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	2,860,708	3,337,109	-1.53%	6.52%
2013	2,816,902	3,507,844	-1.53%	5.12%
2014	2,773,767	3,665,876	-1.53%	4.51%
2015	2,731,293	3,834,574	-1.53%	4.6%
2016	2,689,469	4,004,096	-1.53%	4.42%
2017	2,648,285	4,154,812	-1.53%	3.76%
2018	2,607,733	4,323,515	-1.53%	4.06%
2019	2,567,801	4,442,316	-1.53%	2.75%
2020	2,528,480	4,400,267	-1.53%	-0.95%
2021	2,489,762	4,360,865	-1.53%	-0.9%
2022	2,451,636	4,589,643	-1.53%	5.25%
2023	2,414,095	4,853,420	-1.53%	5.75%
2024	2,377,128	4,897,263	-1.53%	0.9%
2025	2,359,884	4,988,142	-0.73%	1.86%
2026	2,342,445	5,064,255	-0.74%	1.53%
2027	2,325,583	5,129,360	-0.72%	1.29%
2028	2,308,931	5,185,490	-0.72%	1.09%
2029	2,292,108	5,236,219	-0.73%	0.98%
2030	2,275,057	5,284,012	-0.74%	0.91%
2031	2,258,025	5,331,101	-0.75%	0.89%
2032	2,241,237	5,379,044	-0.74%	0.9%
2033	2,224,113	5,427,808	-0.76%	0.91%
2034	2,206,455	5,477,364	-0.79%	0.91%
2035	2,188,805	5,527,633	-0.8%	0.92%
2036	2,171,011	5,578,535	-0.81%	0.92%
2037	2,152,744	5,630,015	-0.84%	0.92%
2038	2,134,317	5,682,029	-0.86%	0.92%
2039	2,115,391	5,734,465	-0.89%	0.92%
2040	2,096,231	5,787,201	-0.91%	0.92%
2041	2,077,210	5,840,229	-0.91%	0.92%
2042	2,058,255	5,893,501	-0.91%	0.91%
2043	2,039,438	5,946,873	-0.91%	0.91%
2044	2,020,787	6,000,304	-0.91%	0.9%
2045	2,002,071	6,053,738	-0.93%	0.89%
2046	1,983,055	6,107,040	-0.95%	0.88%
2047	1,964,257	6,160,254	-0.95%	0.87%
2048	1,945,501	6,213,452	-0.95%	0.86%
2049	1,926,519	6,266,588	-0.98%	0.86%
2050	1,907,462	6,319,692	-0.99%	0.85%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Kuwait gained 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Kuwait was ranked 139th in 2006 and ranked 127th 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 Kuwait will increase by 24.8% to 6,319,692 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.