Population in Albania

The population of Albania was 2,349,580 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 1973.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Albania, 2025 2,349,580 People
Change from 2024 −1.2% 2024: 2,377,128 people
World, 2025 8,215,424,893 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 146th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Albania over time

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

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period AlbaniaWorld
2025 2,349,580 people 8,215,424,893 people
2024 2,377,128 people 8,140,897,523 people
2023 2,411,658 people 8,062,923,417 people
2022 2,451,636 people 7,988,550,201 people
2021 2,489,762 people 7,919,567,995 people
2020 2,528,480 people 7,853,863,139 people
2019 2,567,801 people 7,777,162,476 people
2018 2,607,733 people 7,696,159,728 people
2017 2,648,285 people 7,613,788,655 people
2016 2,689,469 people 7,528,221,579 people
2015 2,731,293 people 7,441,084,771 people
2014 2,773,767 people 7,353,532,223 people
2013 2,816,902 people 7,265,404,737 people
2012 2,860,708 people 7,176,482,165 people
2011 2,905,195 people 7,086,704,141 people
2010 2,913,021 people 7,000,860,073 people
2009 2,927,519 people 6,916,168,196 people
2008 2,947,314 people 6,830,080,867 people
2007 2,970,017 people 6,744,049,498 people
2006 2,992,547 people 6,659,536,021 people
2005 3,011,487 people 6,575,410,029 people
2004 3,026,939 people 6,492,354,627 people
2003 3,039,616 people 6,409,352,386 people
2002 3,051,010 people 6,327,171,255 people
2001 3,060,173 people 6,244,739,668 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2% from 2,377,128 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 2,731,293 people, the figure has changed by −14.0%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 146th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 8,215,424,893 people.

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.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 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