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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Lebanon	Albania	Lebanon
1960	1,608,800	1,794,406	-	-
1961	1,659,800	1,850,084	3.17%	3.1%
1962	1,711,319	1,909,578	3.1%	3.22%
1963	1,762,621	1,970,316	3%	3.18%
1964	1,814,135	2,030,543	2.92%	3.06%
1965	1,864,791	2,088,831	2.79%	2.87%
1966	1,914,573	2,148,260	2.67%	2.85%
1967	1,965,598	2,206,731	2.67%	2.72%
1968	2,022,272	2,266,368	2.88%	2.7%
1969	2,081,695	2,328,159	2.94%	2.73%
1970	2,135,479	2,386,114	2.58%	2.49%
1971	2,187,853	2,446,314	2.45%	2.52%
1972	2,243,126	2,509,729	2.53%	2.59%
1973	2,296,752	2,572,935	2.39%	2.52%
1974	2,350,124	2,635,185	2.32%	2.42%
1975	2,404,831	2,693,191	2.33%	2.2%
1976	2,458,526	2,726,469	2.23%	1.24%
1977	2,513,546	2,762,155	2.24%	1.31%
1978	2,566,266	2,822,682	2.1%	2.19%
1979	2,617,832	2,882,635	2.01%	2.12%
1980	2,671,997	2,944,763	2.07%	2.16%
1981	2,726,056	3,008,981	2.02%	2.18%
1982	2,784,278	3,054,931	2.14%	1.53%
1983	2,843,960	3,094,996	2.14%	1.31%
1984	2,904,429	3,152,744	2.13%	1.87%
1985	2,964,762	3,217,376	2.08%	2.05%
1986	3,022,635	3,300,365	1.95%	2.58%
1987	3,083,605	3,385,555	2.02%	2.58%
1988	3,142,336	3,454,649	1.9%	2.04%
1989	3,227,943	3,525,285	2.72%	2.04%
1990	3,286,542	3,595,175	1.82%	1.98%
1991	3,266,790	3,668,912	-0.6%	2.05%
1992	3,247,039	3,747,371	-0.6%	2.14%
1993	3,227,287	3,820,647	-0.61%	1.96%
1994	3,207,536	3,889,799	-0.61%	1.81%
1995	3,187,784	3,960,735	-0.62%	1.82%
1996	3,168,033	4,034,781	-0.62%	1.87%
1997	3,148,281	4,108,405	-0.62%	1.82%
1998	3,128,530	4,181,281	-0.63%	1.77%
1999	3,108,778	4,255,277	-0.63%	1.77%
2000	3,089,027	4,329,340	-0.64%	1.74%
2001	3,060,173	4,401,918	-0.93%	1.68%
2002	3,051,010	4,463,504	-0.3%	1.4%
2003	3,039,616	4,525,508	-0.37%	1.39%
2004	3,026,939	4,599,279	-0.42%	1.63%
2005	3,011,487	4,671,102	-0.51%	1.56%
2006	2,992,547	4,751,136	-0.63%	1.71%
2007	2,970,017	4,844,118	-0.75%	1.96%
2008	2,947,314	4,925,354	-0.76%	1.68%
2009	2,927,519	4,992,287	-0.67%	1.36%
2010	2,913,021	5,041,288	-0.5%	0.98%
2011	2,905,195	5,096,020	-0.27%	1.09%
2012	2,860,708	5,235,742	-1.53%	2.74%
2013	2,816,902	5,743,436	-1.53%	9.7%
2014	2,773,767	6,346,990	-1.53%	10.5%
2015	2,731,293	6,472,469	-1.53%	1.98%
2016	2,689,469	6,323,060	-1.53%	-2.31%
2017	2,648,285	6,160,128	-1.53%	-2.58%
2018	2,607,733	5,984,119	-1.53%	-2.86%
2019	2,567,801	5,794,594	-1.53%	-3.17%
2020	2,528,480	5,702,398	-1.53%	-1.59%
2021	2,489,762	5,718,122	-1.53%	0.28%
2022	2,451,636	5,744,489	-1.53%	0.46%
2023	2,414,095	5,773,493	-1.53%	0.5%
2024	2,377,128	5,805,962	-1.53%	0.56%
2025	2,359,884	5,849,420	-0.73%	0.75%
2026	2,342,445	5,897,459	-0.74%	0.82%
2027	2,325,583	5,947,070	-0.72%	0.84%
2028	2,308,931	5,997,844	-0.72%	0.85%
2029	2,292,108	6,050,384	-0.73%	0.88%
2030	2,275,057	6,103,809	-0.74%	0.88%
2031	2,258,025	6,158,003	-0.75%	0.89%
2032	2,241,237	6,210,753	-0.74%	0.86%
2033	2,224,113	6,259,744	-0.76%	0.79%
2034	2,206,455	6,308,826	-0.79%	0.78%
2035	2,188,805	6,357,723	-0.8%	0.78%
2036	2,171,011	6,407,678	-0.81%	0.79%
2037	2,152,744	6,461,872	-0.84%	0.85%
2038	2,134,317	6,516,253	-0.86%	0.84%
2039	2,115,391	6,569,272	-0.89%	0.81%
2040	2,096,231	6,620,323	-0.91%	0.78%
2041	2,077,210	6,669,091	-0.91%	0.74%
2042	2,058,255	6,714,435	-0.91%	0.68%
2043	2,039,438	6,754,071	-0.91%	0.59%
2044	2,020,787	6,794,014	-0.91%	0.59%
2045	2,002,071	6,834,985	-0.93%	0.6%
2046	1,983,055	6,871,777	-0.95%	0.54%
2047	1,964,257	6,909,022	-0.95%	0.54%
2048	1,945,501	6,944,194	-0.95%	0.51%
2049	1,926,519	6,972,877	-0.98%	0.41%
2050	1,907,462	6,999,259	-0.99%	0.38%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Lebanon gained 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Lebanon's population decreased by -425,059 (a 6.72% decline).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Lebanon was ranked 115th in 2006 and still ranked 115th 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 Lebanon will increase by 18.7% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.