Population in Albania compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	North Korea	Albania	North Korea
1960	1,608,800	11,722,953	-	-
1961	1,659,800	11,990,713	3.17%	2.28%
1962	1,711,319	12,262,882	3.1%	2.27%
1963	1,762,621	12,567,057	3%	2.48%
1964	1,814,135	12,889,770	2.92%	2.57%
1965	1,864,791	13,219,369	2.79%	2.56%
1966	1,914,573	13,569,094	2.67%	2.65%
1967	1,965,598	13,958,350	2.67%	2.87%
1968	2,022,272	14,365,596	2.88%	2.92%
1969	2,081,695	14,767,615	2.94%	2.8%
1970	2,135,479	15,172,775	2.58%	2.74%
1971	2,187,853	15,572,457	2.45%	2.63%
1972	2,243,126	15,975,069	2.53%	2.59%
1973	2,296,752	16,350,367	2.39%	2.35%
1974	2,350,124	16,673,121	2.32%	1.97%
1975	2,404,831	16,971,055	2.33%	1.79%
1976	2,458,526	17,243,450	2.23%	1.61%
1977	2,513,546	17,492,798	2.24%	1.45%
1978	2,566,266	17,735,995	2.1%	1.39%
1979	2,617,832	17,983,470	2.01%	1.4%
1980	2,671,997	18,236,786	2.07%	1.41%
1981	2,726,056	18,501,295	2.02%	1.45%
1982	2,784,278	18,776,357	2.14%	1.49%
1983	2,843,960	19,054,034	2.14%	1.48%
1984	2,904,429	19,335,043	2.13%	1.47%
1985	2,964,762	19,620,388	2.08%	1.48%
1986	3,022,635	19,910,855	1.95%	1.48%
1987	3,083,605	20,205,483	2.02%	1.48%
1988	3,142,336	20,503,161	1.9%	1.47%
1989	3,227,943	20,804,367	2.72%	1.47%
1990	3,286,542	21,112,137	1.82%	1.48%
1991	3,266,790	21,428,638	-0.6%	1.5%
1992	3,247,039	21,750,911	-0.6%	1.5%
1993	3,227,287	22,073,352	-0.61%	1.48%
1994	3,207,536	22,393,975	-0.61%	1.45%
1995	3,187,784	22,669,304	-0.62%	1.23%
1996	3,168,033	22,895,746	-0.62%	1%
1997	3,148,281	23,110,830	-0.62%	0.94%
1998	3,128,530	23,311,564	-0.63%	0.87%
1999	3,108,778	23,497,599	-0.63%	0.8%
2000	3,089,027	23,665,910	-0.64%	0.72%
2001	3,060,173	23,815,358	-0.93%	0.63%
2002	3,051,010	23,943,973	-0.3%	0.54%
2003	3,039,616	24,090,380	-0.37%	0.61%
2004	3,026,939	24,254,943	-0.42%	0.68%
2005	3,011,487	24,396,433	-0.51%	0.58%
2006	2,992,547	24,524,507	-0.63%	0.52%
2007	2,970,017	24,646,383	-0.75%	0.5%
2008	2,947,314	24,764,618	-0.76%	0.48%
2009	2,927,519	24,878,332	-0.67%	0.46%
2010	2,913,021	24,987,258	-0.5%	0.44%
2011	2,905,195	25,097,874	-0.27%	0.44%
2012	2,860,708	25,211,728	-1.53%	0.45%
2013	2,816,902	25,329,451	-1.53%	0.47%
2014	2,773,767	25,451,262	-1.53%	0.48%
2015	2,731,293	25,575,350	-1.53%	0.49%
2016	2,689,469	25,698,326	-1.53%	0.48%
2017	2,648,285	25,817,709	-1.53%	0.46%
2018	2,607,733	25,931,147	-1.53%	0.44%
2019	2,567,801	26,037,632	-1.53%	0.41%
2020	2,528,480	26,136,312	-1.53%	0.38%
2021	2,489,762	26,232,534	-1.53%	0.37%
2022	2,451,636	26,328,845	-1.53%	0.37%
2023	2,414,095	26,418,204	-1.53%	0.34%
2024	2,377,128	26,498,823	-1.53%	0.31%
2025	2,359,884	26,571,033	-0.73%	0.27%
2026	2,342,445	26,633,682	-0.74%	0.24%
2027	2,325,583	26,686,492	-0.72%	0.2%
2028	2,308,931	26,729,261	-0.72%	0.16%
2029	2,292,108	26,762,008	-0.73%	0.12%
2030	2,275,057	26,784,894	-0.74%	0.09%
2031	2,258,025	26,797,946	-0.75%	0.05%
2032	2,241,237	26,801,071	-0.74%	0.01%
2033	2,224,113	26,795,061	-0.76%	-0.02%
2034	2,206,455	26,780,481	-0.79%	-0.05%
2035	2,188,805	26,757,705	-0.8%	-0.09%
2036	2,171,011	26,727,309	-0.81%	-0.11%
2037	2,152,744	26,689,907	-0.84%	-0.14%
2038	2,134,317	26,646,323	-0.86%	-0.16%
2039	2,115,391	26,596,967	-0.89%	-0.19%
2040	2,096,231	26,542,417	-0.91%	-0.21%
2041	2,077,210	26,483,475	-0.91%	-0.22%
2042	2,058,255	26,420,812	-0.91%	-0.24%
2043	2,039,438	26,354,324	-0.91%	-0.25%
2044	2,020,787	26,284,000	-0.91%	-0.27%
2045	2,002,071	26,210,196	-0.93%	-0.28%
2046	1,983,055	26,132,922	-0.95%	-0.29%
2047	1,964,257	26,052,086	-0.95%	-0.31%
2048	1,945,501	25,967,581	-0.95%	-0.32%
2049	1,926,519	25,879,244	-0.98%	-0.34%
2050	1,907,462	25,787,120	-0.99%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while North Korea gained 1,173,819 people (a 4.79% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 935,933 (a 3.64% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2006 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.18% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.