Population on 1 January in Albania

Albania had 2,363,314 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1974.

Measure: Population on 1 January Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Albania, 2025 2,363,314 People
Change from 2023 −14.4% 2023: 2,761,785 people
European Union, 2025 450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep) Official aggregate
Position in 2025 29th of 40 See the full ranking

Population on 1 January in Albania over time

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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population on 1 January (people), 2001 to 2025
Period AlbaniaEuropean Union
2025 2,363,314 people 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2024 – 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2023 2,761,785 people 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2022 2,793,592 people 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional)
2021 2,829,741 people 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional)
2020 2,845,955 people 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated)
2019 2,862,427 people 446,149,924 people
2018 2,870,324 people 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated)
2017 2,876,591 people 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2016 2,875,592 people 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated)
2015 2,885,796 people 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2014 2,892,394 people 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated)
2013 2,897,770 people 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series)
2012 2,903,008 people 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series)
2011 2,907,361 people 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series)
2010 2,918,674 people 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series)
2009 2,936,355 people 440,047,892 people
2008 2,958,266 people 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series)
2007 2,981,755 people 437,227,496 people
2006 3,003,329 people 435,816,236 people
2005 3,019,634 people 434,416,272 people
2004 3,034,231 people 432,762,039 people
2003 3,044,993 people 431,190,184 people
2002 3,057,018 people 429,723,142 people
2001 3,063,318 people 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series)

Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 2,761,785 people in 2023, a change of −14.4%.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2,892,394 people, the figure has changed by −18.3%.
  • Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 29th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
demo_pjan · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A unit=NR age=TOTAL sex=T
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Albania
Provider update
25 September 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat