Home / Population growth / Albania
Albania — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Albania, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-1.17%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -137.4% since 1961
Population growth for Albania was -1.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 3.12% in 1961. The lowest was -1.64% in 2023 (about 1.4× the latest value).
Albania ranks 211 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 97%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Albania sits below it. It peaked in 1961 and has fallen 137% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 24%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-1.17%
First (1961)
3.12%
Change
-137.4%
Highest
3.12%
in 1961
Lowest
-1.64%
in 2023
Average
0.58%
Annual growth (CAGR)
—
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -1.17% |
| 2024 | -1.44% |
| 2023 | -1.64% |
| 2022 | -1.54% |
| 2021 | -1.54% |
| 2020 | -1.54% |
| 2019 | -1.54% |
| 2018 | -1.54% |
| 2017 | -1.54% |
| 2016 | -1.54% |
| 2015 | -1.54% |
| 2014 | -1.54% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.