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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Portugal	Albania	Portugal
1960	1,608,800	8,857,716	-	-
1961	1,659,800	8,929,316	3.17%	0.81%
1962	1,711,319	8,993,985	3.1%	0.72%
1963	1,762,621	9,030,355	3%	0.4%
1964	1,814,135	9,035,365	2.92%	0.06%
1965	1,864,791	8,998,595	2.79%	-0.41%
1966	1,914,573	8,930,990	2.67%	-0.75%
1967	1,965,598	8,874,520	2.67%	-0.63%
1968	2,022,272	8,836,650	2.88%	-0.43%
1969	2,081,695	8,757,705	2.94%	-0.89%
1970	2,135,479	8,680,431	2.58%	-0.88%
1971	2,187,853	8,643,756	2.45%	-0.42%
1972	2,243,126	8,630,430	2.53%	-0.15%
1973	2,296,752	8,633,100	2.39%	0.03%
1974	2,350,124	8,754,365	2.32%	1.4%
1975	2,404,831	9,093,470	2.33%	3.87%
1976	2,458,526	9,355,810	2.23%	2.88%
1977	2,513,546	9,455,675	2.24%	1.07%
1978	2,566,266	9,558,250	2.1%	1.08%
1979	2,617,832	9,661,265	2.01%	1.08%
1980	2,671,997	9,766,312	2.07%	1.09%
1981	2,726,056	9,851,362	2.02%	0.87%
1982	2,784,278	9,911,771	2.14%	0.61%
1983	2,843,960	9,957,865	2.14%	0.47%
1984	2,904,429	9,996,232	2.13%	0.39%
1985	2,964,762	10,023,613	2.08%	0.27%
1986	3,022,635	10,032,734	1.95%	0.09%
1987	3,083,605	10,030,031	2.02%	-0.03%
1988	3,142,336	10,019,610	1.9%	-0.1%
1989	3,227,943	10,005,000	2.72%	-0.15%
1990	3,286,542	9,983,218	1.82%	-0.22%
1991	3,266,790	9,960,235	-0.6%	-0.23%
1992	3,247,039	9,952,494	-0.6%	-0.08%
1993	3,227,287	9,964,675	-0.61%	0.12%
1994	3,207,536	9,991,525	-0.61%	0.27%
1995	3,187,784	10,026,176	-0.62%	0.35%
1996	3,168,033	10,063,945	-0.62%	0.38%
1997	3,148,281	10,108,977	-0.62%	0.45%
1998	3,128,530	10,160,196	-0.63%	0.51%
1999	3,108,778	10,217,828	-0.63%	0.57%
2000	3,089,027	10,289,898	-0.64%	0.71%
2001	3,060,173	10,362,722	-0.93%	0.71%
2002	3,051,010	10,419,631	-0.3%	0.55%
2003	3,039,616	10,458,821	-0.37%	0.38%
2004	3,026,939	10,483,861	-0.42%	0.24%
2005	3,011,487	10,503,330	-0.51%	0.19%
2006	2,992,547	10,522,288	-0.63%	0.18%
2007	2,970,017	10,542,964	-0.75%	0.2%
2008	2,947,314	10,558,177	-0.76%	0.14%
2009	2,927,519	10,568,247	-0.67%	0.1%
2010	2,913,021	10,573,100	-0.5%	0.05%
2011	2,905,195	10,557,560	-0.27%	-0.15%
2012	2,900,401	10,514,844	-0.17%	-0.4%
2013	2,895,092	10,457,295	-0.18%	-0.55%
2014	2,889,104	10,401,062	-0.21%	-0.54%
2015	2,880,703	10,358,076	-0.29%	-0.41%
2016	2,876,101	10,325,452	-0.16%	-0.31%
2017	2,873,457	10,300,300	-0.09%	-0.24%
2018	2,866,376	10,283,822	-0.25%	-0.16%
2019	2,854,191	10,286,263	-0.43%	0.02%
2020	2,837,849	10,297,081	-0.57%	0.11%
2021	2,811,666	10,361,831	-0.92%	0.63%
2022	2,777,689	10,434,332	-1.21%	0.7%
2023	2,745,972	10,578,174	-1.14%	1.38%
2024	2,714,617	10,701,636	-1.14%	1.17%
2025	2,694,925	10,687,819	-0.73%	-0.13%
2026	2,675,010	10,670,917	-0.74%	-0.16%
2027	2,655,754	10,653,073	-0.72%	-0.17%
2028	2,636,738	10,632,868	-0.72%	-0.19%
2029	2,617,526	10,611,484	-0.73%	-0.2%
2030	2,598,055	10,591,436	-0.74%	-0.19%
2031	2,578,605	10,571,418	-0.75%	-0.19%
2032	2,559,433	10,549,456	-0.74%	-0.21%
2033	2,539,878	10,526,482	-0.76%	-0.22%
2034	2,519,713	10,502,882	-0.79%	-0.22%
2035	2,499,557	10,478,843	-0.8%	-0.23%
2036	2,479,237	10,454,630	-0.81%	-0.23%
2037	2,458,376	10,430,128	-0.84%	-0.23%
2038	2,437,333	10,404,947	-0.86%	-0.24%
2039	2,415,720	10,377,968	-0.89%	-0.26%
2040	2,393,840	10,349,515	-0.91%	-0.27%
2041	2,372,118	10,321,577	-0.91%	-0.27%
2042	2,350,472	10,294,106	-0.91%	-0.27%
2043	2,328,984	10,264,596	-0.91%	-0.29%
2044	2,307,685	10,233,543	-0.91%	-0.3%
2045	2,286,312	10,201,832	-0.93%	-0.31%
2046	2,264,596	10,168,932	-0.95%	-0.32%
2047	2,243,130	10,135,159	-0.95%	-0.33%
2048	2,221,710	10,101,419	-0.95%	-0.33%
2049	2,200,033	10,066,064	-0.98%	-0.35%
2050	2,178,271	10,029,252	-0.99%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.