Population growth in Albania

The population of Albania changed by -1.17% in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2011.

Measure: Population growth Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2025 -1.17% Annual % change
Change from 2024 +0.28percentage points 2024: -1.44%
World, 2025 0.91% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 211th of 217 See the full ranking

Population growth in Albania over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population growth (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period AlbaniaWorld
2025 -1.17% 0.91%
2024 -1.44% 0.96%
2023 -1.64% 0.93%
2022 -1.54% 0.87%
2021 -1.54% 0.83%
2020 -1.54% 0.98%
2019 -1.54% 1.05%
2018 -1.54% 1.08%
2017 -1.54% 1.13%
2016 -1.54% 1.16%
2015 -1.54% 1.18%
2014 -1.54% 1.21%
2013 -1.54% 1.23%
2012 -1.54% 1.26%
2011 -0.27% 1.22%
2010 -0.50% 1.22%
2009 -0.67% 1.25%
2008 -0.77% 1.27%
2007 -0.76% 1.26%
2006 -0.63% 1.27%
2005 -0.51% 1.27%
2004 -0.42% 1.29%
2003 -0.37% 1.29%
2002 -0.30% 1.31%
2001 -0.94% 1.34%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.28 percentage points from -1.44% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was -1.54%, the figure has changed by +0.38 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 211th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 0.91%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.GROW · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for Albania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects