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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 18.1 times bigger than Albania's.
  • Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.62% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 38.9% of the population in Albania and 21.4% in Spain.

Albania vs Spain: live population counter

Albania Spain
Current population
2694925
48786181
Population rank 141/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.59%
One net population change
16.8 minutes
1.14 minutes
One birth every
18.7 minutes
1.62 minutes
One death every
23 minutes
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change -24,472 +111,674
Daily growth/decline -86 +1,258
Annual growth/decline -31,355 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate -1.14% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 193/197 108/197

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

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Spain Albania Spain
1960 1,608,800 30,455,000 - -
1961 1,659,800 30,739,250 3.17% 0.93%
1962 1,711,319 31,023,366 3.1% 0.92%
1963 1,762,621 31,296,651 3% 0.88%
1964 1,814,135 31,609,195 2.92% 1%
1965 1,864,791 31,954,292 2.79% 1.09%
1966 1,914,573 32,283,194 2.67% 1.03%
1967 1,965,598 32,682,947 2.67% 1.24%
1968 2,022,272 33,113,134 2.88% 1.32%
1969 2,081,695 33,441,054 2.94% 0.99%
1970 2,135,479 33,814,531 2.58% 1.12%
1971 2,187,853 34,224,490 2.45% 1.21%
1972 2,243,126 34,604,469 2.53% 1.11%
1973 2,296,752 34,988,947 2.39% 1.11%
1974 2,350,124 35,373,335 2.32% 1.1%
1975 2,404,831 35,757,900 2.33% 1.09%
1976 2,458,526 36,137,812 2.23% 1.06%
1977 2,513,546 36,511,638 2.24% 1.03%
1978 2,566,266 36,864,898 2.1% 0.97%
1979 2,617,832 37,191,330 2.01% 0.89%
1980 2,671,997 37,491,165 2.07% 0.81%
1981 2,726,056 37,758,631 2.02% 0.71%
1982 2,784,278 37,986,012 2.14% 0.6%
1983 2,843,960 38,171,525 2.14% 0.49%
1984 2,904,429 38,330,364 2.13% 0.42%
1985 2,964,762 38,469,512 2.08% 0.36%
1986 3,022,635 38,584,624 1.95% 0.3%
1987 3,083,605 38,684,815 2.02% 0.26%
1988 3,142,336 38,766,939 1.9% 0.21%
1989 3,227,943 38,827,764 2.72% 0.16%
1990 3,286,542 38,867,322 1.82% 0.1%
1991 3,266,790 38,966,376 -0.6% 0.25%
1992 3,247,039 39,157,685 -0.6% 0.49%
1993 3,227,287 39,361,262 -0.61% 0.52%
1994 3,207,536 39,549,108 -0.61% 0.48%
1995 3,187,784 39,724,050 -0.62% 0.44%
1996 3,168,033 39,889,852 -0.62% 0.42%
1997 3,148,281 40,057,389 -0.62% 0.42%
1998 3,128,530 40,223,509 -0.63% 0.41%
1999 3,108,778 40,386,875 -0.63% 0.41%
2000 3,089,027 40,567,864 -0.64% 0.45%
2001 3,060,173 40,850,412 -0.93% 0.7%
2002 3,051,010 41,431,558 -0.3% 1.42%
2003 3,039,616 42,187,645 -0.37% 1.82%
2004 3,026,939 42,921,895 -0.42% 1.74%
2005 3,011,487 43,653,155 -0.51% 1.7%
2006 2,992,547 44,397,319 -0.63% 1.7%
2007 2,970,017 45,226,803 -0.75% 1.87%
2008 2,947,314 45,954,106 -0.76% 1.61%
2009 2,927,519 46,362,946 -0.67% 0.89%
2010 2,913,021 46,576,897 -0.5% 0.46%
2011 2,905,195 46,742,697 -0.27% 0.36%
2012 2,900,401 46,773,055 -0.17% 0.06%
2013 2,895,092 46,604,197 -0.18% -0.36%
2014 2,889,104 46,460,733 -0.21% -0.31%
2015 2,880,703 46,422,303 -0.29% -0.08%
2016 2,876,101 46,458,139 -0.16% 0.08%
2017 2,873,457 46,571,232 -0.09% 0.24%
2018 2,866,376 46,782,011 -0.25% 0.45%
2019 2,854,191 47,118,501 -0.43% 0.72%
2020 2,837,849 47,359,424 -0.57% 0.51%
2021 2,811,666 47,443,821 -0.92% 0.18%
2022 2,777,689 47,786,102 -1.21% 0.72%
2023 2,745,972 48,347,910 -1.14% 1.18%
2024 2,714,617 48,807,137 -1.14% 0.95%
2025 2,694,925 48,786,181 -0.73% -0.04%
2026 2,675,010 48,746,279 -0.74% -0.08%
2027 2,655,754 48,696,847 -0.72% -0.1%
2028 2,636,738 48,642,132 -0.72% -0.11%
2029 2,617,526 48,578,166 -0.73% -0.13%
2030 2,598,055 48,501,513 -0.74% -0.16%
2031 2,578,605 48,412,854 -0.75% -0.18%
2032 2,559,433 48,321,195 -0.74% -0.19%
2033 2,539,878 48,230,054 -0.76% -0.19%
2034 2,519,713 48,136,421 -0.79% -0.19%
2035 2,499,557 48,036,650 -0.8% -0.21%
2036 2,479,237 47,929,957 -0.81% -0.22%
2037 2,458,376 47,819,257 -0.84% -0.23%
2038 2,437,333 47,706,580 -0.86% -0.24%
2039 2,415,720 47,588,878 -0.89% -0.25%
2040 2,393,840 47,463,597 -0.91% -0.26%
2041 2,372,118 47,332,618 -0.91% -0.28%
2042 2,350,472 47,194,588 -0.91% -0.29%
2043 2,328,984 47,052,293 -0.91% -0.3%
2044 2,307,685 46,902,636 -0.91% -0.32%
2045 2,286,312 46,738,565 -0.93% -0.35%
2046 2,264,596 46,564,383 -0.95% -0.37%
2047 2,243,130 46,381,681 -0.95% -0.39%
2048 2,221,710 46,190,642 -0.95% -0.41%
2049 2,200,033 45,985,428 -0.98% -0.44%
2050 2,178,271 45,769,362 -0.99% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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