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Albania population

Albania population now

2,746,061

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 2.7–2.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 2,811,655

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 2.75102 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 2.7–2.8 million
Median age: 38.8
Aged 65+: 18.3%

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ALB · 1950–2100 · in brief

Albania in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 2,811,655 people in Albania: the 143rd-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.03% of the world's people. That is 2.3 times its 1950 population of 1.2 million.

Its population peaked in 1991 at 3.3 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 1.2 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 288 thousand to 5.6 million.

Births stay ahead of deaths until 2029; in the medium projection, deaths are ahead every year after it.

The median age was 20.7 in 1950 and 37.3 in 2023; the projection has 58.6 in 2100. 16.3% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 42.7% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1992 at 2.0 million; in 2023 it was 1.9 million.

Its place in the world by population: 143rd in 2023, 149th in 2050, 156th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Lithuania in 2061, Puerto Rico in 2072 and Jamaica in 2077. It is overtaken by the Gambia in 2025, Gabon in 2028 and Botswana in 2029.

Population, mid-2023: 2,811,655
Rank by population, 2023: 143 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.03%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.56% · −15,953 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 103
Land area, 2023: 27,400 km²
Births, 2023: 28,803
Deaths, 2023: 23,428
Net migration, 2023: −25,357
Children per woman, 2023: 1.35
Median age, 2023: 37.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 79.6 years
In a city, 2025: 45 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,247,851
Projected, mid-2050: 2,240,166
Projected, mid-2100: 1,184,998

ALB · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Albania, 1950–2100

Albania: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	1,234,474		49,038	29,038	6.17	44.5
1951	estimate	1,261,228		50,620	28,975	6.20	45.3
1952	estimate	1,291,503		52,059	28,832	6.24	46.3
1953	estimate	1,325,217		54,672	28,912	6.34	47.4
1954	estimate	1,361,934		57,222	29,075	6.43	48.4
1955	estimate	1,400,240		59,468	29,083	6.54	49.6
1956	estimate	1,437,459		60,611	28,602	6.44	50.9
1957	estimate	1,476,181		61,585	27,792	6.33	52.3
1958	estimate	1,519,731		63,963	27,154	6.39	53.7
1959	estimate	1,568,226		66,222	26,649	6.40	55.1
1960	estimate	1,621,796		67,661	26,206	6.38	56.4
1961	estimate	1,676,978		68,432	25,648	6.27	57.5
1962	estimate	1,720,603		68,104	24,162	6.11	58.5
1963	estimate	1,766,863		67,809	23,054	5.93	59.5
1964	estimate	1,815,707		66,992	22,122	5.71	60.4
1965	estimate	1,867,176		66,005	21,357	5.47	61.3
1966	estimate	1,921,448		66,107	20,775	5.33	62.1
1967	estimate	1,978,641		67,941	20,431	5.31	63.0
1968	estimate	2,038,400		70,565	20,171	5.32	63.8
1969	estimate	2,099,282		72,414	19,890	5.29	64.5
1970	estimate	2,154,468		72,754	19,342	5.16	65.2
1971	estimate	2,207,971		73,875	18,919	5.08	65.9
1972	estimate	2,262,013		74,682	18,586	4.98	66.5
1973	estimate	2,316,518		74,894	18,313	4.83	67.1
1974	estimate	2,371,692		75,465	18,156	4.70	67.6
1975	estimate	2,427,110		76,181	18,079	4.57	68.1
1976	estimate	2,482,608		75,646	18,024	4.37	68.6
1977	estimate	2,538,552		75,564	18,055	4.20	69.0
1978	estimate	2,594,647		74,860	18,137	4.00	69.4
1979	estimate	2,654,595		73,862	18,407	3.78	69.6
1980	estimate	2,708,174		73,190	18,107	3.59	69.9
1981	estimate	2,762,658		73,879	17,996	3.47	70.1
1982	estimate	2,818,168		75,657	17,943	3.42	70.4
1983	estimate	2,875,647		76,817	17,930	3.32	70.7
1984	estimate	2,934,613		78,610	17,976	3.28	71.0
1985	estimate	2,995,303		80,086	18,027	3.21	71.3
1986	estimate	3,057,180		81,241	17,984	3.14	71.7
1987	estimate	3,118,124		82,687	18,016	3.11	72.0
1988	estimate	3,179,553		84,224	18,157	3.07	72.2
1989	estimate	3,246,285		85,355	18,338	3.03	72.5
1990	estimate	3,274,462		85,490	18,311	3.01	72.7
1991	estimate	3,281,470		84,095	18,135	2.96	73.0
1992	estimate	3,283,735		82,030	17,960	2.88	73.3
1993	estimate	3,281,267		79,305	17,753	2.81	73.6
1994	estimate	3,274,382		77,976	17,751	2.80	73.8
1995	estimate	3,264,437		75,805	17,758	2.76	74.0
1996	estimate	3,252,697		71,875	17,838	2.67	74.1
1997	estimate	3,238,659		67,055	18,862	2.54	73.4
1998	estimate	3,220,660		62,946	17,917	2.42	74.4
1999	estimate	3,199,605		58,947	17,872	2.31	74.6
2000	estimate	3,177,586		55,449	17,792	2.22	74.8
2001	estimate	3,154,709		52,243	17,709	2.14	75.1
2002	estimate	3,141,178		48,844	17,834	2.00	75.3
2003	estimate	3,127,006		48,693	18,012	2.01	75.6
2004	estimate	3,109,169		45,549	17,923	1.89	76.0
2005	estimate	3,088,146		42,642	17,727	1.79	76.4
2006	estimate	3,064,172		39,589	17,434	1.69	77.0
2007	estimate	3,037,445		37,603	16,956	1.63	77.7
2008	estimate	3,008,329		36,542	16,714	1.62	78.3
2009	estimate	2,977,532		36,502	16,943	1.64	78.5
2010	estimate	2,945,427		36,236	17,733	1.65	78.4
2011	estimate	2,912,016		36,120	18,519	1.68	78.3
2012	estimate	2,910,992		37,445	19,578	1.72	78.1
2013	estimate	2,909,016		38,198	20,409	1.74	78.0
2014	estimate	2,906,129		37,956	21,010	1.72	78.0
2015	estimate	2,901,370		36,033	21,001	1.63	78.4
2016	estimate	2,895,894		34,407	21,120	1.55	78.6
2017	estimate	2,899,839		33,086	21,368	1.49	78.9
2018	estimate	2,896,646		31,542	21,344	1.42	79.2
2019	estimate	2,891,816		31,033	21,560	1.40	79.5
2020	estimate	2,878,203		30,258	26,077	1.37	77.8
2021	estimate	2,865,704		29,955	29,243	1.36	76.8
2022	estimate	2,833,567		29,139	24,626	1.35	78.8
2023	estimate	2,821,649		28,803	23,428	1.35	79.6
2024	estimate	2,801,661		28,283	23,610	1.34	79.8
2025	projection	2,781,868	2.8–2.8 million	27,433	23,930	1.33	80.0
2026	projection	2,761,147	2.7–2.8 million	26,604	24,242	1.32	80.1
2027	projection	2,740,903	2.7–2.8 million	25,865	24,549	1.32	80.3
2028	projection	2,721,547	2.6–2.8 million	25,115	24,857	1.32	80.5
2029	projection	2,701,774	2.6–2.8 million	24,373	25,165	1.32	80.7
2030	projection	2,682,047	2.5–2.8 million	23,617	25,499	1.32	80.8
2031	projection	2,661,723	2.5–2.8 million	22,890	25,829	1.33	81.0
2032	projection	2,642,024	2.4–2.8 million	22,177	26,129	1.33	81.2
2033	projection	2,622,295	2.4–2.9 million	21,494	26,449	1.34	81.4
2034	projection	2,601,802	2.3–2.9 million	20,791	26,762	1.34	81.5
2035	projection	2,580,832	2.3–2.9 million	20,152	27,080	1.35	81.7
2036	projection	2,560,328	2.2–2.9 million	19,555	27,393	1.35	81.9
2037	projection	2,539,049	2.2–2.9 million	18,981	27,708	1.35	82.0
2038	projection	2,517,424	2.1–2.9 million	18,487	28,046	1.36	82.2
2039	projection	2,495,766	2.0–3.0 million	18,064	28,396	1.36	82.4
2040	projection	2,472,981	2.0–3.0 million	17,703	28,701	1.37	82.5
2041	projection	2,450,751	1.9–3.0 million	17,422	29,010	1.37	82.7
2042	projection	2,428,288	1.9–3.0 million	17,197	29,318	1.38	82.9
2043	projection	2,406,239	1.8–3.0 million	17,006	29,613	1.38	83.0
2044	projection	2,384,092	1.8–3.1 million	16,829	29,851	1.38	83.2
2045	projection	2,362,430	1.7–3.1 million	16,696	30,080	1.38	83.3
2046	projection	2,340,131	1.7–3.1 million	16,573	30,280	1.39	83.5
2047	projection	2,317,774	1.6–3.2 million	16,384	30,423	1.39	83.6
2048	projection	2,295,955	1.5–3.2 million	16,192	30,552	1.39	83.8
2049	projection	2,273,728	1.5–3.2 million	15,948	30,628	1.40	83.9
2050	projection	2,251,369	1.4–3.2 million	15,660	30,647	1.40	84.1
2051	projection	2,228,962	1.4–3.3 million	15,337	30,643	1.40	84.2
2052	projection	2,207,061	1.3–3.3 million	15,026	30,589	1.41	84.4
2053	projection	2,184,618	1.3–3.3 million	14,662	30,514	1.41	84.5
2054	projection	2,162,040	1.2–3.4 million	14,301	30,415	1.41	84.7
2055	projection	2,139,509	1.2–3.4 million	13,955	30,294	1.41	84.8
2056	projection	2,117,092	1.2–3.4 million	13,619	30,158	1.42	84.9
2057	projection	2,095,054	1.1–3.5 million	13,332	29,959	1.42	85.1
2058	projection	2,072,882	1.1–3.5 million	13,059	29,778	1.42	85.2
2059	projection	2,051,004	1.0–3.5 million	12,787	29,580	1.43	85.3
2060	projection	2,028,960	1.0–3.6 million	12,504	29,412	1.43	85.5
2061	projection	2,007,037	1.0–3.6 million	12,233	29,240	1.43	85.6
2062	projection	1,985,374	0.9–3.6 million	11,987	29,093	1.43	85.7
2063	projection	1,963,712	0.9–3.6 million	11,723	28,949	1.44	85.8
2064	projection	1,941,918	0.9–3.7 million	11,490	28,846	1.44	86.0
2065	projection	1,920,288	0.8–3.7 million	11,242	28,746	1.44	86.1
2066	projection	1,898,689	0.8–3.8 million	11,018	28,695	1.45	86.2
2067	projection	1,877,620	0.8–3.9 million	10,799	28,676	1.45	86.3
2068	projection	1,856,093	0.8–3.9 million	10,585	28,704	1.45	86.5
2069	projection	1,834,721	0.7–4.0 million	10,403	28,769	1.46	86.6
2070	projection	1,813,476	0.7–4.0 million	10,223	28,878	1.46	86.7
2071	projection	1,792,159	0.7–4.1 million	10,075	28,992	1.46	86.8
2072	projection	1,770,661	0.7–4.1 million	9,923	29,141	1.46	86.9
2073	projection	1,749,085	0.7–4.2 million	9,798	29,312	1.46	87.1
2074	projection	1,727,575	0.6–4.3 million	9,705	29,505	1.46	87.2
2075	projection	1,705,370	0.6–4.3 million	9,602	29,709	1.46	87.3
2076	projection	1,683,391	0.6–4.3 million	9,539	29,939	1.47	87.4
2077	projection	1,661,630	0.6–4.4 million	9,476	30,147	1.47	87.5
2078	projection	1,639,461	0.6–4.4 million	9,414	30,328	1.47	87.6
2079	projection	1,617,471	0.6–4.5 million	9,368	30,502	1.47	87.7
2080	projection	1,595,502	0.5–4.5 million	9,304	30,618	1.47	87.8
2081	projection	1,573,105	0.5–4.6 million	9,253	30,674	1.47	88.0
2082	projection	1,550,681	0.5–4.6 million	9,161	30,698	1.47	88.1
2083	projection	1,528,066	0.5–4.7 million	9,072	30,657	1.47	88.2
2084	projection	1,505,497	0.5–4.7 million	8,970	30,533	1.48	88.3
2085	projection	1,483,074	0.5–4.7 million	8,861	30,347	1.48	88.4
2086	projection	1,460,861	0.4–4.7 million	8,768	30,091	1.48	88.5
2087	projection	1,438,891	0.4–4.8 million	8,636	29,784	1.48	88.6
2088	projection	1,417,331	0.4–4.8 million	8,510	29,416	1.48	88.7
2089	projection	1,395,830	0.4–5.0 million	8,370	28,963	1.48	88.8
2090	projection	1,374,724	0.4–5.1 million	8,233	28,445	1.48	88.9
2091	projection	1,354,114	0.4–5.2 million	8,109	27,871	1.48	89.0
2092	projection	1,333,996	0.4–5.2 million	7,989	27,261	1.48	89.2
2093	projection	1,314,388	0.3–5.3 million	7,873	26,621	1.49	89.3
2094	projection	1,295,363	0.3–5.3 million	7,749	25,999	1.49	89.4
2095	projection	1,276,926	0.3–5.4 million	7,639	25,345	1.49	89.5
2096	projection	1,259,091	0.3–5.4 million	7,531	24,732	1.49	89.6
2097	projection	1,241,768	0.3–5.5 million	7,421	24,105	1.49	89.7
2098	projection	1,224,956	0.3–5.6 million	7,334	23,530	1.49	89.8
2099	projection	1,208,614	0.3–5.6 million	7,248	23,003	1.50	89.9
2100	projection	1,192,748	0.3–5.6 million	7,147	22,511	1.49	90.0

Show the numbers: Albania, mid-2026, by single year of age

Albania: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	13,559	12,723
1	13,704	12,826
2	13,886	12,966
3	14,055	13,097
4	14,234	13,233
5	14,402	13,344
6	14,625	13,501
7	14,913	13,727
8	15,439	14,174
9	16,194	14,844
10	16,944	15,505
11	17,811	16,256
12	18,336	16,694
13	18,189	16,515
14	17,656	15,966
15	16,916	15,482
16	16,504	15,268
17	16,480	15,133
18	16,502	15,079
19	16,753	15,252
20	17,191	15,612
21	17,576	15,998
22	17,753	16,276
23	17,882	16,432
24	18,603	17,163
25	19,710	18,495
26	20,260	19,224
27	20,487	19,483
28	21,120	20,314
29	22,057	21,544
30	22,806	22,497
31	23,028	22,944
32	22,919	23,071
33	22,976	23,078
34	23,142	22,862
35	23,078	22,256
36	22,675	21,280
37	21,937	20,126
38	21,068	19,092
39	20,254	18,364
40	19,370	17,840
41	18,306	17,342
42	17,214	16,872
43	16,188	16,422
44	15,307	16,029
45	14,658	15,794
46	14,192	15,698
47	13,895	15,719
48	13,739	15,858
49	13,690	16,071
50	13,727	16,294
51	13,839	16,524
52	14,069	16,818
53	14,402	17,177
54	14,833	17,611
55	15,338	18,107
56	15,787	18,544
57	16,046	18,720
58	16,079	18,598
59	16,052	18,456
60	16,157	18,466
61	16,426	18,642
62	16,791	18,939
63	17,136	19,178
64	17,330	19,242
65	17,281	19,100
66	16,955	18,740
67	16,360	18,131
68	15,648	17,422
69	14,971	16,775
70	14,274	16,042
71	13,440	15,099
72	12,448	13,954
73	11,476	12,808
74	10,706	11,932
75	10,102	11,294
76	9,528	10,712
77	8,786	9,948
78	7,879	8,967
79	6,993	7,945
80	6,296	7,126
81	5,823	6,627
82	5,475	6,348
83	5,111	6,117
84	4,658	5,776
85	4,110	5,226
86	3,530	4,540
87	2,977	3,845
88	2,478	3,201
89	2,034	2,644
90	1,628	2,166
91	1,257	1,736
92	928	1,350
93	656	1,028
94	455	770
95	312	559
96	209	395
97	135	269
98	81	178
99	46	117
100+	52	180

ALB · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Albania, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

ALB · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Albania

Albania had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1992: 2,041,520 people aged 15–64, against 1,874,140 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

26 children

24 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 14 years: 2009–2022.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

ALB · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Albania, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Albania loses 23,911 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 3,485 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 500 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 13,987 (1959); its biggest loss, 70,165 (1994).

In 2024, 46,377 people living in Albania had been born in another country, 2 of every 100 people there, against 2 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

ALB · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Albania

Of every 100 babies born in Albania in 2023, 4 had a mother under 20, 83 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 13 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 5 under 20 and 23 aged 35 or older.

1950
5 · 72 · 23

2023
4 · 83 · 13

2050 · projected
2 · 67 · 31

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 28,803
Average age when women have a baby: 29.1 years; 31.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 13; 38 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Albania by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	12	10	13	15	9	4
15–19	2,121	4,067	2,324	1,053	333	122
20–24	12,279	25,192	16,996	5,383	1,494	580
25–29	12,711	21,752	19,560	9,750	3,266	1,456
30–34	10,480	13,598	11,567	8,686	5,769	2,697
35–39	6,933	8,206	4,060	3,354	4,215	1,939
40–44	3,622	2,835	874	524	544	331
45–49	880	521	55	38	30	18
50–54	0	0	0	0	0	0
All babies	49,038	76,181	55,449	28,803	15,660	7,147

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

ALB · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Albania

In Albania, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 66.7 (95% range 66.0–67.7), out of 76.4 in all. That leaves 9.7 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

67.8 in full health, 10.8 not: 78.6 years

Men

65.7 in full health, 8.7 not: 74.4 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 67.8 healthy years of 78.6. Men: 65.7 of 74.4. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 68.4.

ALB · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Albania

At the end of 2025, Albania was hosting 4,684 people who had crossed a border into it, about 2 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad4,684
Albania nationals abroad29,090

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 500 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Albania living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 36 people asked for asylum in Albania for the first time; 5,950 people from Albania asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from Albania whose claims were decided that year, 9 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

ALB · of every 100 people

How people live in Albania

Of every 100 people in Albania in 2025, 45 lived in a city, 24 in a town or suburb and 31 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 14.1 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

ALB · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Albania went in school

Of every 100 adults in Albania in 2020, 3 never went to school and 49 finished upper secondary or went further.

3 never went to school 1 some primary 7 finished primary 40 finished lower secondary 34 finished upper secondary 15 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: 100 squares, one for every hundredth adult aged 25 or over, from least schooling on the left to most on the right. Counted by the Wittgenstein Centre for 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

ALB · cities · 2025

Cities in Albania

Albania had 6 cities in 2025, home to 1.3 million people. The largest, Tirana, holds 30 of every 100 people in Albania.

Tirana833,020
Durrës129,455
Shkoder81,278
Vlora77,215
Elbasan74,628
Fier56,284

How to read this: the 6 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Albania are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.