MigrantoMigration trends in Albania
Europe
Albania loses more people than it takes in: 1.2M emigrants against 41.2K immigrants. Net balance −1.2M — 49% of the country's population
2.4M
Population
41.2K
Immigrants
1.2M
Emigrants
−1.2M
Outflow
1 in 58 residents of Albania was born abroad — and 1 in 3 people born in Albania lives abroad
#63 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Albania
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
58.7K immigrants · 178.7K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora grew by 120%
- Surge of departures to Greece — 166.3K people left
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 330.6K
2000
- The diaspora passed 500K people
2020
- Italy replaced Greece as the main destination for those leaving
- The diaspora passed 1M people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 1M more emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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