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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Lesotho	Albania	Lesotho
1960	1,608,800	736,500	-	-
1961	1,659,800	758,824	3.17%	3.03%
1962	1,711,319	781,814	3.1%	3.03%
1963	1,762,621	805,373	3%	3.01%
1964	1,814,135	829,437	2.92%	2.99%
1965	1,864,791	854,090	2.79%	2.97%
1966	1,914,573	881,870	2.67%	3.25%
1967	1,965,598	913,982	2.67%	3.64%
1968	2,022,272	948,105	2.88%	3.73%
1969	2,081,695	983,202	2.94%	3.7%
1970	2,135,479	1,019,273	2.58%	3.67%
1971	2,187,853	1,056,246	2.45%	3.63%
1972	2,243,126	1,094,063	2.53%	3.58%
1973	2,296,752	1,132,697	2.39%	3.53%
1974	2,350,124	1,172,420	2.32%	3.51%
1975	2,404,831	1,213,643	2.33%	3.52%
1976	2,458,526	1,253,214	2.23%	3.26%
1977	2,513,546	1,289,967	2.24%	2.93%
1978	2,566,266	1,327,240	2.1%	2.89%
1979	2,617,832	1,366,169	2.01%	2.93%
1980	2,671,997	1,406,521	2.07%	2.95%
1981	2,726,056	1,448,069	2.02%	2.95%
1982	2,784,278	1,490,732	2.14%	2.95%
1983	2,843,960	1,534,413	2.14%	2.93%
1984	2,904,429	1,578,986	2.13%	2.9%
1985	2,964,762	1,624,379	2.08%	2.87%
1986	3,022,635	1,666,138	1.95%	2.57%
1987	3,083,605	1,703,390	2.02%	2.24%
1988	3,142,336	1,739,841	1.9%	2.14%
1989	3,227,943	1,775,436	2.72%	2.05%
1990	3,286,542	1,809,696	1.82%	1.93%
1991	3,266,790	1,842,379	-0.6%	1.81%
1992	3,247,039	1,873,274	-0.6%	1.68%
1993	3,227,287	1,901,793	-0.61%	1.52%
1994	3,207,536	1,927,707	-0.61%	1.36%
1995	3,187,784	1,951,437	-0.62%	1.23%
1996	3,168,033	1,972,418	-0.62%	1.08%
1997	3,148,281	1,988,130	-0.62%	0.8%
1998	3,128,530	1,998,049	-0.63%	0.5%
1999	3,108,778	2,003,234	-0.63%	0.26%
2000	3,089,027	2,003,913	-0.64%	0.03%
2001	3,060,173	2,000,853	-0.93%	-0.15%
2002	3,051,010	1,994,679	-0.3%	-0.31%
2003	3,039,616	1,985,059	-0.37%	-0.48%
2004	3,026,939	1,971,129	-0.42%	-0.7%
2005	3,011,487	1,953,076	-0.51%	-0.92%
2006	2,992,547	1,945,063	-0.63%	-0.41%
2007	2,970,017	1,953,268	-0.75%	0.42%
2008	2,947,314	1,966,541	-0.76%	0.68%
2009	2,927,519	1,980,883	-0.67%	0.73%
2010	2,913,021	1,996,251	-0.5%	0.78%
2011	2,905,195	2,014,009	-0.27%	0.89%
2012	2,900,401	2,034,354	-0.17%	1.01%
2013	2,895,092	2,056,504	-0.18%	1.09%
2014	2,889,104	2,080,089	-0.21%	1.15%
2015	2,880,703	2,104,611	-0.29%	1.18%
2016	2,876,101	2,130,422	-0.16%	1.23%
2017	2,873,457	2,157,110	-0.09%	1.25%
2018	2,866,376	2,183,603	-0.25%	1.23%
2019	2,854,191	2,209,405	-0.43%	1.18%
2020	2,837,849	2,235,727	-0.57%	1.19%
2021	2,811,666	2,261,542	-0.92%	1.15%
2022	2,777,689	2,286,110	-1.21%	1.09%
2023	2,745,972	2,311,472	-1.14%	1.11%
2024	2,714,617	2,337,423	-1.14%	1.12%
2025	2,694,925	2,363,324	-0.73%	1.11%
2026	2,675,010	2,389,334	-0.74%	1.1%
2027	2,655,754	2,415,365	-0.72%	1.09%
2028	2,636,738	2,441,435	-0.72%	1.08%
2029	2,617,526	2,467,677	-0.73%	1.07%
2030	2,598,055	2,493,816	-0.74%	1.06%
2031	2,578,605	2,520,014	-0.75%	1.05%
2032	2,559,433	2,546,489	-0.74%	1.05%
2033	2,539,878	2,573,106	-0.76%	1.05%
2034	2,519,713	2,599,777	-0.79%	1.04%
2035	2,499,557	2,626,560	-0.8%	1.03%
2036	2,479,237	2,653,503	-0.81%	1.03%
2037	2,458,376	2,680,081	-0.84%	1%
2038	2,437,333	2,706,197	-0.86%	0.97%
2039	2,415,720	2,732,138	-0.89%	0.96%
2040	2,393,840	2,757,868	-0.91%	0.94%
2041	2,372,118	2,783,361	-0.91%	0.92%
2042	2,350,472	2,808,538	-0.91%	0.9%
2043	2,328,984	2,833,257	-0.91%	0.88%
2044	2,307,685	2,857,499	-0.91%	0.86%
2045	2,286,312	2,881,333	-0.93%	0.83%
2046	2,264,596	2,904,780	-0.95%	0.81%
2047	2,243,130	2,927,859	-0.95%	0.79%
2048	2,221,710	2,950,411	-0.95%	0.77%
2049	2,200,033	2,972,156	-0.98%	0.74%
2050	2,178,271	2,993,080	-0.99%	0.7%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Lesotho gained 151,535 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Lesotho's population increased by 279,606 (a 13.3% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2005 and still ranked 144th 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.5% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 144th to 141st.