Albania
Urban population in Albania
Urban population in Albania: 20.5% in 1950 and 58.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 58.9%
- Since 1950
- +38.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 140 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 63.1%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 63.1% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Albania |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 58.9 |
| 2024 | 58.6 |
| 2023 | 58.2 |
| 2022 | 57.9 |
| 2021 | 57.5 |
| 2020 | 57.1 |
| 2019 | 56.8 |
| 2018 | 56.4 |
| 2017 | 56 |
| 2016 | 55.6 |
| 2015 | 55.2 |
| 2014 | 54.7 |
| 2013 | 54.3 |
| 2012 | 53.9 |
| 2011 | 53.3 |
| 2010 | 51.9 |
| 2009 | 50.6 |
| 2008 | 49.4 |
| 2007 | 48.2 |
| 2006 | 47.1 |
| 2005 | 46 |
| 2004 | 45 |
| 2003 | 44 |
| 2002 | 43.2 |
| 2001 | 42.4 |
| 2000 | 41.6 |
| 1999 | 40.9 |
| 1998 | 40.2 |
| 1997 | 39.5 |
| 1996 | 38.9 |
| 1995 | 38.3 |
| 1994 | 37.7 |
| 1993 | 37.2 |
| 1992 | 36.7 |
| 1991 | 36.3 |
| 1990 | 35.9 |
| 1989 | 35.6 |
| 1988 | 35.3 |
| 1987 | 35 |
| 1986 | 34.8 |
| 1985 | 34.6 |
| 1984 | 34.4 |
| 1983 | 34.3 |
| 1982 | 34.1 |
| 1981 | 33.9 |
| 1980 | 33.7 |
| 1979 | 33.6 |
| 1978 | 33.3 |
| 1977 | 33.1 |
| 1976 | 32.9 |
| 1975 | 32.7 |
| 1974 | 32.4 |
| 1973 | 32.2 |
| 1972 | 32 |
| 1971 | 31.8 |
| 1970 | 31.6 |
| 1969 | 31.5 |
| 1968 | 31.4 |
| 1967 | 31.3 |
| 1966 | 31.3 |
| 1965 | 31.2 |
| 1964 | 31.2 |
| 1963 | 31.1 |
| 1962 | 31.1 |
| 1961 | 31 |
| 1960 | 30.8 |
| 1959 | 30.5 |
| 1958 | 29.9 |
| 1957 | 29.1 |
| 1956 | 28.2 |
| 1955 | 27.2 |
| 1954 | 25.8 |
| 1953 | 24 |
| 1952 | 22.2 |
| 1951 | 20.9 |
| 1950 | 20.5 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Albania |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 59.2 |
| 2027 | 59.5 |
| 2028 | 59.8 |
| 2029 | 60.1 |
| 2030 | 60.3 |
| 2031 | 60.6 |
| 2032 | 60.8 |
| 2033 | 61.1 |
| 2034 | 61.3 |
| 2035 | 61.5 |
| 2036 | 61.7 |
| 2037 | 61.9 |
| 2038 | 62.1 |
| 2039 | 62.2 |
| 2040 | 62.4 |
| 2041 | 62.5 |
| 2042 | 62.6 |
| 2043 | 62.8 |
| 2044 | 62.8 |
| 2045 | 62.9 |
| 2046 | 63 |
| 2047 | 63.1 |
| 2048 | 63.1 |
| 2049 | 63.1 |
| 2050 | 63.1 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- 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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