Population in Albania compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Sri Lanka	Albania	Sri Lanka
1960	1,608,800	9,661,389	-	-
1961	1,659,800	9,899,372	3.17%	2.46%
1962	1,711,319	10,143,754	3.1%	2.47%
1963	1,762,621	10,395,040	3%	2.48%
1964	1,814,135	10,653,397	2.92%	2.49%
1965	1,864,791	10,916,965	2.79%	2.47%
1966	1,914,573	11,183,928	2.67%	2.45%
1967	1,965,598	11,457,328	2.67%	2.44%
1968	2,022,272	11,736,088	2.88%	2.43%
1969	2,081,695	12,013,858	2.94%	2.37%
1970	2,135,479	12,287,110	2.58%	2.27%
1971	2,187,853	12,551,910	2.45%	2.16%
1972	2,243,126	12,809,205	2.53%	2.05%
1973	2,296,752	13,060,916	2.39%	1.97%
1974	2,350,124	13,305,693	2.32%	1.87%
1975	2,404,831	13,548,984	2.33%	1.83%
1976	2,458,526	13,796,770	2.23%	1.83%
1977	2,513,546	14,049,371	2.24%	1.83%
1978	2,566,266	14,310,128	2.1%	1.86%
1979	2,617,832	14,579,614	2.01%	1.88%
1980	2,671,997	14,847,974	2.07%	1.84%
1981	2,726,056	15,099,414	2.02%	1.69%
1982	2,784,278	15,286,567	2.14%	1.24%
1983	2,843,960	15,388,794	2.14%	0.67%
1984	2,904,429	15,441,860	2.13%	0.34%
1985	2,964,762	15,544,154	2.08%	0.66%
1986	3,022,635	15,731,256	1.95%	1.2%
1987	3,083,605	15,916,576	2.02%	1.18%
1988	3,142,336	16,078,621	1.9%	1.02%
1989	3,227,943	16,248,557	2.72%	1.06%
1990	3,286,542	16,352,458	1.82%	0.64%
1991	3,266,790	16,475,354	-0.6%	0.75%
1992	3,247,039	16,739,284	-0.6%	1.6%
1993	3,227,287	17,025,918	-0.61%	1.71%
1994	3,207,536	17,275,773	-0.61%	1.47%
1995	3,187,784	17,564,068	-0.62%	1.67%
1996	3,168,033	17,905,018	-0.62%	1.94%
1997	3,148,281	18,248,200	-0.62%	1.92%
1998	3,128,530	18,596,003	-0.63%	1.91%
1999	3,108,778	18,944,731	-0.63%	1.88%
2000	3,089,027	19,293,054	-0.64%	1.84%
2001	3,060,173	19,600,362	-0.93%	1.59%
2002	3,051,010	19,805,752	-0.3%	1.05%
2003	3,039,616	19,951,521	-0.37%	0.74%
2004	3,026,939	20,087,605	-0.42%	0.68%
2005	3,011,487	20,216,524	-0.51%	0.64%
2006	2,992,547	20,352,411	-0.63%	0.67%
2007	2,970,017	20,492,545	-0.75%	0.69%
2008	2,947,314	20,629,378	-0.76%	0.67%
2009	2,927,519	20,756,435	-0.67%	0.62%
2010	2,913,021	20,879,089	-0.5%	0.59%
2011	2,905,195	21,009,048	-0.27%	0.62%
2012	2,860,708	21,169,458	-1.53%	0.76%
2013	2,816,902	20,585,000	-1.53%	-2.76%
2014	2,773,767	20,778,000	-1.53%	0.94%
2015	2,731,293	20,970,000	-1.53%	0.92%
2016	2,689,469	21,209,000	-1.53%	1.14%
2017	2,648,285	21,453,000	-1.53%	1.15%
2018	2,607,733	21,670,000	-1.53%	1.01%
2019	2,567,801	21,803,000	-1.53%	0.61%
2020	2,528,480	21,919,000	-1.53%	0.53%
2021	2,489,762	22,156,000	-1.53%	1.08%
2022	2,451,636	22,181,000	-1.53%	0.11%
2023	2,414,095	22,037,000	-1.53%	-0.65%
2024	2,377,128	21,916,000	-1.53%	-0.55%
2025	2,359,884	22,035,440	-0.73%	0.54%
2026	2,342,445	22,148,172	-0.74%	0.51%
2027	2,325,583	22,255,601	-0.72%	0.49%
2028	2,308,931	22,357,682	-0.72%	0.46%
2029	2,292,108	22,453,922	-0.73%	0.43%
2030	2,275,057	22,546,245	-0.74%	0.41%
2031	2,258,025	22,635,106	-0.75%	0.39%
2032	2,241,237	22,720,118	-0.74%	0.38%
2033	2,224,113	22,802,043	-0.76%	0.36%
2034	2,206,455	22,879,527	-0.79%	0.34%
2035	2,188,805	22,952,739	-0.8%	0.32%
2036	2,171,011	23,022,027	-0.81%	0.3%
2037	2,152,744	23,088,877	-0.84%	0.29%
2038	2,134,317	23,152,480	-0.86%	0.28%
2039	2,115,391	23,211,633	-0.89%	0.26%
2040	2,096,231	23,265,986	-0.91%	0.23%
2041	2,077,210	23,315,260	-0.91%	0.21%
2042	2,058,255	23,359,578	-0.91%	0.19%
2043	2,039,438	23,398,752	-0.91%	0.17%
2044	2,020,787	23,433,096	-0.91%	0.15%
2045	2,002,071	23,464,943	-0.93%	0.14%
2046	1,983,055	23,492,738	-0.95%	0.12%
2047	1,964,257	23,512,629	-0.95%	0.08%
2048	1,945,501	23,525,953	-0.95%	0.06%
2049	1,926,519	23,533,940	-0.98%	0.03%
2050	1,907,462	23,538,230	-0.99%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.