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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 134,518 people in Kiribati in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 138,067 in Kiribati.

Population statistics:

  • Albania's population is 19.5 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Kiribati is the 180th.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.002% for Kiribati.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +1.53% in Kiribati.
  • Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Kiribati has grown from 98K to 138K (40.8% growth).
  • Kiribati is projected to reach its peak in 2099 at 223K people, while Albania's population already peaked in 1990 at 3.29M people and is projected to decrease to 1.15M people by 2100.

Albania vs Kiribati: live population counter

Albania Kiribati
Current population
2694925
138067
Population rank 141/197 180/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.002%
One net population change
16.8 minutes
4.41 hours
One birth every
18.7 minutes
2.56 hours
One death every
23 minutes
9.39 hours
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
18.6 hours
Annual migration change -24,472 -471
Daily growth/decline -86 +5
Annual growth/decline -31,355 +1,988
Annual growth/decline rate -1.14% +1.5%
Population growth rate rank 193/197 74/197

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

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Kiribati Albania Kiribati
1960 1,608,800 47,157 - -
1961 1,659,800 48,323 3.17% 2.47%
1962 1,711,319 49,538 3.1% 2.51%
1963 1,762,621 50,791 3% 2.53%
1964 1,814,135 52,088 2.92% 2.55%
1965 1,864,791 53,439 2.79% 2.59%
1966 1,914,573 54,425 2.67% 1.85%
1967 1,965,598 54,996 2.67% 1.05%
1968 2,022,272 55,529 2.88% 0.97%
1969 2,081,695 56,360 2.94% 1.5%
1970 2,135,479 57,510 2.58% 2.04%
1971 2,187,853 58,652 2.45% 1.99%
1972 2,243,126 59,778 2.53% 1.92%
1973 2,296,752 60,824 2.39% 1.75%
1974 2,350,124 61,219 2.32% 0.65%
1975 2,404,831 60,987 2.33% -0.38%
1976 2,458,526 60,661 2.23% -0.53%
1977 2,513,546 60,267 2.24% -0.65%
1978 2,566,266 59,864 2.1% -0.67%
1979 2,617,832 60,172 2.01% 0.51%
1980 2,671,997 61,148 2.07% 1.62%
1981 2,726,056 62,121 2.02% 1.59%
1982 2,784,278 63,134 2.14% 1.63%
1983 2,843,960 64,169 2.14% 1.64%
1984 2,904,429 65,228 2.13% 1.65%
1985 2,964,762 66,496 2.08% 1.94%
1986 3,022,635 68,059 1.95% 2.35%
1987 3,083,605 69,733 2.02% 2.46%
1988 3,142,336 71,427 1.9% 2.43%
1989 3,227,943 73,147 2.72% 2.41%
1990 3,286,542 74,855 1.82% 2.34%
1991 3,266,790 76,367 -0.6% 2.02%
1992 3,247,039 77,641 -0.6% 1.67%
1993 3,227,287 78,841 -0.61% 1.55%
1994 3,207,536 80,021 -0.61% 1.5%
1995 3,187,784 81,234 -0.62% 1.52%
1996 3,168,033 82,623 -0.62% 1.71%
1997 3,148,281 84,147 -0.62% 1.84%
1998 3,128,530 85,657 -0.63% 1.79%
1999 3,108,778 87,126 -0.63% 1.71%
2000 3,089,027 88,613 -0.64% 1.71%
2001 3,060,173 90,335 -0.93% 1.94%
2002 3,051,010 92,264 -0.3% 2.14%
2003 3,039,616 94,175 -0.37% 2.07%
2004 3,026,939 96,085 -0.42% 2.03%
2005 3,011,487 98,035 -0.51% 2.03%
2006 2,992,547 100,017 -0.63% 2.02%
2007 2,970,017 102,068 -0.75% 2.05%
2008 2,947,314 104,222 -0.76% 2.11%
2009 2,927,519 106,467 -0.67% 2.15%
2010 2,913,021 108,704 -0.5% 2.1%
2011 2,905,195 110,647 -0.27% 1.79%
2012 2,900,401 112,284 -0.17% 1.48%
2013 2,895,092 113,838 -0.18% 1.38%
2014 2,889,104 115,326 -0.21% 1.31%
2015 2,880,703 116,815 -0.29% 1.29%
2016 2,876,101 118,478 -0.16% 1.42%
2017 2,873,457 120,275 -0.09% 1.52%
2018 2,866,376 122,084 -0.25% 1.5%
2019 2,854,191 123,921 -0.43% 1.5%
2020 2,837,849 126,099 -0.57% 1.76%
2021 2,811,666 128,377 -0.92% 1.81%
2022 2,777,689 130,469 -1.21% 1.63%
2023 2,745,972 132,530 -1.14% 1.58%
2024 2,714,617 134,518 -1.14% 1.5%
2025 2,694,925 136,501 -0.73% 1.47%
2026 2,675,010 138,451 -0.74% 1.43%
2027 2,655,754 140,405 -0.72% 1.41%
2028 2,636,738 142,335 -0.72% 1.37%
2029 2,617,526 144,231 -0.73% 1.33%
2030 2,598,055 146,130 -0.74% 1.32%
2031 2,578,605 148,028 -0.75% 1.3%
2032 2,559,433 149,915 -0.74% 1.27%
2033 2,539,878 151,768 -0.76% 1.24%
2034 2,519,713 153,602 -0.79% 1.21%
2035 2,499,557 155,447 -0.8% 1.2%
2036 2,479,237 157,316 -0.81% 1.2%
2037 2,458,376 159,188 -0.84% 1.19%
2038 2,437,333 161,050 -0.86% 1.17%
2039 2,415,720 162,895 -0.89% 1.15%
2040 2,393,840 164,711 -0.91% 1.11%
2041 2,372,118 166,508 -0.91% 1.09%
2042 2,350,472 168,325 -0.91% 1.09%
2043 2,328,984 170,182 -0.91% 1.1%
2044 2,307,685 172,012 -0.91% 1.08%
2045 2,286,312 173,818 -0.93% 1.05%
2046 2,264,596 175,629 -0.95% 1.04%
2047 2,243,130 177,392 -0.95% 1%
2048 2,221,710 179,152 -0.95% 0.99%
2049 2,200,033 180,915 -0.98% 0.98%
2050 2,178,271 182,629 -0.99% 0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.

Biggest cities by population

Albania
City Population
Tirana 418K
Vlore 131K
Kamez 127K
Durres 113K
Elbasan 78.7K
Shkoder 76K
Fier 55.8K
Korce 43.3K
Berat 36.5K
Sarande 22.6K
Kiribati
City Population
South Tarawa 63.4K
London 1.9K

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