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	2,900,401	21,169,458	-0.17%	0.76%
2013	2,895,092	20,585,000	-0.18%	-2.76%
2014	2,889,104	20,778,000	-0.21%	0.94%
2015	2,880,703	20,970,000	-0.29%	0.92%
2016	2,876,101	21,209,000	-0.16%	1.14%
2017	2,873,457	21,453,000	-0.09%	1.15%
2018	2,866,376	21,670,000	-0.25%	1.01%
2019	2,854,191	21,803,000	-0.43%	0.61%
2020	2,837,849	21,919,000	-0.57%	0.53%
2021	2,811,666	22,156,000	-0.92%	1.08%
2022	2,777,689	22,181,000	-1.21%	0.11%
2023	2,745,972	22,037,000	-1.14%	-0.65%
2024	2,714,617	21,916,000	-1.14%	-0.55%
2025	2,694,925	22,035,440	-0.73%	0.54%
2026	2,675,010	22,148,172	-0.74%	0.51%
2027	2,655,754	22,255,601	-0.72%	0.49%
2028	2,636,738	22,357,682	-0.72%	0.46%
2029	2,617,526	22,453,922	-0.73%	0.43%
2030	2,598,055	22,546,245	-0.74%	0.41%
2031	2,578,605	22,635,106	-0.75%	0.39%
2032	2,559,433	22,720,118	-0.74%	0.38%
2033	2,539,878	22,802,043	-0.76%	0.36%
2034	2,519,713	22,879,527	-0.79%	0.34%
2035	2,499,557	22,952,739	-0.8%	0.32%
2036	2,479,237	23,022,027	-0.81%	0.3%
2037	2,458,376	23,088,877	-0.84%	0.29%
2038	2,437,333	23,152,480	-0.86%	0.28%
2039	2,415,720	23,211,633	-0.89%	0.26%
2040	2,393,840	23,265,986	-0.91%	0.23%
2041	2,372,118	23,315,260	-0.91%	0.21%
2042	2,350,472	23,359,578	-0.91%	0.19%
2043	2,328,984	23,398,752	-0.91%	0.17%
2044	2,307,685	23,433,096	-0.91%	0.15%
2045	2,286,312	23,464,943	-0.93%	0.14%
2046	2,264,596	23,492,738	-0.95%	0.12%
2047	2,243,130	23,512,629	-0.95%	0.08%
2048	2,221,710	23,525,953	-0.95%	0.06%
2049	2,200,033	23,533,940	-0.98%	0.03%
2050	2,178,271	23,538,230	-0.99%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.