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	2,900,401	4,599,533	-0.17%	0.42%
2013	2,895,092	4,623,816	-0.18%	0.53%
2014	2,889,104	4,657,740	-0.21%	0.73%
2015	2,880,703	4,701,957	-0.29%	0.95%
2016	2,876,101	4,762,722	-0.16%	1.29%
2017	2,873,457	4,827,445	-0.09%	1.36%
2018	2,866,376	4,898,022	-0.25%	1.46%
2019	2,854,191	4,976,456	-0.43%	1.6%
2020	2,837,849	5,039,747	-0.57%	1.27%
2021	2,811,666	5,110,585	-0.92%	1.41%
2022	2,777,689	5,212,836	-1.21%	2%
2023	2,745,972	5,307,600	-1.14%	1.82%
2024	2,714,617	5,380,257	-1.14%	1.37%
2025	2,694,925	5,434,538	-0.73%	1.01%
2026	2,675,010	5,484,615	-0.74%	0.92%
2027	2,655,754	5,531,657	-0.72%	0.86%
2028	2,636,738	5,576,425	-0.72%	0.81%
2029	2,617,526	5,618,258	-0.73%	0.75%
2030	2,598,055	5,656,768	-0.74%	0.69%
2031	2,578,605	5,693,185	-0.75%	0.64%
2032	2,559,433	5,728,435	-0.74%	0.62%
2033	2,539,878	5,761,833	-0.76%	0.58%
2034	2,519,713	5,793,145	-0.79%	0.54%
2035	2,499,557	5,822,398	-0.8%	0.5%
2036	2,479,237	5,850,388	-0.81%	0.48%
2037	2,458,376	5,878,309	-0.84%	0.48%
2038	2,437,333	5,905,728	-0.86%	0.47%
2039	2,415,720	5,931,438	-0.89%	0.44%
2040	2,393,840	5,956,212	-0.91%	0.42%
2041	2,372,118	5,980,704	-0.91%	0.41%
2042	2,350,472	6,002,968	-0.91%	0.37%
2043	2,328,984	6,022,662	-0.91%	0.33%
2044	2,307,685	6,041,053	-0.91%	0.31%
2045	2,286,312	6,057,952	-0.93%	0.28%
2046	2,264,596	6,072,174	-0.95%	0.23%
2047	2,243,130	6,084,484	-0.95%	0.2%
2048	2,221,710	6,096,077	-0.95%	0.19%
2049	2,200,033	6,105,740	-0.98%	0.16%
2050	2,178,271	6,112,322	-0.99%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.