Albania
Median age in Albania
Median age in Albania: 19.7 years in 1950 and 36.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 36.3 years
- Since 1950
- +16.6 years
- Rank, 2023
- 83 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 57.6 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 57.6 years in 2100, between 44 years and 47.5 years (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 36.3 years in 2023, the lowest 17.9 years in 1968.
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Albania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 36.3 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 35.9 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 35.6 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 35.1 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 34.7 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 34.3 | 29 |
| 2017 | 33.9 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 33.6 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 33.3 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 33 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 32.7 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 32.4 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 32 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 31.6 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 31 | 27 |
| 2008 | 30.4 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 29.8 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 29.2 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 28.6 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 28.1 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 27.5 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 27 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 26.5 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 26.2 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 26 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 25.8 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 25.5 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 25.2 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 24.8 | 24 |
| 1994 | 24.5 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 24.1 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 23.7 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 23.3 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 22.9 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 22.6 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 22.4 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 22.1 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 21.8 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 21.6 | 22 |
| 1984 | 21.3 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 21 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 20.7 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 20.4 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 20.1 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 19.8 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 19.5 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 19.2 | 21 |
| 1976 | 19 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 18.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 18.5 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 18.3 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 18.2 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 18.1 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 18 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 17.9 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 17.9 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 17.9 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 18 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 18.1 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 18.2 | 21 |
| 1963 | 18.4 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 18.6 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 18.7 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 18.8 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 19 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 19.1 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 19.2 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 19.3 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 19.4 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 19.4 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 19.5 | 22 |
| 1952 | 19.6 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 19.6 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 19.7 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Albania | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.736.6–36.8 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 37.337–37.6 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 37.837.4–38.3 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 38.437.7–39.1 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 38.938.1–39.9 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 39.538.5–40.7 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 40.138.8–41.6 | 32 |
| 2031 | 40.639.2–42.4 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 41.239.6–43.2 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 41.839.9–44.1 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 42.440.3–45 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 4340.6–45.9 | 33 |
| 2036 | 43.641–46.8 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 44.241.3–47.7 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 44.741.6–48.6 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 45.342–49.5 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 45.942.2–50.4 | 34 |
| 2041 | 46.542.5–51.4 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 4742.7–52.3 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 47.642.9–53.2 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 48.143–54.1 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 48.743.1–55 | 35 |
| 2046 | 49.243.2–55.9 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 49.743.2–56.8 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 50.243.3–57.7 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 50.743.3–58.6 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 51.143.3–59.5 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 51.543.3–60.3 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 51.943.3–61.2 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 52.443.2–62 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 52.843.1–62.9 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 53.243.1–63.8 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 53.543.2–64.6 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 53.843.3–65.4 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 54.143.4–66.3 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 54.443.5–67.1 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 54.743.5–67.8 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 54.943.5–68.5 | 38 |
| 2062 | 55.243.5–69.2 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 55.443.5–69.8 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 55.643.5–70.5 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 55.843.5–71.1 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 5643.5–71.7 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 56.243.5–72.3 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 56.443.5–72.8 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 56.743.5–73.4 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 5743.5–74 | 39 |
| 2071 | 57.343.5–74.5 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 57.643.5–75 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 57.943.5–75.5 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 58.243.6–76 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 58.543.7–76.4 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 58.743.8–76.7 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 58.943.8–77 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 5943.9–77.3 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 59.143.9–77.4 | 40 |
| 2080 | 59.243.9–77.4 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 59.243.9–77.2 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 59.243.9–76.6 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 59.243.8–75.6 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 59.243.7–73.3 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 59.243.6–71.9 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 59.243.6–71.3 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 59.143.5–70.7 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 59.143.4–69.3 | 41 |
| 2089 | 5943.4–66.3 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 58.943.4–62.6 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 58.843.4–59.1 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 58.743.5–56.3 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 58.643.6–54.2 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 58.443.6–52.5 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 58.343.7–51.1 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 58.243.7–49.9 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 5843.7–49 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 57.943.8–48.4 | 42 |
| 2099 | 57.743.9–48 | 42 |
| 2100 | 57.644–47.5 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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.
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- Military spending2.03% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$568M in 2025
- Military spending per person$224 in 2025
- Military share of state spending6.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel8,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.65% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports23 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2011
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