headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · ALB

Albania

Europe · Southern Europe

Albania is recorded at 2.79m people in 2024, with total annual change of -19,793 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 008 · ALB

Albania

ALB · AL
SHRINKING
population 2.79m
annual change -19,793
natural change +4,673
fertility 1.34
migrant share 1.7%

Shrinkage · peak 1991 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign-born · stock 46.4k

parity_check POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1 · IMS 2024 Rev.2024 CC BY 3.0 IGO where matched · World Bank WDI CC BY 4.0

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for Albania in 2024
Births 28,283
Deaths -23,610
Natural change +4,673
Net migration -24,472
Total change -19,793
time anchors

-1,606,768

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for Albania
This year -19,793
Since peak -490,837 since 1991
Projected 2100 1.18m
Vanishing Point

2165

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

1.7%

foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 2.81m

Albania 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 479.2k, ages 15-64 1.87m, ages 65+ 458.4k.

0-14
479.2k
15-64
1.87m
65+
458.4k
2050 2050 2.24m

Albania 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 240.5k, ages 15-64 1.37m, ages 65+ 624.9k.

0-14
240.5k
15-64
1.37m
65+
624.9k
2100 2100 1.18m

Albania 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 118.7k, ages 15-64 560.1k, ages 65+ 506.2k.

0-14
118.7k
15-64
560.1k
65+
506.2k
stage

Shrinkage

Stage since 1992.

crossover

2029

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

3.91

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1992.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 2.79m -19,793 28.3k 23.6k 1.34
2030 2.67m -20,324 23.6k 25.5k 1.32
2050 2.24m -22,407 15.7k 30.6k 1.40
2080 1.58m -22,397 9.3k 30.6k 1.47
2100 1.18m -15,501 7.1k 22.5k 1.49