Migration trends in Albania
Europe
1.2M people from Albania have built lives abroad. That's 51.2% of the country population, spread across 41 different countries
2.4M
Population
41.2K
Immigrants
1.2M
Emigrants
−1.2M
Outflow
Every 3rd person born in Albania now lives abroad
The #63 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Albania
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
58.7K immigrants · 178.7K emigrants
1995
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 120%
- Surge of departures to Greece — 166.3K people left
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 330.6K
2000
- The diaspora abroad passed 500K people
2020
- Italy replaced Greece as the main destination for those leaving
- The diaspora abroad passed 1M people
Today
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and 1M more citizens living abroad