67%	1.02%
2010	2,913,021	4,560,155	-0.5%	0.55%
2011	2,905,195	4,580,084	-0.27%	0.44%
2012	2,860,708	4,599,533	-1.53%	0.42%
2013	2,816,902	4,623,816	-1.53%	0.53%
2014	2,773,767	4,657,740	-1.53%	0.73%
2015	2,731,293	4,701,957	-1.53%	0.95%
2016	2,689,469	4,762,722	-1.53%	1.29%
2017	2,648,285	4,827,445	-1.53%	1.36%
2018	2,607,733	4,898,022	-1.53%	1.46%
2019	2,567,801	4,976,456	-1.53%	1.6%
2020	2,528,480	5,039,747	-1.53%	1.27%
2021	2,489,762	5,110,585	-1.53%	1.41%
2022	2,451,636	5,212,836	-1.53%	2%
2023	2,414,095	5,311,538	-1.53%	1.89%
2024	2,377,128	5,395,790	-1.53%	1.59%
2025	2,359,884	5,450,228	-0.73%	1.01%
2026	2,342,445	5,500,449	-0.74%	0.92%
2027	2,325,583	5,547,627	-0.72%	0.86%
2028	2,308,931	5,592,524	-0.72%	0.81%
2029	2,292,108	5,634,478	-0.73%	0.75%
2030	2,275,057	5,673,099	-0.74%	0.69%
2031	2,258,025	5,709,621	-0.75%	0.64%
2032	2,241,237	5,744,973	-0.74%	0.62%
2033	2,224,113	5,778,467	-0.76%	0.58%
2034	2,206,455	5,809,870	-0.79%	0.54%
2035	2,188,805	5,839,208	-0.8%	0.5%
2036	2,171,011	5,867,278	-0.81%	0.48%
2037	2,152,744	5,895,280	-0.84%	0.48%
2038	2,134,317	5,922,778	-0.86%	0.47%
2039	2,115,391	5,948,562	-0.89%	0.44%
2040	2,096,231	5,973,408	-0.91%	0.42%
2041	2,077,210	5,997,971	-0.91%	0.41%
2042	2,058,255	6,020,298	-0.91%	0.37%
2043	2,039,438	6,040,050	-0.91%	0.33%
2044	2,020,787	6,058,494	-0.91%	0.31%
2045	2,002,071	6,075,441	-0.93%	0.28%
2046	1,983,055	6,089,704	-0.95%	0.23%
2047	1,964,257	6,102,050	-0.95%	0.2%
2048	1,945,501	6,113,677	-0.95%	0.19%
2049	1,926,519	6,123,367	-0.98%	0.16%
2050	1,907,462	6,129,969	-0.99%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.