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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Turkey	Albania	Turkey
1960	1,608,800	28,329,898	-	-
1961	1,659,800	29,119,238	3.17%	2.79%
1962	1,711,319	29,916,147	3.1%	2.74%
1963	1,762,621	30,726,841	3%	2.71%
1964	1,814,135	31,543,072	2.92%	2.66%
1965	1,864,791	32,345,220	2.79%	2.54%
1966	1,914,573	33,177,672	2.67%	2.57%
1967	1,965,598	34,050,421	2.67%	2.63%
1968	2,022,272	34,921,684	2.88%	2.56%
1969	2,081,695	35,787,774	2.94%	2.48%
1970	2,135,479	36,638,465	2.58%	2.38%
1971	2,187,853	37,518,611	2.45%	2.4%
1972	2,243,126	38,430,221	2.53%	2.43%
1973	2,296,752	39,329,533	2.39%	2.34%
1974	2,350,124	40,210,234	2.32%	2.24%
1975	2,404,831	41,053,126	2.33%	2.1%
1976	2,458,526	41,899,984	2.23%	2.06%
1977	2,513,546	42,773,298	2.24%	2.08%
1978	2,566,266	43,645,306	2.1%	2.04%
1979	2,617,832	44,510,429	2.01%	1.98%
1980	2,671,997	45,408,815	2.07%	2.02%
1981	2,726,056	46,321,190	2.02%	2.01%
1982	2,784,278	47,322,096	2.14%	2.16%
1983	2,843,960	48,447,410	2.14%	2.38%
1984	2,904,429	49,574,069	2.13%	2.33%
1985	2,964,762	50,687,115	2.08%	2.25%
1986	3,022,635	51,777,772	1.95%	2.15%
1987	3,083,605	52,843,670	2.02%	2.06%
1988	3,142,336	53,909,626	1.9%	2.02%
1989	3,227,943	54,976,723	2.72%	1.98%
1990	3,286,542	56,015,628	1.82%	1.89%
1991	3,266,790	57,009,887	-0.6%	1.77%
1992	3,247,039	57,990,118	-0.6%	1.72%
1993	3,227,287	58,999,167	-0.61%	1.74%
1994	3,207,536	60,033,836	-0.61%	1.75%
1995	3,187,784	61,024,503	-0.62%	1.65%
1996	3,168,033	61,951,134	-0.62%	1.52%
1997	3,148,281	62,852,966	-0.62%	1.46%
1998	3,128,530	63,734,383	-0.63%	1.4%
1999	3,108,778	64,591,923	-0.63%	1.35%
2000	3,089,027	65,425,961	-0.64%	1.29%
2001	3,060,173	66,245,128	-0.93%	1.25%
2002	3,051,010	67,048,795	-0.3%	1.21%
2003	3,039,616	67,831,730	-0.37%	1.17%
2004	3,026,939	68,592,617	-0.42%	1.12%
2005	3,011,487	69,329,557	-0.51%	1.07%
2006	2,992,547	70,045,349	-0.63%	1.03%
2007	2,970,017	70,158,112	-0.75%	0.16%
2008	2,947,314	71,051,678	-0.76%	1.27%
2009	2,927,519	72,039,206	-0.67%	1.39%
2010	2,913,021	73,142,150	-0.5%	1.53%
2011	2,905,195	74,223,629	-0.27%	1.48%
2012	2,900,401	75,175,827	-0.17%	1.28%
2013	2,895,092	76,147,624	-0.18%	1.29%
2014	2,889,104	77,181,884	-0.21%	1.36%
2015	2,880,703	78,218,479	-0.29%	1.34%
2016	2,876,101	79,277,962	-0.16%	1.35%
2017	2,873,457	80,312,698	-0.09%	1.31%
2018	2,866,376	81,407,204	-0.25%	1.36%
2019	2,854,191	82,579,440	-0.43%	1.44%
2020	2,837,849	83,384,680	-0.57%	0.98%
2021	2,811,666	84,147,318	-0.92%	0.91%
2022	2,777,689	84,979,913	-1.21%	0.99%
2023	2,745,972	85,325,965	-1.14%	0.41%
2024	2,714,617	85,518,661	-1.14%	0.23%
2025	2,694,925	85,725,557	-0.73%	0.24%
2026	2,675,010	85,960,835	-0.74%	0.27%
2027	2,655,754	86,227,115	-0.72%	0.31%
2028	2,636,738	86,502,744	-0.72%	0.32%
2029	2,617,526	86,771,652	-0.73%	0.31%
2030	2,598,055	87,037,680	-0.74%	0.31%
2031	2,578,605	87,297,191	-0.75%	0.3%
2032	2,559,433	87,537,075	-0.74%	0.27%
2033	2,539,878	87,762,403	-0.76%	0.26%
2034	2,519,713	87,974,138	-0.79%	0.24%
2035	2,499,557	88,172,739	-0.8%	0.23%
2036	2,479,237	88,364,318	-0.81%	0.22%
2037	2,458,376	88,545,669	-0.84%	0.21%
2038	2,437,333	88,707,268	-0.86%	0.18%
2039	2,415,720	88,849,956	-0.89%	0.16%
2040	2,393,840	88,975,510	-0.91%	0.14%
2041	2,372,118	89,083,304	-0.91%	0.12%
2042	2,350,472	89,177,769	-0.91%	0.11%
2043	2,328,984	89,254,147	-0.91%	0.09%
2044	2,307,685	89,311,458	-0.91%	0.06%
2045	2,286,312	89,349,806	-0.93%	0.04%
2046	2,264,596	89,375,429	-0.95%	0.03%
2047	2,243,130	89,383,765	-0.95%	0.009%
2048	2,221,710	89,361,174	-0.95%	-0.03%
2049	2,200,033	89,306,566	-0.98%	-0.06%
2050	2,178,271	89,218,346	-0.99%	-0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.