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	2,860,708	10,514,844	-1.53%	-0.4%
2013	2,816,902	10,457,295	-1.53%	-0.55%
2014	2,773,767	10,401,062	-1.53%	-0.54%
2015	2,731,293	10,358,076	-1.53%	-0.41%
2016	2,689,469	10,325,452	-1.53%	-0.31%
2017	2,648,285	10,300,300	-1.53%	-0.24%
2018	2,607,733	10,283,822	-1.53%	-0.16%
2019	2,567,801	10,286,263	-1.53%	0.02%
2020	2,528,480	10,297,081	-1.53%	0.11%
2021	2,489,762	10,361,831	-1.53%	0.63%
2022	2,451,636	10,434,332	-1.53%	0.7%
2023	2,414,095	10,578,174	-1.53%	1.38%
2024	2,377,128	10,694,681	-1.53%	1.1%
2025	2,359,884	10,680,873	-0.73%	-0.13%
2026	2,342,445	10,663,982	-0.74%	-0.16%
2027	2,325,583	10,646,150	-0.72%	-0.17%
2028	2,308,931	10,625,957	-0.72%	-0.19%
2029	2,292,108	10,604,587	-0.73%	-0.2%
2030	2,275,057	10,584,552	-0.74%	-0.19%
2031	2,258,025	10,564,548	-0.75%	-0.19%
2032	2,241,237	10,542,600	-0.74%	-0.21%
2033	2,224,113	10,519,640	-0.76%	-0.22%
2034	2,206,455	10,496,056	-0.79%	-0.22%
2035	2,188,805	10,472,033	-0.8%	-0.23%
2036	2,171,011	10,447,836	-0.81%	-0.23%
2037	2,152,744	10,423,350	-0.84%	-0.23%
2038	2,134,317	10,398,185	-0.86%	-0.24%
2039	2,115,391	10,371,223	-0.89%	-0.26%
2040	2,096,231	10,342,789	-0.91%	-0.27%
2041	2,077,210	10,314,869	-0.91%	-0.27%
2042	2,058,255	10,287,416	-0.91%	-0.27%
2043	2,039,438	10,257,925	-0.91%	-0.29%
2044	2,020,787	10,226,892	-0.91%	-0.3%
2045	2,002,071	10,195,202	-0.93%	-0.31%
2046	1,983,055	10,162,323	-0.95%	-0.32%
2047	1,964,257	10,128,572	-0.95%	-0.33%
2048	1,945,501	10,094,854	-0.95%	-0.33%
2049	1,926,519	10,059,522	-0.98%	-0.35%
2050	1,907,462	10,022,734	-0.99%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.