Demographics of Albania

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Albania is projected at 2.872 million, down by 0.17% compared with 2.877 million in 2020. Albania is ranked 140th in terms of population and 212th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 32.3 thousand births in Albania in 2021. That is 89 per day, which is ranked 146th. The crude birth rate is 11.27 per 1000 people. There are 24.2 thousand deaths in Albania in 2021. That is 66 per day, which is ranked 136th. The crude death rate is 8.44 per 1000 people.

1.85 million people are living in urban areas, which is 64.41% of Albania population. Albania is ranked 138th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Albania in 2021 is 103.62 males per 100 females. There are 1.46 million males and 1.41 million females in Albania. The percentage of female population is 49.11 compare to 50.89 male population. Albania has 51 thousand more males than females. Albania is at 184th position out of 180 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Albania population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,263,164	-
1955	1,419,991	2.68
1960	1,636,091	3.00
1965	1,896,175	2.85
1970	2,150,704	2.43
1975	2,411,733	2.24
1980	2,682,697	2.10
1985	2,969,671	2.26
1990	3,286,070	0.86
1995	3,112,923	-1.07
2000	3,129,246	0.21
2005	3,086,810	-0.58
2010	2,948,029	-0.84
2015	2,890,524	-0.20
2016	2,886,427	-0.14
2017	2,884,169	-0.08
2018	2,882,735	-0.05
2019	2,880,913	-0.06
2020	2,877,800	-0.11
2021	2,872,934	-0.17

Total
Crude

Albania death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	21,801	48,023	17.12	37.78
1955	20,953	58,669	14.62	41.02
1960	18,567	67,212	11.33	40.92
1965	17,120	69,186	9.01	36.60
1970	17,237	68,604	8.00	31.84
1975	16,814	69,869	6.97	28.95
1980	16,917	72,479	6.29	26.98
1985	17,664	78,994	5.91	26.37
1990	19,124	79,354	5.99	24.87
1995	19,798	66,675	6.25	21.02
2000	18,431	51,156	5.91	16.44
2005	19,031	39,376	6.21	12.82
2010	20,288	35,530	6.84	12.00
2015	21,338	35,328	7.37	12.20
2020	23,737	32,888	8.26	11.45
2021	24,201	32,311	8.44	11.27

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Albania

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	259,305	1,003,869	-	20.528
1955	381,458	1,038,512	1398.97	26.864
1960	502,359	1,133,697	1575.42	30.705
1965	592,158	1,303,967	1800.50	31.230
1970	682,607	1,467,991	2063.71	31.740
1975	788,758	1,622,471	2325.75	32.712
1980	905,234	1,776,005	2602.19	33.762
1985	1,040,849	1,925,949	2889.49	35.083
1990	1,195,379	2,086,075	3205.99	36.428
1995	1,208,874	1,897,862	3051.89	38.911
2000	1,303,137	1,818,833	3065.34	41.741
2005	1,438,933	1,640,246	3052.03	46.731
2010	1,533,860	1,406,665	2903.09	52.163
2015	1,679,011	1,244,341	2875.76	57.434
2020	1,827,362	1,114,672	2884.47	62.112
2021	1,854,317	1,090,487	2885.44	62.969

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Albania population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	84,542	77,481	162,023	5.64	109.113
05-09	88,154	80,861	169,015	5.88	109.019
10-14	85,268	74,258	159,526	5.55	114.827
15-19	101,622	88,185	189,807	6.61	115.237
20-24	113,810	107,018	220,828	7.69	106.347
25-29	126,762	114,554	241,316	8.40	110.657
30-34	125,538	104,781	230,319	8.02	119.810
35-39	95,938	79,242	175,180	6.10	121.070
40-44	76,599	74,529	151,128	5.26	102.777
45-49	78,289	87,612	165,901	5.77	89.359
50-54	85,914	94,193	180,107	6.27	91.211
55-59	96,933	102,275	199,208	6.93	94.777
60-64	93,062	97,671	190,733	6.64	95.281
65-69	72,873	77,494	150,367	5.23	94.037
70-74	53,679	57,310	110,989	3.86	93.664
75-79	41,551	45,361	86,912	3.03	91.601
80-84	26,552	29,158	55,710	1.94	91.062
85-89	11,497	13,693	25,190	0.88	83.963
90-94	3,074	4,542	7,616	0.27	67.679
95-99	338	667	1,005	0.03	50.675
100+	16	38	54	0.00	42.105
Total	1,462,011	1,410,923	2,872,934		103.621