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Albania: cities by population

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Albania has a population of 2,751,025 (UN estimate, 2026), with Tirana as its capital. The 50 largest of its 193 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

-13%
since 2000 (3,166,148)
-19%
projected by 2050 (2,240,166)
100
people per km²
19501975200020252050 1.2M 2.2M
UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.
Full UN series, 1950 to 2050
YearPopulation
19501,247,851
19752,454,859
20003,166,148
20053,076,159
20102,928,722
20152,898,632
20202,871,954
20252,771,508
20262,751,025
2030 projected2,671,885
2050 projected2,240,166

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Albania

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1TiranaTirana418,495
2DurrësDurrës County195,920
3VlorëVlorë County115,261
4ElbasanElbasan County100,903
5ShkodërShkodër County95,553
6LushnjëFier County63,135
7BeratBerat County62,232
8KorçëKorçë County58,259
9FierFier County56,297
10KrujëDurrës County51,191
11PogradecKorçë County46,070
12KukësKukës County36,125
13KuçovëBerat County31,077
14KavajëTirana30,012
15BulqizëDibër County26,826
16GjirokastërGjirokastër County23,437
17LibrazhdElbasan County23,312
18Patos FshatFier County22,679
19SarandëVlorë County22,613
20RrashbullDurrës County20,099
21LezhëLezhë County18,695
22Fushë-KrujëDurrës County17,877
23PeqinElbasan County16,580
24PatosFier County16,000
25PeshkopiDibër County14,710
26CërrikElbasan County14,269
27ShijakDurrës County14,138
28SukthDurrës County13,395
29LaçLezhë County12,854
30Librazhd-QendërElbasan County12,691
31XhafzotajDurrës County12,381
32TepelenëGjirokastër County11,955
33GramshElbasan County11,556
34KamëzTirana11,026
35ThumanëDurrës County10,719
36KutalliBerat County9,643
37NikëlDurrës County9,518
38Zall-HerrTirana9,389
39OtllakBerat County9,218
40PerondiBerat County9,005
41ShushicëElbasan County8,731
42VelabishtBerat County8,453
43RajcëElbasan County8,421
44MamurrasLezhë County8,282
45NovoselëVlorë County8,209
46PërmetGjirokastër County7,980
47BurrelDibër County7,928
48ErsekëKorçë County7,890
49KlosDibër County7,873
50PoshnjëBerat County7,375

Twenty years earlier: Albania in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 3,087,159.

Common questions

What is the population of Albania?
Albania has a population of 2,751,025, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 2,240,166 — a forecast, not a measurement.
What is the capital of Albania?
Tirana.

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Tirana
The largest place we record in Albania: 418,495 people
Albania in 2005
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