The Albanian population of Italy, only the Albanians with Albanian nationality, has noted a steady increase in the recent years especially during the fall of communism in the 1990s and the beginnings of the 21st century. It has doubled between 2003 and 2009 from 216,582 to 441,396 constituting a total increase of 103,8%. During the period between from 2014 to 2018, the population decreased by approximately 11% from 482,627 to 440 465.