Urban population share in Albania
58.9% of people in Albania lived in urban areas in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Albania, 2025
58.9%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
57.8%
Position in 2025
133rd of 217
Urban population share in Albania over time
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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Albania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.9% | 57.8% |
| 2024 | 58.5% | 57.6% |
| 2023 | 58.2% | 57.3% |
| 2022 | 57.9% | 57.1% |
| 2021 | 57.5% | 56.8% |
| 2020 | 57.1% | 56.4% |
| 2019 | 56.8% | 56.1% |
| 2018 | 56.4% | 55.8% |
| 2017 | 56.0% | 55.3% |
| 2016 | 55.6% | 54.9% |
| 2015 | 55.2% | 54.4% |
| 2014 | 54.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | 54.3% | 53.4% |
| 2012 | 53.9% | 52.9% |
| 2011 | 53.3% | 52.5% |
| 2010 | 51.9% | 51.8% |
| 2009 | 50.6% | 51.4% |
| 2008 | 49.4% | 50.9% |
| 2007 | 48.2% | 50.4% |
| 2006 | 47.1% | 49.9% |
| 2005 | 46.0% | 49.4% |
| 2004 | 45.0% | 48.9% |
| 2003 | 44.0% | 48.4% |
| 2002 | 43.2% | 47.8% |
| 2001 | 42.4% | 47.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 58.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 55.2%, the figure has changed by +3.7 percentage points.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Albania has the 133rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.
More for Albania
All statistics for Albania
Population on 1 January
2,363,314 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
2,363,314 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
9.6 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
9.1 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.64 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat
Population aged 65 and over
21.2%
2025 · Eurostat