Population in Albania compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	United Kingdom	Albania	United Kingdom
1960	1,608,800	52,400,000	-	-
1961	1,659,800	52,800,000	3.17%	0.76%
1962	1,711,319	53,250,000	3.1%	0.85%
1963	1,762,621	53,650,000	3%	0.75%
1964	1,814,135	54,000,000	2.92%	0.65%
1965	1,864,791	54,348,050	2.79%	0.64%
1966	1,914,573	54,648,500	2.67%	0.55%
1967	1,965,598	54,943,600	2.67%	0.54%
1968	2,022,272	55,211,700	2.88%	0.49%
1969	2,081,695	55,441,750	2.94%	0.42%
1970	2,135,479	55,663,250	2.58%	0.4%
1971	2,187,853	55,896,223	2.45%	0.42%
1972	2,243,126	56,086,065	2.53%	0.34%
1973	2,296,752	56,194,527	2.39%	0.19%
1974	2,350,124	56,229,974	2.32%	0.06%
1975	2,404,831	56,225,800	2.33%	-0.007%
1976	2,458,526	56,211,968	2.23%	-0.02%
1977	2,513,546	56,193,492	2.24%	-0.03%
1978	2,566,266	56,196,504	2.1%	0.005%
1979	2,617,832	56,246,951	2.01%	0.09%
1980	2,671,997	56,314,216	2.07%	0.12%
1981	2,726,056	56,333,829	2.02%	0.03%
1982	2,784,278	56,313,641	2.14%	-0.04%
1983	2,843,960	56,332,848	2.14%	0.03%
1984	2,904,429	56,422,072	2.13%	0.16%
1985	2,964,762	56,550,268	2.08%	0.23%
1986	3,022,635	56,681,396	1.95%	0.23%
1987	3,083,605	56,802,050	2.02%	0.21%
1988	3,142,336	56,928,327	1.9%	0.22%
1989	3,227,943	57,076,711	2.72%	0.26%
1990	3,286,542	57,247,586	1.82%	0.3%
1991	3,266,790	57,424,897	-0.6%	0.31%
1992	3,247,039	57,580,402	-0.6%	0.27%
1993	3,227,287	57,718,614	-0.61%	0.24%
1994	3,207,536	57,865,745	-0.61%	0.25%
1995	3,187,784	58,019,030	-0.62%	0.26%
1996	3,168,033	58,166,950	-0.62%	0.25%
1997	3,148,281	58,316,954	-0.62%	0.26%
1998	3,128,530	58,487,141	-0.63%	0.29%
1999	3,108,778	58,682,466	-0.63%	0.33%
2000	3,089,027	58,892,514	-0.64%	0.36%
2001	3,060,173	59,119,673	-0.93%	0.39%
2002	3,051,010	59,370,479	-0.3%	0.42%
2003	3,039,616	59,647,577	-0.37%	0.47%
2004	3,026,939	59,987,905	-0.42%	0.57%
2005	3,011,487	60,401,206	-0.51%	0.69%
2006	2,992,547	60,846,820	-0.63%	0.74%
2007	2,970,017	61,322,463	-0.75%	0.78%
2008	2,947,314	61,806,995	-0.76%	0.79%
2009	2,927,519	62,276,270	-0.67%	0.76%
2010	2,913,021	62,766,365	-0.5%	0.79%
2011	2,905,195	63,258,810	-0.27%	0.78%
2012	2,860,708	63,711,000	-1.53%	0.71%
2013	2,816,902	64,139,000	-1.53%	0.67%
2014	2,773,767	64,620,000	-1.53%	0.75%
2015	2,731,293	65,088,000	-1.53%	0.72%
2016	2,689,469	65,607,000	-1.53%	0.8%
2017	2,648,285	65,966,000	-1.53%	0.55%
2018	2,607,733	66,289,000	-1.53%	0.49%
2019	2,567,801	66,631,000	-1.53%	0.52%
2020	2,528,480	66,744,000	-1.53%	0.17%
2021	2,489,762	66,984,000	-1.53%	0.36%
2022	2,451,636	67,604,000	-1.53%	0.93%
2023	2,414,095	68,492,000	-1.53%	1.31%
2024	2,377,128	69,226,000	-1.53%	1.07%
2025	2,359,884	69,639,673	-0.73%	0.6%
2026	2,342,445	70,020,350	-0.74%	0.55%
2027	2,325,583	70,382,853	-0.72%	0.52%
2028	2,308,931	70,732,699	-0.72%	0.5%
2029	2,292,108	71,061,482	-0.73%	0.46%
2030	2,275,057	71,377,535	-0.74%	0.44%
2031	2,258,025	71,678,351	-0.75%	0.42%
2032	2,241,237	71,959,934	-0.74%	0.39%
2033	2,224,113	72,234,509	-0.76%	0.38%
2034	2,206,455	72,497,650	-0.79%	0.36%
2035	2,188,805	72,749,096	-0.8%	0.35%
2036	2,171,011	72,990,847	-0.81%	0.33%
2037	2,152,744	73,218,850	-0.84%	0.31%
2038	2,134,317	73,441,349	-0.86%	0.3%
2039	2,115,391	73,658,392	-0.89%	0.3%
2040	2,096,231	73,868,334	-0.91%	0.29%
2041	2,077,210	74,074,316	-0.91%	0.28%
2042	2,058,255	74,275,779	-0.91%	0.27%
2043	2,039,438	74,475,035	-0.91%	0.27%
2044	2,020,787	74,667,284	-0.91%	0.26%
2045	2,002,071	74,848,605	-0.93%	0.24%
2046	1,983,055	75,020,949	-0.95%	0.23%
2047	1,964,257	75,184,478	-0.95%	0.22%
2048	1,945,501	75,337,543	-0.95%	0.2%
2049	1,926,519	75,476,141	-0.98%	0.18%
2050	1,907,462	75,600,588	-0.99%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.