Albania
Population 2026
2,751,025
Overview
- Yearly change
- -0.74%
- Density
- 100 per km²
- Land area
- 27,400 km²
- Capital
- Tirana
- Currency
- Lek (ALL)
- Official languages
- SQ, EL
- Urban population
- 58.9%
- Continent
- EU
Demographics
- Births
- 26,6042026
- Deaths
- 24,2372026
- Birth rate
- 10.1per 1,000
- Death rate
- 8.5per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.34
- Life expectancy
- 79.8At birth, years
- Median age
- 37.8
- Net migration
- -24,230
Age distribution
- 0–1416.6%
- 15–6465.8%
- 65+17.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $30.5B
- GDP per capita
- $13.0K
- GDP growth
- +3.8%
- Inflation
- 2.1%
- Unemployment
- 10.9%
- Exports
- $11.3B
- Imports
- $13.0B
- Tourism receipts
- 35.9%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture14.8%
- Industry21.8%
- Manufacturing6.0%
- Services49.7%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture30.8%
- Industry22.0%
- Services47.2%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TiranaTirana | 418,4952026 |
| 2 | DurrësDurrës County | 195,9202026 |
| 3 | VlorëVlorë County | 115,2612026 |
| 4 | ElbasanElbasan County | 100,9032026 |
| 5 | ShkodërShkodër County | 95,5532026 |
| 6 | LushnjëFier County | 63,1352026 |
| 7 | BeratBerat County | 62,2322026 |
| 8 | KorçëKorçë County | 58,2592026 |
| 9 | FierFier County | 56,2972026 |
| 10 | KrujëDurrës County | 51,1912026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,751,025 | 26.6K | 24.2K |
| 2020 | 2,871,950 | 30.3K | 26.1K |
| 2010 | 2,928,731 | 36.2K | 17.7K |
| 2000 | 3,166,147 | 55.4K | 17.8K |
| 1990 | 3,277,965 | 85.5K | 18.3K |
| 1980 | 2,735,424 | 73.2K | 18.1K |
| 1970 | 2,181,226 | 72.8K | 19.3K |
| 1960 | 1,649,393 | 67.7K | 26.2K |
| 1950 | 1,247,854 | 49.0K | 29.0K |