The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 21,655,286 people in Malawi in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 22,673,513 in Malawi.
Population statistics:
- Malawi's population is 8.41 times bigger than Albania's.
- Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Malawi is the 61st.
- The countries together account for 0.31% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.27% for Malawi.
- For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +2.7% in Malawi.
- Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Malawi has grown from 12.8M to 22.7M (76.6% growth).
- Malawi is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 59.1M 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 Malawi: live population counter
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| Current population |
2694925
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22673513
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| Population rank | 141/197 | 61/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.27% |
| One net population change |
16.8 minutes
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57.3 seconds
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| One birth every |
18.7 minutes
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47.6 seconds
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| One death every |
23 minutes
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4.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
21.5 minutes
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5.81 hours
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| Annual migration change | -24,472 | -1,507 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +1,509 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,355 | +550,804 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.14% | +2.61% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 27/197 |
Albania and Malawi: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,608,800 | 3,628,134 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,659,800 | 3,715,534 | 3.17% | 2.41% |
| 1962 | 1,711,319 | 3,806,307 | 3.1% | 2.44% |
| 1963 | 1,762,621 | 3,900,506 | 3% | 2.47% |
| 1964 | 1,814,135 | 3,997,305 | 2.92% | 2.48% |
| 1965 | 1,864,791 | 4,096,157 | 2.79% | 2.47% |
| 1966 | 1,914,573 | 4,197,926 | 2.67% | 2.48% |
| 1967 | 1,965,598 | 4,303,012 | 2.67% | 2.5% |
| 1968 | 2,022,272 | 4,411,054 | 2.88% | 2.51% |
| 1969 | 2,081,695 | 4,521,184 | 2.94% | 2.5% |
| 1970 | 2,135,479 | 4,633,944 | 2.58% | 2.49% |
| 1971 | 2,187,853 | 4,751,434 | 2.45% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 2,243,126 | 4,874,475 | 2.53% | 2.59% |
| 1973 | 2,296,752 | 5,003,938 | 2.39% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 2,350,124 | 5,141,337 | 2.32% | 2.75% |
| 1975 | 2,404,831 | 5,287,367 | 2.33% | 2.84% |
| 1976 | 2,458,526 | 5,443,384 | 2.23% | 2.95% |
| 1977 | 2,513,546 | 5,614,983 | 2.24% | 3.15% |
| 1978 | 2,566,266 | 5,810,132 | 2.1% | 3.48% |
| 1979 | 2,617,832 | 6,028,749 | 2.01% | 3.76% |
| 1980 | 2,671,997 | 6,265,529 | 2.07% | 3.93% |
| 1981 | 2,726,056 | 6,516,454 | 2.02% | 4% |
| 1982 | 2,784,278 | 6,778,879 | 2.14% | 4.03% |
| 1983 | 2,843,960 | 7,051,709 | 2.14% | 4.02% |
| 1984 | 2,904,429 | 7,332,810 | 2.13% | 3.99% |
| 1985 | 2,964,762 | 7,620,508 | 2.08% | 3.92% |
| 1986 | 3,022,635 | 7,906,480 | 1.95% | 3.75% |
| 1987 | 3,083,605 | 8,293,174 | 2.02% | 4.89% |
| 1988 | 3,142,336 | 8,753,262 | 1.9% | 5.55% |
| 1989 | 3,227,943 | 9,176,220 | 2.72% | 4.83% |
| 1990 | 3,286,542 | 9,545,852 | 1.82% | 4.03% |
| 1991 | 3,266,790 | 9,844,227 | -0.6% | 3.13% |
| 1992 | 3,247,039 | 10,135,079 | -0.6% | 2.95% |
| 1993 | 3,227,287 | 10,284,024 | -0.61% | 1.47% |
| 1994 | 3,207,536 | 10,164,894 | -0.61% | -1.16% |
| 1995 | 3,187,784 | 10,150,117 | -0.62% | -0.15% |
| 1996 | 3,168,033 | 10,352,228 | -0.62% | 1.99% |
| 1997 | 3,148,281 | 10,562,035 | -0.62% | 2.03% |
| 1998 | 3,128,530 | 10,792,876 | -0.63% | 2.19% |
| 1999 | 3,108,778 | 11,047,804 | -0.63% | 2.36% |
| 2000 | 3,089,027 | 11,315,942 | -0.64% | 2.43% |
| 2001 | 3,060,173 | 11,593,058 | -0.93% | 2.45% |
| 2002 | 3,051,010 | 11,880,440 | -0.3% | 2.48% |
| 2003 | 3,039,616 | 12,181,574 | -0.37% | 2.53% |
| 2004 | 3,026,939 | 12,500,737 | -0.42% | 2.62% |
| 2005 | 3,011,487 | 12,840,031 | -0.51% | 2.71% |
| 2006 | 2,992,547 | 13,198,701 | -0.63% | 2.79% |
| 2007 | 2,970,017 | 13,576,343 | -0.75% | 2.86% |
| 2008 | 2,947,314 | 13,976,417 | -0.76% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 2,927,519 | 14,395,788 | -0.67% | 3% |
| 2010 | 2,913,021 | 14,826,463 | -0.5% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 2,905,195 | 15,265,022 | -0.27% | 2.96% |
| 2012 | 2,900,401 | 15,709,577 | -0.17% | 2.91% |
| 2013 | 2,895,092 | 16,161,816 | -0.18% | 2.88% |
| 2014 | 2,889,104 | 16,621,538 | -0.21% | 2.84% |
| 2015 | 2,880,703 | 17,085,587 | -0.29% | 2.79% |
| 2016 | 2,876,101 | 17,557,739 | -0.16% | 2.76% |
| 2017 | 2,873,457 | 18,039,715 | -0.09% | 2.75% |
| 2018 | 2,866,376 | 18,528,081 | -0.25% | 2.71% |
| 2019 | 2,854,191 | 19,025,752 | -0.43% | 2.69% |
| 2020 | 2,837,849 | 19,533,888 | -0.57% | 2.67% |
| 2021 | 2,811,666 | 20,047,258 | -0.92% | 2.63% |
| 2022 | 2,777,689 | 20,568,728 | -1.21% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,745,972 | 21,104,482 | -1.14% | 2.6% |
| 2024 | 2,714,617 | 21,655,286 | -1.14% | 2.61% |
| 2025 | 2,694,925 | 22,216,113 | -0.73% | 2.59% |
| 2026 | 2,675,010 | 22,785,530 | -0.74% | 2.56% |
| 2027 | 2,655,754 | 23,366,187 | -0.72% | 2.55% |
| 2028 | 2,636,738 | 23,954,450 | -0.72% | 2.52% |
| 2029 | 2,617,526 | 24,553,499 | -0.73% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 2,598,055 | 25,160,293 | -0.74% | 2.47% |
| 2031 | 2,578,605 | 25,763,534 | -0.75% | 2.4% |
| 2032 | 2,559,433 | 26,366,760 | -0.74% | 2.34% |
| 2033 | 2,539,878 | 26,978,417 | -0.76% | 2.32% |
| 2034 | 2,519,713 | 27,595,295 | -0.79% | 2.29% |
| 2035 | 2,499,557 | 28,213,784 | -0.8% | 2.24% |
| 2036 | 2,479,237 | 28,835,595 | -0.81% | 2.2% |
| 2037 | 2,458,376 | 29,462,509 | -0.84% | 2.17% |
| 2038 | 2,437,333 | 30,081,741 | -0.86% | 2.1% |
| 2039 | 2,415,720 | 30,691,578 | -0.89% | 2.03% |
| 2040 | 2,393,840 | 31,302,092 | -0.91% | 1.99% |
| 2041 | 2,372,118 | 31,911,242 | -0.91% | 1.95% |
| 2042 | 2,350,472 | 32,517,509 | -0.91% | 1.9% |
| 2043 | 2,328,984 | 33,122,481 | -0.91% | 1.86% |
| 2044 | 2,307,685 | 33,736,523 | -0.91% | 1.85% |
| 2045 | 2,286,312 | 34,350,947 | -0.93% | 1.82% |
| 2046 | 2,264,596 | 34,959,606 | -0.95% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 2,243,130 | 35,567,989 | -0.95% | 1.74% |
| 2048 | 2,221,710 | 36,165,757 | -0.95% | 1.68% |
| 2049 | 2,200,033 | 36,760,998 | -0.98% | 1.65% |
| 2050 | 2,178,271 | 37,361,672 | -0.99% | 1.63% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Malawi gained 4,245,556 people (a 33.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Malawi's population increased by 5,587,926 (a 32.7% growth).
Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2005 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 64.8% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.
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Population differences between Albania and Malawi
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| Life expectancy | 80 years | 67.7 years |
| Average age | 39.9 years | 22.8 years |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 18.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 births per woman | 3.65 births per woman |
| Population density | 256.6 ppl/mi² | 595 ppl/mi² |
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