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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 327,777 people in Vanuatu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 341,110 in Vanuatu.

Population statistics:

  • Albania's population is 7.9 times bigger than Vanuatu's.
  • Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Vanuatu is the 174th.
  • The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.004% for Vanuatu.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +2.33% in Vanuatu.
  • Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Vanuatu has grown from 211K to 341K (61.8% growth).
  • Vanuatu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 875K people, while Albania's population already peaked in 1990 at 3.29M people and is projected to decrease to 1.15M people by 2100.

Albania vs Vanuatu: live population counter

Albania Vanuatu
Current population
2694925
341110
Population rank 141/197 174/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.004%
One net population change
16.8 minutes
1.19 hours
One birth every
18.7 minutes
58.5 minutes
One death every
23 minutes
5.38 hours
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
1.21 weeks
Annual migration change -24,472 -43
Daily growth/decline -86 +20
Annual growth/decline -31,355 +7,368
Annual growth/decline rate -1.14% +2.3%
Population growth rate rank 193/197 40/197

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

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Vanuatu
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Vanuatu Albania Vanuatu
1960 1,608,800 64,431 - -
1961 1,659,800 66,264 3.17% 2.84%
1962 1,711,319 68,174 3.1% 2.88%
1963 1,762,621 70,159 3% 2.91%
1964 1,814,135 72,219 2.92% 2.94%
1965 1,864,791 74,358 2.79% 2.96%
1966 1,914,573 76,590 2.67% 3%
1967 1,965,598 78,921 2.67% 3.04%
1968 2,022,272 81,314 2.88% 3.03%
1969 2,081,695 83,755 2.94% 3%
1970 2,135,479 86,266 2.58% 3%
1971 2,187,853 88,862 2.45% 3.01%
1972 2,243,126 91,562 2.53% 3.04%
1973 2,296,752 94,362 2.39% 3.06%
1974 2,350,124 97,260 2.32% 3.07%
1975 2,404,831 100,269 2.33% 3.09%
1976 2,458,526 103,388 2.23% 3.11%
1977 2,513,546 106,618 2.24% 3.12%
1978 2,566,266 109,963 2.1% 3.14%
1979 2,617,832 113,040 2.01% 2.8%
1980 2,671,997 115,660 2.07% 2.32%
1981 2,726,056 118,249 2.02% 2.24%
1982 2,784,278 121,035 2.14% 2.36%
1983 2,843,960 123,998 2.14% 2.45%
1984 2,904,429 127,109 2.13% 2.51%
1985 2,964,762 130,356 2.08% 2.55%
1986 3,022,635 133,720 1.95% 2.58%
1987 3,083,605 137,187 2.02% 2.59%
1988 3,142,336 140,756 1.9% 2.6%
1989 3,227,943 144,393 2.72% 2.58%
1990 3,286,542 148,063 1.82% 2.54%
1991 3,266,790 151,793 -0.6% 2.52%
1992 3,247,039 155,608 -0.6% 2.51%
1993 3,227,287 159,463 -0.61% 2.48%
1994 3,207,536 163,314 -0.61% 2.41%
1995 3,187,784 167,137 -0.62% 2.34%
1996 3,168,033 170,911 -0.62% 2.26%
1997 3,148,281 174,626 -0.62% 2.17%
1998 3,128,530 178,313 -0.63% 2.11%
1999 3,108,778 182,048 -0.63% 2.09%
2000 3,089,027 186,281 -0.64% 2.33%
2001 3,060,173 191,031 -0.93% 2.55%
2002 3,051,010 195,863 -0.3% 2.53%
2003 3,039,616 200,746 -0.37% 2.49%
2004 3,026,939 205,711 -0.42% 2.47%
2005 3,011,487 210,760 -0.51% 2.45%
2006 2,992,547 215,923 -0.63% 2.45%
2007 2,970,017 221,276 -0.75% 2.48%
2008 2,947,314 226,896 -0.76% 2.54%
2009 2,927,519 232,731 -0.67% 2.57%
2010 2,913,021 238,248 -0.5% 2.37%
2011 2,905,195 243,474 -0.27% 2.19%
2012 2,900,401 248,883 -0.17% 2.22%
2013 2,895,092 254,482 -0.18% 2.25%
2014 2,889,104 260,240 -0.21% 2.26%
2015 2,880,703 266,101 -0.29% 2.25%
2016 2,876,101 272,087 -0.16% 2.25%
2017 2,873,457 278,507 -0.09% 2.36%
2018 2,866,376 285,259 -0.25% 2.42%
2019 2,854,191 291,985 -0.43% 2.36%
2020 2,837,849 298,858 -0.57% 2.35%
2021 2,811,666 305,868 -0.92% 2.35%
2022 2,777,689 313,046 -1.21% 2.35%
2023 2,745,972 320,409 -1.14% 2.35%
2024 2,714,617 327,777 -1.14% 2.3%
2025 2,694,925 335,169 -0.73% 2.26%
2026 2,675,010 342,565 -0.74% 2.21%
2027 2,655,754 349,970 -0.72% 2.16%
2028 2,636,738 357,397 -0.72% 2.12%
2029 2,617,526 364,883 -0.73% 2.09%
2030 2,598,055 372,429 -0.74% 2.07%
2031 2,578,605 380,015 -0.75% 2.04%
2032 2,559,433 387,657 -0.74% 2.01%
2033 2,539,878 395,366 -0.76% 1.99%
2034 2,519,713 403,188 -0.79% 1.98%
2035 2,499,557 411,061 -0.8% 1.95%
2036 2,479,237 419,006 -0.81% 1.93%
2037 2,458,376 427,031 -0.84% 1.92%
2038 2,437,333 435,150 -0.86% 1.9%
2039 2,415,720 443,311 -0.89% 1.88%
2040 2,393,840 451,509 -0.91% 1.85%
2041 2,372,118 459,733 -0.91% 1.82%
2042 2,350,472 468,003 -0.91% 1.8%
2043 2,328,984 476,308 -0.91% 1.77%
2044 2,307,685 484,636 -0.91% 1.75%
2045 2,286,312 492,989 -0.93% 1.72%
2046 2,264,596 501,316 -0.95% 1.69%
2047 2,243,130 509,621 -0.95% 1.66%
2048 2,221,710 517,889 -0.95% 1.62%
2049 2,200,033 526,138 -0.98% 1.59%
2050 2,178,271 534,374 -0.99% 1.57%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Vanuatu gained 55,341 people (a 26.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Vanuatu's population increased by 75,009 (a 28.2% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Vanuatu was ranked 175th in 2005 and ranked 174th 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 Vanuatu will increase by 56.7% to 534,374 people and rank change from 174th to 169th.

Biggest cities by population

Albania
City Population
Tirana 418K
Vlore 131K
Kamez 127K
Durres 113K
Elbasan 78.7K
Shkoder 76K
Fier 55.8K
Korce 43.3K
Berat 36.5K
Sarande 22.6K
Vanuatu
City Population
Port Vila 49K
Luganville 17.7K

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