
Journalist Neritan Sejamini, in an analysis of the figures, revealed how Albania's population is shrinking at a frightening pace.
The numbers show that in less than two years since the launch of the 2023 Census, our country lost 39,000 residents, marking one of the highest population declines in the world.
"On January 1, 2025, about 2 million 366 thousand citizens lived in Albania. More than a year ago, in October 2023, when the population census was conducted, Albania had 2 million 402 thousand inhabitants. Which means that in 14 months, from October 2023 to January 2025, the country's population decreased by about 39 thousand inhabitants. In other words, in 14 months, the population decreased by about 1.6%. This is one of the highest annual population declines in the world. Moreover, this decline continues the trend of the country's population decline that began in 1991."
During the first population census in 1923, the Albanian family consisted of an average of approximately 5.7 inhabitants, but this number dropped drastically after the collapse of the communist regime.
The figures presented show that in 2023 the average Albanian family had only 3.2 members and about 29% of all families in the country had only two members, mainly a couple without children./a2