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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Moldova	Albania	Moldova
1960	1,608,800	2,058,020	-	-
1961	1,659,800	2,103,327	3.17%	2.2%
1962	1,711,319	2,147,227	3.1%	2.09%
1963	1,762,621	2,188,895	3%	1.94%
1964	1,814,135	2,228,000	2.92%	1.79%
1965	1,864,791	2,265,287	2.79%	1.67%
1966	1,914,573	2,301,871	2.67%	1.61%
1967	1,965,598	2,337,695	2.67%	1.56%
1968	2,022,272	2,373,073	2.88%	1.51%
1969	2,081,695	2,408,469	2.94%	1.49%
1970	2,135,479	2,437,590	2.58%	1.21%
1971	2,187,853	2,460,611	2.45%	0.94%
1972	2,243,126	2,484,742	2.53%	0.98%
1973	2,296,752	2,510,584	2.39%	1.04%
1974	2,350,124	2,538,164	2.32%	1.1%
1975	2,404,831	2,566,998	2.33%	1.14%
1976	2,458,526	2,596,491	2.23%	1.15%
1977	2,513,546	2,626,298	2.24%	1.15%
1978	2,566,266	2,656,211	2.1%	1.14%
1979	2,617,832	2,683,035	2.01%	1.01%
1980	2,671,997	2,708,675	2.07%	0.96%
1981	2,726,056	2,735,987	2.02%	1.01%
1982	2,784,278	2,763,101	2.14%	0.99%
1983	2,843,960	2,791,207	2.14%	1.02%
1984	2,904,429	2,820,518	2.13%	1.05%
1985	2,964,762	2,850,787	2.08%	1.07%
1986	3,022,635	2,883,057	1.95%	1.13%
1987	3,083,605	2,916,306	2.02%	1.15%
1988	3,142,336	2,948,891	1.9%	1.12%
1989	3,227,943	2,970,039	2.72%	0.72%
1990	3,286,542	2,977,912	1.82%	0.27%
1991	3,266,790	2,981,566	-0.6%	0.12%
1992	3,247,039	2,980,965	-0.6%	-0.02%
1993	3,227,287	2,975,966	-0.61%	-0.17%
1994	3,207,536	2,966,745	-0.61%	-0.31%
1995	3,187,784	2,953,200	-0.62%	-0.46%
1996	3,168,033	2,947,293	-0.62%	-0.2%
1997	3,148,281	2,936,413	-0.62%	-0.37%
1998	3,128,530	2,935,227	-0.63%	-0.04%
1999	3,108,778	2,930,622	-0.63%	-0.16%
2000	3,089,027	2,924,668	-0.64%	-0.2%
2001	3,060,173	2,918,135	-0.93%	-0.22%
2002	3,051,010	2,911,385	-0.3%	-0.23%
2003	3,039,616	2,903,198	-0.37%	-0.28%
2004	3,026,939	2,896,023	-0.42%	-0.25%
2005	3,011,487	2,888,985	-0.51%	-0.24%
2006	2,992,547	2,880,967	-0.63%	-0.28%
2007	2,970,017	2,874,299	-0.75%	-0.23%
2008	2,947,314	2,868,833	-0.76%	-0.19%
2009	2,927,519	2,865,213	-0.67%	-0.13%
2010	2,913,021	2,862,354	-0.5%	-0.1%
2011	2,905,195	2,860,699	-0.27%	-0.06%
2012	2,900,401	2,860,324	-0.17%	-0.01%
2013	2,895,092	2,859,558	-0.18%	-0.03%
2014	2,889,104	2,857,815	-0.21%	-0.06%
2015	2,880,703	2,835,978	-0.29%	-0.76%
2016	2,876,101	2,803,186	-0.16%	-1.16%
2017	2,873,457	2,755,189	-0.09%	-1.71%
2018	2,866,376	2,707,203	-0.25%	-1.74%
2019	2,854,191	2,664,224	-0.43%	-1.59%
2020	2,837,849	2,635,130	-0.57%	-1.09%
2021	2,811,666	2,595,809	-0.92%	-1.49%
2022	2,777,689	2,528,654	-1.21%	-2.59%
2023	2,745,972	2,457,783	-1.14%	-2.8%
2024	2,714,617	2,389,275	-1.14%	-2.79%
2025	2,694,925	2,358,679	-0.73%	-1.28%
2026	2,675,010	2,331,249	-0.74%	-1.16%
2027	2,655,754	2,308,519	-0.72%	-0.97%
2028	2,636,738	2,285,773	-0.72%	-0.99%
2029	2,617,526	2,262,909	-0.73%	-1%
2030	2,598,055	2,239,915	-0.74%	-1.02%
2031	2,578,605	2,217,099	-0.75%	-1.02%
2032	2,559,433	2,194,590	-0.74%	-1.02%
2033	2,539,878	2,172,083	-0.76%	-1.03%
2034	2,519,713	2,149,558	-0.79%	-1.04%
2035	2,499,557	2,127,153	-0.8%	-1.04%
2036	2,479,237	2,105,178	-0.81%	-1.03%
2037	2,458,376	2,083,762	-0.84%	-1.02%
2038	2,437,333	2,062,803	-0.86%	-1.01%
2039	2,415,720	2,042,214	-0.89%	-1%
2040	2,393,840	2,022,294	-0.91%	-0.98%
2041	2,372,118	2,003,296	-0.91%	-0.94%
2042	2,350,472	1,984,924	-0.91%	-0.92%
2043	2,328,984	1,966,961	-0.91%	-0.9%
2044	2,307,685	1,949,608	-0.91%	-0.88%
2045	2,286,312	1,932,647	-0.93%	-0.87%
2046	2,264,596	1,915,982	-0.95%	-0.86%
2047	2,243,130	1,899,781	-0.95%	-0.85%
2048	2,221,710	1,883,795	-0.95%	-0.84%
2049	2,200,033	1,867,636	-0.98%	-0.86%
2050	2,178,271	1,851,456	-0.99%	-0.87%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Moldova lost 53,007 people (a 1.83% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Moldova's population decreased by -477,299 (a 16.8% decline).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2005 and ranked 145th 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 Moldova will decrease by 21.5% to 1,851,456 people and rank change from 145th to 150th.