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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Kuwait	Albania	Kuwait
1960	1,608,800	311,060	-	-
1961	1,659,800	345,945	3.17%	11.2%
1962	1,711,319	384,995	3.1%	11.3%
1963	1,762,621	427,694	3%	11.1%
1964	1,814,135	473,115	2.92%	10.6%
1965	1,864,791	521,174	2.79%	10.2%
1966	1,914,573	572,590	2.67%	9.87%
1967	1,965,598	628,089	2.67%	9.69%
1968	2,022,272	687,716	2.88%	9.49%
1969	2,081,695	749,452	2.94%	8.98%
1970	2,135,479	809,114	2.58%	7.96%
1971	2,187,853	865,076	2.45%	6.92%
1972	2,243,126	920,352	2.53%	6.39%
1973	2,296,752	977,654	2.39%	6.23%
1974	2,350,124	1,038,346	2.32%	6.21%
1975	2,404,831	1,104,863	2.33%	6.41%
1976	2,458,526	1,178,711	2.23%	6.68%
1977	2,513,546	1,258,023	2.24%	6.73%
1978	2,566,266	1,340,319	2.1%	6.54%
1979	2,617,832	1,423,514	2.01%	6.21%
1980	2,671,997	1,504,782	2.07%	5.71%
1981	2,726,056	1,583,426	2.02%	5.23%
1982	2,784,278	1,662,480	2.14%	4.99%
1983	2,843,960	1,744,295	2.14%	4.92%
1984	2,904,429	1,820,688	2.13%	4.38%
1985	2,964,762	1,894,242	2.08%	4.04%
1986	3,022,635	1,972,520	1.95%	4.13%
1987	3,083,605	2,052,994	2.02%	4.08%
1988	3,142,336	2,134,707	1.9%	3.98%
1989	3,227,943	2,217,468	2.72%	3.88%
1990	3,286,542	1,684,819	1.82%	-24%
1991	3,266,790	1,351,399	-0.6%	-19.8%
1992	3,247,039	1,634,961	-0.6%	21%
1993	3,227,287	1,672,151	-0.61%	2.27%
1994	3,207,536	1,664,361	-0.61%	-0.47%
1995	3,187,784	1,681,513	-0.62%	1.03%
1996	3,168,033	1,730,246	-0.62%	2.9%
1997	3,148,281	1,787,683	-0.62%	3.32%
1998	3,128,530	1,844,302	-0.63%	3.17%
1999	3,108,778	1,900,030	-0.63%	3.02%
2000	3,089,027	1,954,709	-0.64%	2.88%
2001	3,060,173	2,008,121	-0.93%	2.73%
2002	3,051,010	2,059,974	-0.3%	2.58%
2003	3,039,616	2,109,881	-0.37%	2.42%
2004	3,026,939	2,157,320	-0.42%	2.25%
2005	3,011,487	2,236,788	-0.51%	3.68%
2006	2,992,547	2,364,733	-0.63%	5.72%
2007	2,970,017	2,507,887	-0.75%	6.05%
2008	2,947,314	2,651,421	-0.76%	5.72%
2009	2,927,519	2,795,484	-0.67%	5.43%
2010	2,913,021	2,943,372	-0.5%	5.29%
2011	2,905,195	3,132,814	-0.27%	6.44%
2012	2,900,401	3,337,109	-0.17%	6.52%
2013	2,895,092	3,507,844	-0.18%	5.12%
2014	2,889,104	3,665,876	-0.21%	4.51%
2015	2,880,703	3,834,574	-0.29%	4.6%
2016	2,876,101	4,004,096	-0.16%	4.42%
2017	2,873,457	4,154,812	-0.09%	3.76%
2018	2,866,376	4,323,515	-0.25%	4.06%
2019	2,854,191	4,442,316	-0.43%	2.75%
2020	2,837,849	4,400,267	-0.57%	-0.95%
2021	2,811,666	4,360,865	-0.92%	-0.9%
2022	2,777,689	4,589,643	-1.21%	5.25%
2023	2,745,972	4,853,420	-1.14%	5.75%
2024	2,714,617	4,973,861	-1.14%	2.48%
2025	2,694,925	5,066,162	-0.73%	1.86%
2026	2,675,010	5,143,465	-0.74%	1.53%
2027	2,655,754	5,209,589	-0.72%	1.29%
2028	2,636,738	5,266,597	-0.72%	1.09%
2029	2,617,526	5,318,118	-0.73%	0.98%
2030	2,598,055	5,366,659	-0.74%	0.91%
2031	2,578,605	5,414,485	-0.75%	0.89%
2032	2,559,433	5,463,178	-0.74%	0.9%
2033	2,539,878	5,512,705	-0.76%	0.91%
2034	2,519,713	5,563,035	-0.79%	0.91%
2035	2,499,557	5,614,091	-0.8%	0.92%
2036	2,479,237	5,665,789	-0.81%	0.92%
2037	2,458,376	5,718,074	-0.84%	0.92%
2038	2,437,333	5,770,901	-0.86%	0.92%
2039	2,415,720	5,824,158	-0.89%	0.92%
2040	2,393,840	5,877,719	-0.91%	0.92%
2041	2,372,118	5,931,576	-0.91%	0.92%
2042	2,350,472	5,985,681	-0.91%	0.91%
2043	2,328,984	6,039,888	-0.91%	0.91%
2044	2,307,685	6,094,155	-0.91%	0.9%
2045	2,286,312	6,148,424	-0.93%	0.89%
2046	2,264,596	6,202,560	-0.95%	0.88%
2047	2,243,130	6,256,606	-0.95%	0.87%
2048	2,221,710	6,310,637	-0.95%	0.86%
2049	2,200,033	6,364,604	-0.98%	0.86%
2050	2,178,271	6,418,538	-0.99%	0.85%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Kuwait gained 1,597,786 people (a 71.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,293,683 (a 33.7% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Kuwait was ranked 140th in 2005 and ranked 127th 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 Kuwait will increase by 25.2% to 6,418,538 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.