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Albania vs Montenegro
How Albania and Montenegro compare on 38 measures, from 1820 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Albania was higher: 79.6 years against 77.1 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Montenegro was higher: $8,780 against $6,877
- Population · In 2023, Albania was higher: 2.81 million people against 633,600 people
- Military spending · In 2025, Albania was higher: 2.03% of GDP against 1.89% of GDP
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Montenegro was higher: 0.64 of 1 against 0.48 of 1
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAlbania: 79.6 years in 2023Montenegro: 77.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlbania: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024Montenegro: 0.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlbania: 8.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Montenegro: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlbania: 70.7% in 2022Montenegro: 85.1% in 2022
- DepressionAlbania: 2.21% in 2017Montenegro: 2.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateAlbania: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Montenegro: 9.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAlbania: 2.81 million people in 2023Montenegro: 633,600 people in 2023
- Population growthAlbania: -0.71% a year in 2023Montenegro: 1.86% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlbania: 1.35 births per woman in 2023Montenegro: 1.8 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlbania: 58.9% in 2025Montenegro: 65.6% in 2025
- Median ageAlbania: 36.3 years in 2023Montenegro: 39.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlbania: 16.3% in 2023Montenegro: 17.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlbania: -9 per 1,000 people in 2023Montenegro: 18.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlbania: 2.03% of GDP in 2025Montenegro: 1.89% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlbania: $568M in 2025Montenegro: $163M in 2025
- Military spending per personAlbania: $224 in 2025Montenegro: $277 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlbania: 6.7% of government spending in 2025Montenegro: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlbania: 8,000 people in 2020Montenegro: 12,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlbania: 0.02% of world capability in 2022Montenegro: 0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlbania: 0.65% of the labour force in 2020Montenegro: 4.66% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlbania: 23 million TIV in 2025Montenegro: 1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlbania: 1 million TIV in 2011Montenegro: 4 million TIV in 2022
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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