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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	South Korea	Albania	South Korea
1960	1,608,800	25,012,374	-	-
1961	1,659,800	25,765,673	3.17%	3.01%
1962	1,711,319	26,513,030	3.1%	2.9%
1963	1,762,621	27,261,747	3%	2.82%
1964	1,814,135	27,984,155	2.92%	2.65%
1965	1,864,791	28,704,674	2.79%	2.57%
1966	1,914,573	29,435,571	2.67%	2.55%
1967	1,965,598	30,130,983	2.67%	2.36%
1968	2,022,272	30,838,302	2.88%	2.35%
1969	2,081,695	31,544,266	2.94%	2.29%
1970	2,135,479	32,240,827	2.58%	2.21%
1971	2,187,853	32,882,704	2.45%	1.99%
1972	2,243,126	33,505,406	2.53%	1.89%
1973	2,296,752	34,103,149	2.39%	1.78%
1974	2,350,124	34,692,266	2.32%	1.73%
1975	2,404,831	35,280,725	2.33%	1.7%
1976	2,458,526	35,848,523	2.23%	1.61%
1977	2,513,546	36,411,795	2.24%	1.57%
1978	2,566,266	36,969,185	2.1%	1.53%
1979	2,617,832	37,534,236	2.01%	1.53%
1980	2,671,997	38,123,775	2.07%	1.57%
1981	2,726,056	38,723,248	2.02%	1.57%
1982	2,784,278	39,326,352	2.14%	1.56%
1983	2,843,960	39,910,403	2.14%	1.49%
1984	2,904,429	40,405,956	2.13%	1.24%
1985	2,964,762	40,805,744	2.08%	0.99%
1986	3,022,635	41,213,674	1.95%	1%
1987	3,083,605	41,621,690	2.02%	0.99%
1988	3,142,336	42,031,247	1.9%	0.98%
1989	3,227,943	42,449,038	2.72%	0.99%
1990	3,286,542	42,869,283	1.82%	0.99%
1991	3,266,790	43,295,704	-0.6%	0.99%
1992	3,247,039	43,747,962	-0.6%	1.04%
1993	3,227,287	44,194,628	-0.61%	1.02%
1994	3,207,536	44,641,540	-0.61%	1.01%
1995	3,187,784	45,092,991	-0.62%	1.01%
1996	3,168,033	45,524,681	-0.62%	0.96%
1997	3,148,281	45,953,580	-0.62%	0.94%
1998	3,128,530	46,286,503	-0.63%	0.72%
1999	3,108,778	46,616,677	-0.63%	0.71%
2000	3,089,027	47,008,111	-0.64%	0.84%
2001	3,060,173	47,370,164	-0.93%	0.77%
2002	3,051,010	47,644,736	-0.3%	0.58%
2003	3,039,616	47,892,330	-0.37%	0.52%
2004	3,026,939	48,082,519	-0.42%	0.4%
2005	3,011,487	48,184,561	-0.51%	0.21%
2006	2,992,547	48,438,292	-0.63%	0.53%
2007	2,970,017	48,683,638	-0.75%	0.51%
2008	2,947,314	49,054,708	-0.76%	0.76%
2009	2,927,519	49,307,835	-0.67%	0.52%
2010	2,913,021	49,554,112	-0.5%	0.5%
2011	2,905,195	49,936,638	-0.27%	0.77%
2012	2,900,401	50,199,853	-0.17%	0.53%
2013	2,895,092	50,428,893	-0.18%	0.46%
2014	2,889,104	50,746,659	-0.21%	0.63%
2015	2,880,703	51,014,947	-0.29%	0.53%
2016	2,876,101	51,217,803	-0.16%	0.4%
2017	2,873,457	51,361,911	-0.09%	0.28%
2018	2,866,376	51,585,058	-0.25%	0.43%
2019	2,854,191	51,764,822	-0.43%	0.35%
2020	2,837,849	51,836,239	-0.57%	0.14%
2021	2,811,666	51,769,539	-0.92%	-0.13%
2022	2,777,689	51,672,569	-1.21%	-0.19%
2023	2,745,972	51,712,619	-1.14%	0.08%
2024	2,714,617	51,751,065	-1.14%	0.07%
2025	2,694,925	51,700,480	-0.73%	-0.1%
2026	2,675,010	51,633,793	-0.74%	-0.13%
2027	2,655,754	51,552,198	-0.72%	-0.16%
2028	2,636,738	51,456,707	-0.72%	-0.19%
2029	2,617,526	51,347,230	-0.73%	-0.21%
2030	2,598,055	51,221,713	-0.74%	-0.24%
2031	2,578,605	51,081,220	-0.75%	-0.27%
2032	2,559,433	50,924,233	-0.74%	-0.31%
2033	2,539,878	50,747,132	-0.76%	-0.35%
2034	2,519,713	50,549,508	-0.79%	-0.39%
2035	2,499,557	50,333,286	-0.8%	-0.43%
2036	2,479,237	50,098,951	-0.81%	-0.47%
2037	2,458,376	49,845,669	-0.84%	-0.51%
2038	2,437,333	49,573,234	-0.86%	-0.55%
2039	2,415,720	49,283,770	-0.89%	-0.58%
2040	2,393,840	48,980,369	-0.91%	-0.62%
2041	2,372,118	48,661,905	-0.91%	-0.65%
2042	2,350,472	48,331,004	-0.91%	-0.68%
2043	2,328,984	47,990,085	-0.91%	-0.71%
2044	2,307,685	47,634,183	-0.91%	-0.74%
2045	2,286,312	47,263,526	-0.93%	-0.78%
2046	2,264,596	46,881,228	-0.95%	-0.81%
2047	2,243,130	46,482,133	-0.95%	-0.85%
2048	2,221,710	46,063,595	-0.95%	-0.9%
2049	2,200,033	45,626,805	-0.98%	-0.95%
2050	2,178,271	45,172,356	-0.99%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.