What is the difference in population between Albania and Armenia?

131,740 people, with Armenia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Armenia?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Armenia: Population

Albania

2.81 million people

in 2023

Armenia

2.94 million people

in 2023

Albania rank

143rd

Armenia rank

140th

Population over time

Albania
Armenia

How they compare

Armenia currently reports 2.94 million people against 2.81 million people in Albania, a difference of 131,740 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Albania ahead.

Albania ranks 143rd and Armenia ranks 140th of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 7 and Armenia in 33.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Armenia	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	87,000 people	113,000 people	Albania
1100s	200,000 people	130,500 people	69,500 people	Albania
1200s	200,000 people	174,000 people	26,000 people	Albania
1300s	200,000 people	218,000 people	18,000 people	Armenia
1400s	200,000 people	174,000 people	26,000 people	Albania
1500s	200,000 people	218,000 people	18,000 people	Armenia
1600s	200,000 people	261,000 people	61,000 people	Armenia
1700s	300,000 people	308,704 people	8,704 people	Armenia
1710s	311,416 people	324,952 people	13,536 people	Armenia
1720s	322,833 people	342,054 people	19,221 people	Armenia
1730s	334,250 people	360,057 people	25,807 people	Armenia
1740s	345,666 people	379,008 people	33,342 people	Armenia
1750s	357,083 people	398,955 people	41,872 people	Armenia
1760s	368,500 people	419,953 people	51,453 people	Armenia
1770s	379,916 people	442,056 people	62,140 people	Armenia
1780s	391,333 people	465,322 people	73,989 people	Armenia
1790s	402,750 people	489,813 people	87,063 people	Armenia
1800s	408,075 people	413,326 people	5,251 people	Armenia
1810s	426,540 people	413,402 people	13,138 people	Albania
1820s	445,966 people	431,155 people	14,812 people	Albania
1830s	466,440 people	472,066 people	5,626 people	Armenia
1840s	487,905 people	517,219 people	29,313 people	Armenia
1850s	522,327 people	566,981 people	44,653 people	Armenia
1860s	574,302 people	621,907 people	47,604 people	Armenia
1870s	631,435 people	682,153 people	50,718 people	Armenia
1880s	693,950 people	748,234 people	54,284 people	Armenia
1890s	764,134 people	820,716 people	56,582 people	Armenia
1900s	839,909 people	900,218 people	60,309 people	Armenia
1910s	908,772 people	987,386 people	78,614 people	Armenia
1920s	964,424 people	1.08 million people	117,734 people	Armenia
1930s	1.04 million people	1.19 million people	145,427 people	Armenia
1940s	1.16 million people	1.30 million people	137,584 people	Armenia
1950s	1.41 million people	1.57 million people	165,236 people	Armenia
1960s	1.88 million people	2.15 million people	271,443 people	Armenia
1970s	2.43 million people	2.75 million people	317,428 people	Armenia
1980s	3.00 million people	3.25 million people	252,519 people	Armenia
1990s	3.25 million people	3.38 million people	124,127 people	Armenia
2000s	3.08 million people	3.02 million people	56,500 people	Albania
2010s	2.90 million people	2.92 million people	15,521 people	Armenia
2020s	2.84 million people	2.90 million people	56,162 people	Armenia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Albania or Armenia?: Armenia, at 2.94 million people against 2.81 million people in Albania as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Albania and Armenia?: 131,740 people, with Armenia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Armenia?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Albania and Armenia rank globally for population?: Albania ranks 143rd and Armenia ranks 140th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.