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	2,900,401	25,211,728	-0.17%	0.45%
2013	2,895,092	25,329,451	-0.18%	0.47%
2014	2,889,104	25,451,262	-0.21%	0.48%
2015	2,880,703	25,575,350	-0.29%	0.49%
2016	2,876,101	25,698,326	-0.16%	0.48%
2017	2,873,457	25,817,709	-0.09%	0.46%
2018	2,866,376	25,931,147	-0.25%	0.44%
2019	2,854,191	26,037,632	-0.43%	0.41%
2020	2,837,849	26,136,312	-0.57%	0.38%
2021	2,811,666	26,232,534	-0.92%	0.37%
2022	2,777,689	26,328,845	-1.21%	0.37%
2023	2,745,972	26,418,204	-1.14%	0.34%
2024	2,714,617	26,498,823	-1.14%	0.31%
2025	2,694,925	26,571,033	-0.73%	0.27%
2026	2,675,010	26,633,682	-0.74%	0.24%
2027	2,655,754	26,686,492	-0.72%	0.2%
2028	2,636,738	26,729,261	-0.72%	0.16%
2029	2,617,526	26,762,008	-0.73%	0.12%
2030	2,598,055	26,784,894	-0.74%	0.09%
2031	2,578,605	26,797,946	-0.75%	0.05%
2032	2,559,433	26,801,071	-0.74%	0.01%
2033	2,539,878	26,795,061	-0.76%	-0.02%
2034	2,519,713	26,780,481	-0.79%	-0.05%
2035	2,499,557	26,757,705	-0.8%	-0.09%
2036	2,479,237	26,727,309	-0.81%	-0.11%
2037	2,458,376	26,689,907	-0.84%	-0.14%
2038	2,437,333	26,646,323	-0.86%	-0.16%
2039	2,415,720	26,596,967	-0.89%	-0.19%
2040	2,393,840	26,542,417	-0.91%	-0.21%
2041	2,372,118	26,483,475	-0.91%	-0.22%
2042	2,350,472	26,420,812	-0.91%	-0.24%
2043	2,328,984	26,354,324	-0.91%	-0.25%
2044	2,307,685	26,284,000	-0.91%	-0.27%
2045	2,286,312	26,210,196	-0.93%	-0.28%
2046	2,264,596	26,132,922	-0.95%	-0.29%
2047	2,243,130	26,052,086	-0.95%	-0.31%
2048	2,221,710	25,967,581	-0.95%	-0.32%
2049	2,200,033	25,879,244	-0.98%	-0.34%
2050	2,178,271	25,787,120	-0.99%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.