Albania vs Kosovo
Albania vs Kosovo: Population
Population in 2023: 2.81 million people in Albania and 1.7 million people in Kosovo, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Albania, by 1.11 million people, or 1.65 times that in Kosovo.
people · UN
What the numbers say
- Albania has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- In 2023, Albania ranked 143 and Kosovo ranked 153 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts Albania at 1.19 million people and Kosovo at 1.1 million people in 2100.
- The world as a whole: 8.09 billion people in 2023.
Every year
people · UN
| Year | Albania | Kosovo | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.81 million | 1.7 million | 8.09 billion |
| 2022 | 2.83 million | 1.72 million | 8.02 billion |
| 2021 | 2.85 million | 1.74 million | 7.95 billion |
| 2020 | 2.87 million | 1.75 million | 7.89 billion |
| 2019 | 2.89 million | 1.76 million | 7.81 billion |
| 2018 | 2.89 million | 1.77 million | 7.73 billion |
| 2017 | 2.9 million | 1.77 million | 7.65 billion |
| 2016 | 2.9 million | 1.76 million | 7.56 billion |
| 2015 | 2.9 million | 1.78 million | 7.47 billion |
| 2014 | 2.9 million | 1.81 million | 7.38 billion |
| 2013 | 2.91 million | 1.82 million | 7.29 billion |
| 2012 | 2.91 million | 1.81 million | 7.2 billion |
| 2011 | 2.91 million | 1.79 million | 7.11 billion |
| 2010 | 2.93 million | 1.79 million | 7.02 billion |
| 2009 | 2.96 million | 1.8 million | 6.93 billion |
| 2008 | 2.99 million | 1.8 million | 6.84 billion |
| 2007 | 3.02 million | 1.81 million | 6.76 billion |
| 2006 | 3.05 million | 1.81 million | 6.67 billion |
| 2005 | 3.08 million | 1.82 million | 6.59 billion |
| 2004 | 3.1 million | 1.82 million | 6.5 billion |
| 2003 | 3.12 million | 1.83 million | 6.42 billion |
| 2002 | 3.13 million | 1.83 million | 6.34 billion |
| 2001 | 3.15 million | 1.82 million | 6.26 billion |
| 2000 | 3.17 million | 1.8 million | 6.17 billion |
| 1999 | 3.19 million | 1.87 million | 6.09 billion |
| 1998 | 3.21 million | 2.08 million | 6.01 billion |
| 1997 | 3.23 million | 2.2 million | 5.93 billion |
| 1996 | 3.25 million | 2.17 million | 5.84 billion |
| 1995 | 3.26 million | 2.14 million | 5.76 billion |
| 1994 | 3.27 million | 2.11 million | 5.68 billion |
| 1993 | 3.28 million | 2.07 million | 5.59 billion |
| 1992 | 3.28 million | 2.04 million | 5.51 billion |
| 1991 | 3.28 million | 2.01 million | 5.42 billion |
| 1990 | 3.28 million | 1.97 million | 5.33 billion |
| 1989 | 3.26 million | 1.95 million | 5.23 billion |
| 1988 | 3.21 million | 1.92 million | 5.14 billion |
| 1987 | 3.15 million | 1.88 million | 5.05 billion |
| 1986 | 3.09 million | 1.84 million | 4.96 billion |
| 1985 | 3.03 million | 1.8 million | 4.87 billion |
| 1984 | 2.97 million | 1.76 million | 4.78 billion |
| 1983 | 2.91 million | 1.72 million | 4.7 billion |
| 1982 | 2.85 million | 1.68 million | 4.61 billion |
| 1981 | 2.79 million | 1.65 million | 4.53 billion |
| 1980 | 2.74 million | 1.61 million | 4.45 billion |
| 1979 | 2.68 million | 1.56 million | 4.37 billion |
| 1978 | 2.63 million | 1.52 million | 4.29 billion |
| 1977 | 2.57 million | 1.47 million | 4.22 billion |
| 1976 | 2.51 million | 1.44 million | 4.14 billion |
| 1975 | 2.46 million | 1.4 million | 4.07 billion |
| 1974 | 2.4 million | 1.36 million | 4 billion |
| 1973 | 2.34 million | 1.33 million | 3.92 billion |
| 1972 | 2.29 million | 1.3 million | 3.85 billion |
| 1971 | 2.24 million | 1.27 million | 3.77 billion |
| 1970 | 2.18 million | 1.25 million | 3.7 billion |
| 1969 | 2.13 million | 1.23 million | 3.62 billion |
| 1968 | 2.07 million | 1.21 million | 3.55 billion |
| 1967 | 2.01 million | 1.19 million | 3.47 billion |
| 1966 | 1.95 million | 1.15 million | 3.4 billion |
| 1965 | 1.89 million | 1.12 million | 3.34 billion |
| 1964 | 1.84 million | 1.09 million | 3.26 billion |
| 1963 | 1.79 million | 1.06 million | 3.19 billion |
| 1962 | 1.74 million | 1.04 million | 3.12 billion |
| 1961 | 1.7 million | 1.01 million | 3.07 billion |
| 1960 | 1.65 million | 984,800 | 3.02 billion |
| 1959 | 1.6 million | 958,400 | 2.97 billion |
| 1958 | 1.54 million | 933,600 | 2.91 billion |
| 1957 | 1.5 million | 910,500 | 2.85 billion |
| 1956 | 1.46 million | 888,700 | 2.8 billion |
| 1955 | 1.42 million | 868,000 | 2.74 billion |
| 1954 | 1.38 million | 847,900 | 2.69 billion |
| 1953 | 1.34 million | 828,800 | 2.63 billion |
| 1952 | 1.31 million | 811,000 | 2.58 billion |
| 1951 | 1.28 million | 794,300 | 2.54 billion |
| 1950 | 1.25 million | 778,500 | 2.49 billion |
| 1949 | 1.23 million | – | – |
| 1948 | 1.21 million | – | – |
| 1947 | 1.2 million | – | – |
| 1946 | 1.18 million | – | – |
| 1945 | 1.17 million | – | – |
| 1944 | 1.15 million | – | – |
| 1943 | 1.14 million | – | – |
| 1942 | 1.13 million | – | – |
| 1941 | 1.11 million | – | – |
| 1940 | 1.1 million | – | – |
| 1939 | 1.09 million | – | – |
| 1938 | 1.08 million | – | – |
| 1937 | 1.07 million | – | – |
| 1936 | 1.06 million | – | – |
| 1935 | 1.05 million | – | – |
| 1934 | 1.03 million | – | – |
| 1933 | 1.02 million | – | – |
| 1932 | 1.01 million | – | – |
| 1931 | 1 million | – | – |
| 1930 | 995,500 | – | – |
| 1929 | 988,300 | – | – |
| 1928 | 982,100 | – | – |
| 1927 | 977,000 | – | – |
| 1926 | 971,900 | – | – |
| 1925 | 966,800 | – | – |
| 1924 | 961,800 | – | – |
| 1923 | 956,800 | – | – |
| 1922 | 951,800 | – | – |
| 1921 | 946,600 | – | – |
| 1920 | 941,200 | – | – |
| 1919 | 935,600 | – | – |
| 1918 | 929,900 | – | – |
| 1917 | 923,900 | – | – |
| 1916 | 917,900 | – | – |
| 1915 | 911,800 | – | – |
| 1914 | 905,900 | – | – |
| 1913 | 899,900 | – | – |
| 1912 | 894,000 | – | – |
| 1911 | 887,700 | – | – |
| 1910 | 881,100 | – | – |
| 1909 | 874,000 | – | – |
| 1908 | 866,600 | – | – |
| 1907 | 858,800 | – | – |
| 1906 | 851,100 | – | – |
| 1905 | 843,500 | – | – |
| 1904 | 836,000 | – | – |
| 1903 | 828,500 | – | – |
| 1902 | 821,000 | – | – |
| 1901 | 813,500 | – | – |
| 1900 | 806,000 | – | – |
| 1899 | 798,300 | – | – |
| 1898 | 790,600 | – | – |
| 1897 | 782,900 | – | – |
| 1896 | 775,200 | – | – |
| 1895 | 767,600 | – | – |
| 1894 | 760,100 | – | – |
| 1893 | 752,600 | – | – |
| 1892 | 745,200 | – | – |
| 1891 | 738,000 | – | – |
| 1890 | 730,800 | – | – |
| 1889 | 723,900 | – | – |
| 1888 | 717,000 | – | – |
| 1887 | 710,300 | – | – |
| 1886 | 703,600 | – | – |
| 1885 | 697,000 | – | – |
| 1884 | 690,400 | – | – |
| 1883 | 683,900 | – | – |
| 1882 | 677,500 | – | – |
| 1881 | 671,100 | – | – |
| 1880 | 664,800 | – | – |
| 1879 | 658,600 | – | – |
| 1878 | 652,400 | – | – |
| 1877 | 646,300 | – | – |
| 1876 | 640,200 | – | – |
| 1875 | 634,200 | – | – |
| 1874 | 628,200 | – | – |
| 1873 | 622,300 | – | – |
| 1872 | 616,500 | – | – |
| 1871 | 610,700 | – | – |
| 1870 | 604,900 | – | – |
| 1869 | 599,200 | – | – |
| 1868 | 593,500 | – | – |
| 1867 | 587,900 | – | – |
| 1866 | 582,300 | – | – |
| 1865 | 576,800 | – | – |
| 1864 | 571,400 | – | – |
| 1863 | 565,900 | – | – |
| 1862 | 560,600 | – | – |
| 1861 | 555,300 | – | – |
| 1860 | 550,000 | – | – |
| 1859 | 544,800 | – | – |
| 1858 | 539,600 | – | – |
| 1857 | 534,500 | – | – |
| 1856 | 529,400 | – | – |
| 1855 | 524,400 | – | – |
| 1854 | 519,500 | – | – |
| 1853 | 514,500 | – | – |
| 1852 | 509,700 | – | – |
| 1851 | 505,300 | – | – |
| 1850 | 501,500 | – | – |
| 1849 | 498,300 | – | – |
| 1848 | 495,500 | – | – |
| 1847 | 493,300 | – | – |
| 1846 | 491,100 | – | – |
| 1845 | 488,900 | – | – |
| 1844 | 486,700 | – | – |
| 1843 | 484,500 | – | – |
| 1842 | 482,400 | – | – |
| 1841 | 480,200 | – | – |
| 1840 | 478,100 | – | – |
| 1839 | 475,900 | – | – |
| 1838 | 473,800 | – | – |
| 1837 | 471,700 | – | – |
| 1836 | 469,600 | – | – |
| 1835 | 467,400 | – | – |
| 1834 | 465,400 | – | – |
| 1833 | 463,300 | – | – |
| 1832 | 461,200 | – | – |
| 1831 | 459,100 | – | – |
| 1830 | 457,100 | – | – |
| 1829 | 455,000 | – | – |
| 1828 | 453,000 | – | – |
| 1827 | 451,000 | – | – |
| 1826 | 448,900 | – | – |
| 1825 | 446,900 | – | – |
| 1824 | 444,900 | – | – |
| 1823 | 442,900 | – | – |
| 1822 | 441,000 | – | – |
| 1821 | 439,000 | – | – |
| 1820 | 437,000 | 383,800 | – |
| 1819 | 435,100 | – | – |
| 1818 | 433,200 | – | – |
| 1817 | 431,200 | – | – |
| 1816 | 429,300 | – | – |
| 1815 | 427,400 | – | – |
| 1814 | 425,600 | – | – |
| 1813 | 423,700 | – | – |
| 1812 | 421,800 | – | – |
| 1811 | 420,000 | – | – |
| 1810 | 418,100 | – | – |
| 1809 | 416,200 | – | – |
| 1808 | 414,400 | – | – |
| 1807 | 412,600 | – | – |
| 1806 | 410,800 | – | – |
| 1805 | 408,900 | – | – |
| 1804 | 407,100 | – | – |
| 1803 | 405,300 | – | – |
| 1802 | 403,600 | – | – |
| 1801 | 401,800 | – | – |
| 1800 | 400,000 | 383,800 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Albania | Kosovo | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.79 million2.78 million–2.8 million | 1.69 million1.67 million–1.7 million | 8.16 billion |
| 2025 | 2.77 million2.74 million–2.8 million | 1.67 million1.62 million–1.72 million | 8.23 billion |
| 2026 | 2.75 million2.7 million–2.8 million | 1.67 million1.57 million–1.75 million | 8.3 billion |
| 2027 | 2.73 million2.65 million–2.81 million | 1.66 million1.53 million–1.78 million | 8.37 billion |
| 2028 | 2.71 million2.61 million–2.81 million | 1.66 million1.49 million–1.82 million | 8.44 billion |
| 2029 | 2.69 million2.56 million–2.82 million | 1.66 million1.44 million–1.85 million | 8.5 billion |
| 2030 | 2.67 million2.51 million–2.83 million | 1.66 million1.4 million–1.89 million | 8.57 billion |
| 2031 | 2.65 million2.46 million–2.84 million | 1.66 million1.36 million–1.93 million | 8.63 billion |
| 2032 | 2.63 million2.41 million–2.85 million | 1.66 million1.32 million–1.98 million | 8.7 billion |
| 2033 | 2.61 million2.35 million–2.87 million | 1.67 million1.28 million–2.02 million | 8.76 billion |
| 2034 | 2.59 million2.29 million–2.89 million | 1.67 million1.24 million–2.07 million | 8.82 billion |
| 2035 | 2.57 million2.24 million–2.9 million | 1.67 million1.21 million–2.11 million | 8.89 billion |
| 2036 | 2.55 million2.18 million–2.92 million | 1.67 million1.18 million–2.15 million | 8.95 billion |
| 2037 | 2.53 million2.13 million–2.94 million | 1.67 million1.15 million–2.19 million | 9.01 billion |
| 2038 | 2.51 million2.07 million–2.96 million | 1.67 million1.12 million–2.25 million | 9.06 billion |
| 2039 | 2.48 million2.02 million–2.98 million | 1.67 million1.09 million–2.31 million | 9.12 billion |
| 2040 | 2.46 million1.96 million–3 million | 1.67 million1.06 million–2.36 million | 9.18 billion |
| 2041 | 2.44 million1.91 million–3.01 million | 1.67 million1.03 million–2.41 million | 9.23 billion |
| 2042 | 2.42 million1.85 million–3.03 million | 1.67 million996,200–2.47 million | 9.29 billion |
| 2043 | 2.4 million1.79 million–3.06 million | 1.67 million962,200–2.53 million | 9.34 billion |
| 2044 | 2.37 million1.74 million–3.09 million | 1.67 million928,000–2.57 million | 9.39 billion |
| 2045 | 2.35 million1.68 million–3.11 million | 1.67 million906,600–2.61 million | 9.44 billion |
| 2046 | 2.33 million1.62 million–3.14 million | 1.66 million886,500–2.66 million | 9.49 billion |
| 2047 | 2.31 million1.56 million–3.17 million | 1.66 million853,900–2.72 million | 9.54 billion |
| 2048 | 2.29 million1.51 million–3.2 million | 1.65 million821,200–2.76 million | 9.58 billion |
| 2049 | 2.26 million1.46 million–3.22 million | 1.65 million793,700–2.81 million | 9.62 billion |
| 2050 | 2.24 million1.41 million–3.25 million | 1.64 million771,300–2.88 million | 9.66 billion |
| 2051 | 2.22 million1.36 million–3.29 million | 1.64 million754,500–2.96 million | 9.7 billion |
| 2052 | 2.2 million1.31 million–3.33 million | 1.63 million739,400–3.01 million | 9.74 billion |
| 2053 | 2.17 million1.27 million–3.36 million | 1.62 million724,400–3.04 million | 9.78 billion |
| 2054 | 2.15 million1.22 million–3.39 million | 1.62 million710,600–3.09 million | 9.81 billion |
| 2055 | 2.13 million1.18 million–3.41 million | 1.61 million695,600–3.15 million | 9.85 billion |
| 2056 | 2.11 million1.15 million–3.45 million | 1.6 million674,200–3.18 million | 9.88 billion |
| 2057 | 2.08 million1.11 million–3.49 million | 1.59 million656,100–3.21 million | 9.91 billion |
| 2058 | 2.06 million1.06 million–3.52 million | 1.58 million638,300–3.27 million | 9.94 billion |
| 2059 | 2.04 million1.02 million–3.57 million | 1.58 million618,000–3.33 million | 9.96 billion |
| 2060 | 2.02 million979,100–3.61 million | 1.57 million603,400–3.39 million | 9.99 billion |
| 2061 | 2 million943,500–3.62 million | 1.56 million591,700–3.45 million | 10 billion |
| 2062 | 1.98 million912,400–3.64 million | 1.55 million579,900–3.51 million | 10 billion |
| 2063 | 1.95 million883,600–3.67 million | 1.54 million565,700–3.57 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2064 | 1.93 million856,600–3.72 million | 1.53 million549,700–3.6 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2065 | 1.91 million827,800–3.77 million | 1.52 million532,900–3.62 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2066 | 1.89 million799,300–3.83 million | 1.51 million523,600–3.64 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2067 | 1.87 million776,300–3.88 million | 1.5 million517,400–3.7 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2068 | 1.85 million757,200–3.93 million | 1.49 million505,500–3.77 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2069 | 1.82 million739,300–3.99 million | 1.48 million492,200–3.81 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2070 | 1.8 million723,200–4.05 million | 1.47 million478,500–3.83 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2071 | 1.78 million704,200–4.12 million | 1.46 million468,800–3.86 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2072 | 1.76 million682,300–4.17 million | 1.45 million457,300–3.92 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2073 | 1.74 million661,100–4.23 million | 1.44 million445,800–3.93 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2074 | 1.72 million640,800–4.27 million | 1.43 million435,300–3.96 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2075 | 1.69 million623,800–4.3 million | 1.42 million422,600–4.05 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2076 | 1.67 million604,600–4.35 million | 1.41 million411,600–4.17 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2077 | 1.65 million584,800–4.4 million | 1.39 million398,800–4.24 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2078 | 1.63 million566,700–4.46 million | 1.38 million387,500–4.28 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2079 | 1.61 million549,700–4.5 million | 1.37 million377,800–4.28 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2080 | 1.58 million533,200–4.54 million | 1.36 million362,700–4.3 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2081 | 1.56 million512,700–4.58 million | 1.34 million346,700–4.35 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2082 | 1.54 million493,200–4.64 million | 1.33 million340,000–4.39 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2083 | 1.52 million480,000–4.68 million | 1.32 million336,000–4.49 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2084 | 1.49 million466,000–4.71 million | 1.31 million329,900–4.57 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2085 | 1.47 million447,900–4.74 million | 1.29 million324,000–4.63 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2086 | 1.45 million428,700–4.75 million | 1.28 million319,900–4.69 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2087 | 1.43 million412,600–4.8 million | 1.27 million317,800–4.71 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2088 | 1.41 million399,900–4.9 million | 1.25 million315,200–4.75 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2089 | 1.39 million386,300–5.02 million | 1.24 million311,000–4.79 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2090 | 1.36 million373,000–5.14 million | 1.23 million306,700–4.83 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2091 | 1.34 million359,100–5.21 million | 1.21 million303,800–4.88 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2092 | 1.32 million347,600–5.25 million | 1.2 million299,000–4.96 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2093 | 1.31 million338,700–5.29 million | 1.19 million293,900–5.01 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2094 | 1.29 million329,000–5.33 million | 1.17 million292,300–5.01 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2095 | 1.27 million318,400–5.39 million | 1.16 million290,200–5.09 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2096 | 1.25 million306,800–5.46 million | 1.15 million285,600–5.19 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2097 | 1.23 million296,900–5.53 million | 1.13 million281,800–5.19 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2098 | 1.22 million292,100–5.56 million | 1.12 million276,700–5.18 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2099 | 1.2 million290,000–5.59 million | 1.11 million269,000–5.24 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2100 | 1.19 million286,000–5.7 million | 1.1 million261,600–5.3 million | 10.2 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Albania vs Kosovo
Health
People
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Kosovo: -1.07% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Kosovo: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Kosovo: 50.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Kosovo: 31.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Kosovo: 9.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Kosovo: -16.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Kosovo: 1.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlbania: $568M in 2025Kosovo: $217M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Kosovo: $140 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Kosovo: 5.9% of government spending in 2025
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Kosovo: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Arms importsAlbania: 23 million TIV in 2025Kosovo: 8 million TIV in 2025