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

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

Table

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	2,860,708	46,773,055	-1.53%	0.06%
2013	2,816,902	46,604,197	-1.53%	-0.36%
2014	2,773,767	46,460,733	-1.53%	-0.31%
2015	2,731,293	46,422,303	-1.53%	-0.08%
2016	2,689,469	46,458,139	-1.53%	0.08%
2017	2,648,285	46,571,232	-1.53%	0.24%
2018	2,607,733	46,782,011	-1.53%	0.45%
2019	2,567,801	47,118,501	-1.53%	0.72%
2020	2,528,480	47,359,424	-1.53%	0.51%
2021	2,489,762	47,443,821	-1.53%	0.18%
2022	2,451,636	47,786,102	-1.53%	0.72%
2023	2,414,095	48,352,528	-1.53%	1.19%
2024	2,377,128	48,848,840	-1.53%	1.03%
2025	2,359,884	48,827,866	-0.73%	-0.04%
2026	2,342,445	48,787,930	-0.74%	-0.08%
2027	2,325,583	48,738,456	-0.72%	-0.1%
2028	2,308,931	48,683,694	-0.72%	-0.11%
2029	2,292,108	48,619,674	-0.73%	-0.13%
2030	2,275,057	48,542,955	-0.74%	-0.16%
2031	2,258,025	48,454,221	-0.75%	-0.18%
2032	2,241,237	48,362,482	-0.74%	-0.19%
2033	2,224,113	48,271,264	-0.76%	-0.19%
2034	2,206,455	48,177,551	-0.79%	-0.19%
2035	2,188,805	48,077,695	-0.8%	-0.21%
2036	2,171,011	47,970,911	-0.81%	-0.22%
2037	2,152,744	47,860,116	-0.84%	-0.23%
2038	2,134,317	47,747,343	-0.86%	-0.24%
2039	2,115,391	47,629,540	-0.89%	-0.25%
2040	2,096,231	47,504,152	-0.91%	-0.26%
2041	2,077,210	47,373,061	-0.91%	-0.28%
2042	2,058,255	47,234,914	-0.91%	-0.29%
2043	2,039,438	47,092,497	-0.91%	-0.3%
2044	2,020,787	46,942,712	-0.91%	-0.32%
2045	2,002,071	46,778,501	-0.93%	-0.35%
2046	1,983,055	46,604,170	-0.95%	-0.37%
2047	1,964,257	46,421,312	-0.95%	-0.39%
2048	1,945,501	46,230,109	-0.95%	-0.41%
2049	1,926,519	46,024,720	-0.98%	-0.44%
2050	1,907,462	45,808,469	-0.99%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.