Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Albania

Urban population share in Albania in 2025 — 58.9%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28 pp.

2025 58.9% +0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 133of 217
Period maximum 58.9%2025
Period minimum 30.8%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Albania, 1960–20253040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 30.8%1962: 31.1%1964: 31.2%1966: 31.3%1968: 31.4%1970: 31.6%1972: 32%1974: 32.4%1976: 32.9%1978: 33.3%1980: 33.7%1982: 34.1%1984: 34.4%1986: 34.8%1988: 35.3%1990: 35.9%1992: 36.7%1994: 37.7%1996: 38.9%1998: 40.2%2000: 41.6%2002: 43.2%2004: 45%2006: 47.1%2008: 49.4%2010: 51.9%2012: 53.9%2014: 54.7%2016: 55.6%2018: 56.4%2020: 57.1%2022: 57.9%2024: 58.5%2025: 58.9%
Change over the period: +28 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Albania

Albania 58.9%
World 57.8%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
Urban population share — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 58.9 +0.3 pp
2024 58.5 +0.3 pp
2023 58.2 +0.3 pp
2022 57.9 +0.4 pp
2021 57.5 +0.4 pp
2020 57.1 +0.4 pp
2019 56.8 +0.4 pp
2018 56.4 +0.4 pp
2017 56 +0.4 pp
2016 55.6 +0.4 pp
2015 55.2 +0.4 pp
2014 54.7 +0.4 pp
2013 54.3 +0.4 pp
2012 53.9 +0.6 pp
2011 53.3 +1.4 pp
2010 51.9 +1.3 pp
2009 50.6 +1.2 pp
2008 49.4 +1.2 pp
2007 48.2 +1.1 pp
2006 47.1 +1.1 pp
2005 46 +1 pp
2004 45 +0.9 pp
2003 44 +0.9 pp
2002 43.2 +0.8 pp
2001 42.4 +0.7 pp
2000 41.6 +0.7 pp
1999 40.9 +0.7 pp
1998 40.2 +0.7 pp
1997 39.5 +0.6 pp
1996 38.9 +0.6 pp
1995 38.3 +0.6 pp
1994 37.7 +0.5 pp
1993 37.2 +0.5 pp
1992 36.7 +0.4 pp
1991 36.3 +0.4 pp
1990 35.9 +0.3 pp
1989 35.6 +0.3 pp
1988 35.3 +0.2 pp
1987 35 +0.2 pp
1986 34.8 +0.2 pp
1985 34.6 +0.2 pp
1984 34.4 +0.2 pp
1983 34.2 +0.2 pp
1982 34.1 +0.2 pp
1981 33.9 +0.2 pp
1980 33.7 +0.2 pp
1979 33.5 +0.2 pp
1978 33.3 +0.2 pp
1977 33.1 +0.2 pp
1976 32.9 +0.2 pp
1975 32.7 +0.2 pp
1974 32.4 +0.2 pp
1973 32.2 +0.2 pp
1972 32 +0.2 pp
1971 31.8 +0.2 pp
1970 31.6 +0.1 pp
1969 31.5 +0.1 pp
1968 31.4 +0.1 pp
1967 31.3 +0.1 pp
1966 31.3 +0 pp
1965 31.2 +0 pp
1964 31.2 +0.1 pp
1963 31.1 +0.1 pp
1962 31.1 +0.1 pp
1961 31 +0.1 pp
1960 30.8

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.