The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 5,572,272 people in Norway in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 5,642,662 in Norway.
Population statistics:
- Norway's population is 2.09 times bigger than Albania's.
- Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Norway is the 119th.
- The countries together account for 0.1% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.07% for Norway.
- For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +0.85% in Norway.
- Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Norway has grown from 4.62M to 5.64M (22% growth).
- Norway is projected to reach its peak in 2050 at 5.9M 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 Norway: live population counter
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| Current population |
2694925
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5642662
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| Population rank | 141/197 | 119/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
16.8 minutes
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9.98 minutes
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| One birth every |
18.7 minutes
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10.1 minutes
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| One death every |
23 minutes
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12.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
21.5 minutes
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11.8 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -24,472 | +44,356 |
| Daily growth/decline | -86 | +144 |
| Annual growth/decline | -31,355 | +52,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -1.14% | +0.95% |
| Population growth rate rank | 193/197 | 107/197 |
Albania and Norway: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,608,800 | 3,581,239 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,659,800 | 3,609,800 | 3.17% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | 1,711,319 | 3,638,918 | 3.1% | 0.81% |
| 1963 | 1,762,621 | 3,666,537 | 3% | 0.76% |
| 1964 | 1,814,135 | 3,694,339 | 2.92% | 0.76% |
| 1965 | 1,864,791 | 3,723,168 | 2.79% | 0.78% |
| 1966 | 1,914,573 | 3,753,012 | 2.67% | 0.8% |
| 1967 | 1,965,598 | 3,784,539 | 2.67% | 0.84% |
| 1968 | 2,022,272 | 3,816,486 | 2.88% | 0.84% |
| 1969 | 2,081,695 | 3,847,707 | 2.94% | 0.82% |
| 1970 | 2,135,479 | 3,875,763 | 2.58% | 0.73% |
| 1971 | 2,187,853 | 3,903,039 | 2.45% | 0.7% |
| 1972 | 2,243,126 | 3,933,004 | 2.53% | 0.77% |
| 1973 | 2,296,752 | 3,960,612 | 2.39% | 0.7% |
| 1974 | 2,350,124 | 3,985,258 | 2.32% | 0.62% |
| 1975 | 2,404,831 | 4,007,313 | 2.33% | 0.55% |
| 1976 | 2,458,526 | 4,026,152 | 2.23% | 0.47% |
| 1977 | 2,513,546 | 4,043,205 | 2.24% | 0.42% |
| 1978 | 2,566,266 | 4,058,671 | 2.1% | 0.38% |
| 1979 | 2,617,832 | 4,072,517 | 2.01% | 0.34% |
| 1980 | 2,671,997 | 4,085,620 | 2.07% | 0.32% |
| 1981 | 2,726,056 | 4,099,702 | 2.02% | 0.34% |
| 1982 | 2,784,278 | 4,114,787 | 2.14% | 0.37% |
| 1983 | 2,843,960 | 4,128,432 | 2.14% | 0.33% |
| 1984 | 2,904,429 | 4,140,099 | 2.13% | 0.28% |
| 1985 | 2,964,762 | 4,152,516 | 2.08% | 0.3% |
| 1986 | 3,022,635 | 4,167,354 | 1.95% | 0.36% |
| 1987 | 3,083,605 | 4,186,905 | 2.02% | 0.47% |
| 1988 | 3,142,336 | 4,209,488 | 1.9% | 0.54% |
| 1989 | 3,227,943 | 4,226,901 | 2.72% | 0.41% |
| 1990 | 3,286,542 | 4,241,473 | 1.82% | 0.34% |
| 1991 | 3,266,790 | 4,261,732 | -0.6% | 0.48% |
| 1992 | 3,247,039 | 4,286,401 | -0.6% | 0.58% |
| 1993 | 3,227,287 | 4,311,991 | -0.61% | 0.6% |
| 1994 | 3,207,536 | 4,336,613 | -0.61% | 0.57% |
| 1995 | 3,187,784 | 4,359,184 | -0.62% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 3,168,033 | 4,381,336 | -0.62% | 0.51% |
| 1997 | 3,148,281 | 4,405,157 | -0.62% | 0.54% |
| 1998 | 3,128,530 | 4,431,464 | -0.63% | 0.6% |
| 1999 | 3,108,778 | 4,461,913 | -0.63% | 0.69% |
| 2000 | 3,089,027 | 4,490,967 | -0.64% | 0.65% |
| 2001 | 3,060,173 | 4,513,751 | -0.93% | 0.51% |
| 2002 | 3,051,010 | 4,538,159 | -0.3% | 0.54% |
| 2003 | 3,039,616 | 4,564,855 | -0.37% | 0.59% |
| 2004 | 3,026,939 | 4,591,910 | -0.42% | 0.59% |
| 2005 | 3,011,487 | 4,623,291 | -0.51% | 0.68% |
| 2006 | 2,992,547 | 4,660,677 | -0.63% | 0.81% |
| 2007 | 2,970,017 | 4,709,153 | -0.75% | 1.04% |
| 2008 | 2,947,314 | 4,768,212 | -0.76% | 1.25% |
| 2009 | 2,927,519 | 4,828,726 | -0.67% | 1.27% |
| 2010 | 2,913,021 | 4,889,252 | -0.5% | 1.25% |
| 2011 | 2,905,195 | 4,953,088 | -0.27% | 1.31% |
| 2012 | 2,900,401 | 5,018,573 | -0.17% | 1.32% |
| 2013 | 2,895,092 | 5,079,623 | -0.18% | 1.22% |
| 2014 | 2,889,104 | 5,137,232 | -0.21% | 1.13% |
| 2015 | 2,880,703 | 5,188,607 | -0.29% | 1% |
| 2016 | 2,876,101 | 5,234,519 | -0.16% | 0.88% |
| 2017 | 2,873,457 | 5,276,968 | -0.09% | 0.81% |
| 2018 | 2,866,376 | 5,311,916 | -0.25% | 0.66% |
| 2019 | 2,854,191 | 5,347,896 | -0.43% | 0.68% |
| 2020 | 2,837,849 | 5,379,475 | -0.57% | 0.59% |
| 2021 | 2,811,666 | 5,408,320 | -0.92% | 0.54% |
| 2022 | 2,777,689 | 5,457,127 | -1.21% | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 2,745,972 | 5,519,594 | -1.14% | 1.14% |
| 2024 | 2,714,617 | 5,572,272 | -1.14% | 0.95% |
| 2025 | 2,694,925 | 5,618,653 | -0.73% | 0.83% |
| 2026 | 2,675,010 | 5,648,542 | -0.74% | 0.53% |
| 2027 | 2,655,754 | 5,669,085 | -0.72% | 0.36% |
| 2028 | 2,636,738 | 5,688,775 | -0.72% | 0.35% |
| 2029 | 2,617,526 | 5,707,206 | -0.73% | 0.32% |
| 2030 | 2,598,055 | 5,724,586 | -0.74% | 0.3% |
| 2031 | 2,578,605 | 5,741,140 | -0.75% | 0.29% |
| 2032 | 2,559,433 | 5,756,663 | -0.74% | 0.27% |
| 2033 | 2,539,878 | 5,771,048 | -0.76% | 0.25% |
| 2034 | 2,519,713 | 5,784,408 | -0.79% | 0.23% |
| 2035 | 2,499,557 | 5,796,851 | -0.8% | 0.22% |
| 2036 | 2,479,237 | 5,808,721 | -0.81% | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 2,458,376 | 5,819,995 | -0.84% | 0.19% |
| 2038 | 2,437,333 | 5,830,604 | -0.86% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 2,415,720 | 5,840,493 | -0.89% | 0.17% |
| 2040 | 2,393,840 | 5,849,273 | -0.91% | 0.15% |
| 2041 | 2,372,118 | 5,857,345 | -0.91% | 0.14% |
| 2042 | 2,350,472 | 5,864,766 | -0.91% | 0.13% |
| 2043 | 2,328,984 | 5,870,957 | -0.91% | 0.11% |
| 2044 | 2,307,685 | 5,876,291 | -0.91% | 0.09% |
| 2045 | 2,286,312 | 5,881,391 | -0.93% | 0.09% |
| 2046 | 2,264,596 | 5,885,772 | -0.95% | 0.07% |
| 2047 | 2,243,130 | 5,889,156 | -0.95% | 0.06% |
| 2048 | 2,221,710 | 5,892,131 | -0.95% | 0.05% |
| 2049 | 2,200,033 | 5,894,300 | -0.98% | 0.04% |
| 2050 | 2,178,271 | 5,895,192 | -0.99% | 0.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).
Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.
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Population differences between Albania and Norway
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| Life expectancy | 80 years | 83.6 years |
| Average age | 39.9 years | 41.3 years |
| Median age | 37.8 years | 40.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.4:50.6 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.35 births per woman | 1.4 births per woman |
| Population density | 256.6 ppl/mi² | 39.6 ppl/mi² |
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