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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Nigeria	Albania	Nigeria
1960	1,608,800	45,053,782	-	-
1961	1,659,800	45,989,310	3.17%	2.08%
1962	1,711,319	46,965,292	3.1%	2.12%
1963	1,762,621	47,973,575	3%	2.15%
1964	1,814,135	49,012,016	2.92%	2.16%
1965	1,864,791	50,086,764	2.79%	2.19%
1966	1,914,573	51,188,234	2.67%	2.2%
1967	1,965,598	52,293,065	2.67%	2.16%
1968	2,022,272	53,432,783	2.88%	2.18%
1969	2,081,695	54,631,914	2.94%	2.24%
1970	2,135,479	55,893,838	2.58%	2.31%
1971	2,187,853	57,214,684	2.45%	2.36%
1972	2,243,126	58,601,748	2.53%	2.42%
1973	2,296,752	60,082,139	2.39%	2.53%
1974	2,350,124	61,679,144	2.32%	2.66%
1975	2,404,831	63,410,815	2.33%	2.81%
1976	2,458,526	65,258,009	2.23%	2.91%
1977	2,513,546	67,234,590	2.24%	3.03%
1978	2,566,266	69,326,532	2.1%	3.11%
1979	2,617,832	71,498,242	2.01%	3.13%
1980	2,671,997	73,764,641	2.07%	3.17%
1981	2,726,056	76,068,103	2.02%	3.12%
1982	2,784,278	78,378,701	2.14%	3.04%
1983	2,843,960	80,438,260	2.14%	2.63%
1984	2,904,429	82,526,443	2.13%	2.6%
1985	2,964,762	84,897,973	2.08%	2.87%
1986	3,022,635	87,235,953	1.95%	2.75%
1987	3,083,605	89,591,716	2.02%	2.7%
1988	3,142,336	92,020,090	1.9%	2.71%
1989	3,227,943	94,531,014	2.72%	2.73%
1990	3,286,542	97,120,925	1.82%	2.74%
1991	3,266,790	99,720,162	-0.6%	2.68%
1992	3,247,039	102,372,770	-0.6%	2.66%
1993	3,227,287	105,122,069	-0.61%	2.69%
1994	3,207,536	107,935,714	-0.61%	2.68%
1995	3,187,784	110,819,428	-0.62%	2.67%
1996	3,168,033	113,754,779	-0.62%	2.65%
1997	3,148,281	116,754,792	-0.62%	2.64%
1998	3,128,530	119,846,254	-0.63%	2.65%
1999	3,108,778	123,047,320	-0.63%	2.67%
2000	3,089,027	126,382,494	-0.64%	2.71%
2001	3,060,173	129,862,595	-0.93%	2.75%
2002	3,051,010	133,471,989	-0.3%	2.78%
2003	3,039,616	137,202,644	-0.37%	2.8%
2004	3,026,939	141,057,045	-0.42%	2.81%
2005	3,011,487	145,017,253	-0.51%	2.81%
2006	2,992,547	149,077,334	-0.63%	2.8%
2007	2,970,017	153,267,261	-0.75%	2.81%
2008	2,947,314	157,595,014	-0.76%	2.82%
2009	2,927,519	162,049,464	-0.67%	2.83%
2010	2,913,021	166,642,886	-0.5%	2.83%
2011	2,905,195	171,379,598	-0.27%	2.84%
2012	2,860,708	176,200,625	-1.53%	2.81%
2013	2,816,902	181,049,443	-1.53%	2.75%
2014	2,773,767	185,896,915	-1.53%	2.68%
2015	2,731,293	190,671,878	-1.53%	2.57%
2016	2,689,469	195,443,700	-1.53%	2.5%
2017	2,648,285	200,254,579	-1.53%	2.46%
2018	2,607,733	204,938,755	-1.53%	2.34%
2019	2,567,801	209,485,641	-1.53%	2.22%
2020	2,528,480	213,996,181	-1.53%	2.15%
2021	2,489,762	218,529,286	-1.53%	2.12%
2022	2,451,636	223,150,896	-1.53%	2.11%
2023	2,414,095	227,882,945	-1.53%	2.12%
2024	2,377,128	232,679,478	-1.53%	2.1%
2025	2,359,884	237,527,783	-0.73%	2.08%
2026	2,342,445	242,431,830	-0.74%	2.06%
2027	2,325,583	247,374,258	-0.72%	2.04%
2028	2,308,931	252,346,128	-0.72%	2.01%
2029	2,292,108	257,352,638	-0.73%	1.98%
2030	2,275,057	262,380,975	-0.74%	1.95%
2031	2,258,025	267,421,079	-0.75%	1.92%
2032	2,241,237	272,483,635	-0.74%	1.89%
2033	2,224,113	277,555,116	-0.76%	1.86%
2034	2,206,455	282,622,388	-0.79%	1.83%
2035	2,188,805	287,685,757	-0.8%	1.79%
2036	2,171,011	292,739,390	-0.81%	1.76%
2037	2,152,744	297,773,236	-0.84%	1.72%
2038	2,134,317	302,782,350	-0.86%	1.68%
2039	2,115,391	307,764,754	-0.89%	1.65%
2040	2,096,231	312,710,403	-0.91%	1.61%
2041	2,077,210	317,607,237	-0.91%	1.57%
2042	2,058,255	322,450,302	-0.91%	1.52%
2043	2,039,438	327,243,941	-0.91%	1.49%
2044	2,020,787	331,983,354	-0.91%	1.45%
2045	2,002,071	336,662,502	-0.93%	1.41%
2046	1,983,055	341,281,757	-0.95%	1.37%
2047	1,964,257	345,844,004	-0.95%	1.34%
2048	1,945,501	350,347,757	-0.95%	1.3%
2049	1,926,519	354,792,418	-0.98%	1.27%
2050	1,907,462	359,185,550	-0.99%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.