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Albania vs South Africa statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Albania has a population of 2.71M (ranked 141/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Albania's land area is 10,579 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 143rd vs. 24th).

By GDP, Albania ranks 112/197 ($27.2B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Albania ranks 86/197 ($10,012), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Main facts and rankings

Albania South Africa
Population
2694925
65314246
Population rank 141/197 24/197
GDP
$27.2B
2024
$400B
2024
GDP rank 112/197 41/197
GDP per capita
$10,012
2024
$6,253
2024
GDP per capita rank 86/197 112/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$23,488
2024
$15,457
2024
Government debt
$15.1B
2024
$306B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
54.3%
2025
79.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$5,572
2024
$4,775
2024
Government debt per person rank 76/185 83/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$8,376
2025
$13,449
2025
Land area
10,579 sq mi
2025
468,377 sq mi
2025
Population density
256.6 ppl/mi²
2024
136.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.35
2023
2.22
2023
Median age
37.8 years
2024
29.5 years
2024
Life expectancy
80 years
2025
66.5 years
2025

Albania and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Albania and South Africa economies compared

GDP
Albania

South Africa
Year GDP
Albania South Africa
1960 - $8,748,596,501
1961 - $9,225,996,310
1962 - $9,813,996,074
1963 - $10,854,195,658
1964 - $11,955,995,218
1965 - $13,068,994,772
1966 - $14,211,394,315
1967 - $15,821,393,671
1968 - $17,124,793,150
1969 - $19,256,992,297
1970 - $21,218,391,513
1971 - $23,411,076,638
1972 - $24,515,919,217
1973 - $33,262,772,008
1974 - $41,389,186,095
1975 - $42,906,905,672
1976 - $41,150,460,288
1977 - $45,328,411,332
1978 - $51,607,412,902
1979 - $63,038,658,089
1980 $1,578,102,105 $89,411,864,402
1981 $1,808,177,156 $93,141,472,164
1982 $1,861,163,170 $85,904,057,409
1983 $1,881,412,587 $96,204,110,942
1984 $1,857,337,995 $84,870,163,366
1985 $1,897,050,117 $64,459,376,087
1986 $2,097,326,250 $73,354,771,399
1987 $2,080,796,250 $96,535,763,418
1988 $2,051,236,250 $103,976,831,871
1989 $2,253,090,000 $108,055,624,082
1990 $2,028,553,750 $126,048,140,142
1991 $1,099,559,028 $135,203,698,238
1992 $652,174,991 $146,956,150,987
1993 $1,185,315,468 $147,194,747,566
1994 $1,880,950,864 $153,512,712,382
1995 $2,905,092,799 $171,735,933,897
1996 $3,234,486,232 $163,234,925,381
1997 $2,293,666,030 $168,978,057,328
1998 $2,600,356,999 $152,982,984,557
1999 $3,283,941,510 $151,516,957,079
2000 $3,584,570,165 $151,752,757,215
2001 $4,059,064,033 $135,429,905,923
2002 $4,515,003,117 $129,087,556,612
2003 $5,801,712,040 $197,018,965,309
2004 $7,406,645,793 $255,806,908,595
2005 $8,256,658,250 $288,867,217,197
2006 $9,150,528,132 $303,858,675,364
2007 $11,116,937,870 $333,077,117,254
2008 $13,258,506,375 $316,131,258,616
2009 $12,335,540,656 $329,754,060,647
2010 $12,086,545,641 $417,363,822,802
2011 $12,973,755,875 $458,199,494,831
2012 $12,246,499,748 $434,400,545,086
2013 $12,796,985,886 $400,886,013,596
2014 $13,296,322,588 $381,198,869,776
2015 $11,470,171,827 $346,709,790,459
2016 $11,988,668,785 $323,585,509,674
2017 $13,258,268,436 $381,448,814,653
2018 $15,379,508,330 $405,260,723,893
2019 $15,585,111,614 $389,330,032,224
2020 $15,241,455,556 $337,974,655,408
2021 $18,032,009,220 $420,886,877,629
2022 $19,017,244,117 $406,920,004,594
2023 $23,547,180,412 $380,699,271,816
2024 $27,177,735,528 $400,260,724,226

Albania and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita
Albania

South Africa
Year GDP per capita
Albania South Africa
1960 - $532
1961 - $546
1962 - $563
1963 - $605
1964 - $646
1965 - $685
1966 - $722
1967 - $779
1968 - $817
1969 - $891
1970 - $952
1971 - $1,020
1972 - $1,038
1973 - $1,369
1974 - $1,656
1975 - $1,670
1976 - $1,559
1977 - $1,671
1978 - $1,852
1979 - $2,202
1980 $591 $3,029
1981 $663 $3,050
1982 $668 $2,717
1983 $662 $2,938
1984 $639 $2,504
1985 $640 $1,839
1986 $694 $2,027
1987 $675 $2,586
1988 $653 $2,702
1989 $698 $2,727
1990 $617 $3,093
1991 $337 $3,243
1992 $200.9 $3,462
1993 $367 $3,400
1994 $586 $3,489
1995 $911 $3,856
1996 $1,021 $3,618
1997 $729 $3,700
1998 $831 $3,310
1999 $1,056 $3,242
2000 $1,160 $3,218
2001 $1,326 $2,847
2002 $1,480 $2,688
2003 $1,909 $4,062
2004 $2,447 $5,221
2005 $2,742 $5,837
2006 $3,058 $6,077
2007 $3,743 $6,592
2008 $4,499 $6,185
2009 $4,214 $6,375
2010 $4,149 $7,973
2011 $4,466 $8,646
2012 $4,222 $8,077
2013 $4,420 $7,332
2014 $4,602 $6,857
2015 $3,982 $6,112
2016 $4,168 $5,651
2017 $4,614 $6,618
2018 $5,365 $6,914
2019 $5,460 $6,534
2020 $5,371 $5,581
2021 $6,413 $6,843
2022 $6,846 $6,523
2023 $8,575 $6,023
2024 $10,012 $6,253

Albania vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Albania

South Africa
Year Life expectancy, years
Albania South Africa
1950 44.5 43.1
1951 45.3 44.1
1952 46.3 45
1953 47.4 46.1
1954 48.4 47.1
1955 49.6 48.2
1956 50.8 49.2
1957 52.3 50.2
1958 53.7 51.1
1959 55.1 51.9
1960 56.4 52.6
1961 57.5 53.1
1962 58.5 53.6
1963 59.5 53.9
1964 60.4 54.2
1965 61.3 54.4
1966 62.1 54.7
1967 63 55
1968 63.8 55.2
1969 64.5 55.4
1970 65.2 55.7
1971 65.9 56
1972 66.5 56.4
1973 67.1 56.7
1974 67.6 57.1
1975 68.1 57.6
1976 68.6 58
1977 69 58.5
1978 69.4 59
1979 69.6 59.5
1980 69.9 60
1981 70.1 60.4
1982 70.4 60.9
1983 70.7 61.4
1984 71 61.8
1985 71.3 62.2
1986 71.7 62.4
1987 72 62.7
1988 72.2 62.9
1989 72.5 63
1990 72.7 62.9
1991 73 63
1992 73.3 62.8
1993 73.6 62.6
1994 73.8 62.1
1995 74 61.6
1996 74.1 61.1
1997 73.4 60.5
1998 74.4 59.9
1999 74.6 59.2
2000 74.8 58.4
2001 75.1 57.2
2002 75.3 55.6
2003 75.6 54.2
2004 76 54
2005 76.4 53.9
2006 77 54.2
2007 77.7 54.9
2008 78.2 56
2009 78.5 57.4
2010 78.4 58.9
2011 78.3 60.6
2012 78.1 61.7
2013 78 62.4
2014 78 63.2
2015 78.4 64.1
2016 78.6 64.7
2017 78.9 65.4
2018 79.2 65.7
2019 79.5 66.1
2020 77.8 65.2
2021 76.8 62
2022 78.8 65.5
2023 79.6 66.1
2024 79.8 66.3
2025 80 66.5

Albania and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population
Albania

South Africa
Year Population
Albania South Africa
1960 1,608,800 16,440,172
1961 1,659,800 16,908,035
1962 1,711,319 17,418,522
1963 1,762,621 17,954,564
1964 1,814,135 18,511,361
1965 1,864,791 19,089,380
1966 1,914,573 19,690,087
1967 1,965,598 20,314,066
1968 2,022,272 20,957,287
1969 2,081,695 21,614,676
1970 2,135,479 22,279,984
1971 2,187,853 22,942,143
1972 2,243,126 23,609,456
1973 2,296,752 24,294,263
1974 2,350,124 24,989,108
1975 2,404,831 25,690,940
1976 2,458,526 26,395,450
1977 2,513,546 27,118,952
1978 2,566,266 27,869,507
1979 2,617,832 28,634,162
1980 2,671,997 29,518,857
1981 2,726,056 30,541,044
1982 2,784,278 31,615,339
1983 2,843,960 32,739,304
1984 2,904,429 33,892,788
1985 2,964,762 35,042,093
1986 3,022,635 36,180,515
1987 3,083,605 37,326,190
1988 3,142,336 38,480,649
1989 3,227,943 39,628,575
1990 3,286,542 40,746,268
1991 3,266,790 41,687,898
1992 3,247,039 42,443,509
1993 3,227,287 43,297,156
1994 3,207,536 44,004,139
1995 3,187,784 44,541,554
1996 3,168,033 45,123,018
1997 3,148,281 45,666,838
1998 3,128,530 46,223,880
1999 3,108,778 46,730,335
2000 3,089,027 47,159,719
2001 3,060,173 47,566,800
2002 3,051,010 48,019,415
2003 3,039,616 48,500,348
2004 3,026,939 48,991,421
2005 3,011,487 49,490,033
2006 2,992,547 49,998,277
2007 2,970,017 50,528,584
2008 2,947,314 51,114,599
2009 2,927,519 51,728,516
2010 2,913,021 52,344,051
2011 2,905,195 52,995,205
2012 2,900,401 53,782,567
2013 2,895,092 54,678,791
2014 2,889,104 55,594,838
2015 2,880,703 56,723,537
2016 2,876,101 57,259,551
2017 2,873,457 57,635,162
2018 2,866,376 58,613,001
2019 2,854,191 59,587,885
2020 2,837,849 60,562,381
2021 2,811,666 61,502,603
2022 2,777,689 62,378,410
2023 2,745,972 63,212,384
2024 2,714,617 64,007,187

Fertility rates in Albania and South Africa

Fertility rate
Albania

South Africa
Year Fertility rate
Albania South Africa
1960 6.38 6.11
1961 6.27 6.08
1962 6.11 6.05
1963 5.93 6.01
1964 5.71 5.96
1965 5.47 5.89
1966 5.33 5.91
1967 5.31 5.85
1968 5.32 5.78
1969 5.29 5.72
1970 5.16 5.63
1971 5.08 5.57
1972 4.98 5.49
1973 4.83 5.41
1974 4.7 5.3
1975 4.57 5.19
1976 4.37 5.07
1977 4.2 4.94
1978 4 4.85
1979 3.78 4.82
1980 3.59 4.78
1981 3.47 4.71
1982 3.42 4.7
1983 3.32 4.63
1984 3.28 4.57
1985 3.21 4.5
1986 3.14 4.41
1987 3.11 4.35
1988 3.07 4.18
1989 3.03 3.98
1990 3.01 3.72
1991 2.96 3.62
1992 2.89 3.48
1993 2.81 3.37
1994 2.8 3.26
1995 2.76 3.17
1996 2.67 2.99
1997 2.54 2.73
1998 2.42 2.63
1999 2.31 2.56
2000 2.22 2.41
2001 2.14 2.37
2002 2 2.32
2003 2.01 2.36
2004 1.89 2.44
2005 1.79 2.51
2006 1.69 2.55
2007 1.63 2.55
2008 1.62 2.68
2009 1.64 2.5
2010 1.65 2.44
2011 1.68 2.44
2012 1.72 2.45
2013 1.74 2.43
2014 1.72 2.42
2015 1.63 2.36
2016 1.56 2.26
2017 1.49 2.28
2018 1.42 2.27
2019 1.4 2.26
2020 1.37 2.26
2021 1.37 2.25
2022 1.36 2.23
2023 1.35 2.22

Albania and South Africa demographics compared

Median age
Albania

South Africa
Year Median age, years
Albania South Africa
1960 19.8 19
1961 19.7 19
1962 19.5 18.9
1963 19.4 18.9
1964 19.3 18.9
1965 19.2 18.8
1966 19.1 18.8
1967 19 18.8
1968 19 18.8
1969 19 18.8
1970 19 18.8
1971 19.1 18.8
1972 19.3 18.8
1973 19.4 18.8
1974 19.6 18.9
1975 19.8 18.9
1976 20 19
1977 20.3 19.1
1978 20.6 19.2
1979 20.9 19.3
1980 21.2 19.4
1981 21.5 19.6
1982 21.8 19.8
1983 22 20
1984 22.3 20.2
1985 22.6 20.4
1986 22.8 20.5
1987 23.1 20.7
1988 23.4 20.9
1989 23.7 21.1
1990 24 21.3
1991 24.3 21.5
1992 24.7 21.5
1993 25.1 21.9
1994 25.5 22
1995 25.8 21.5
1996 26.2 21.2
1997 26.5 21.2
1998 26.8 21.4
1999 27 21.6
2000 27.2 21.9
2001 27.5 22.2
2002 28 22.4
2003 28.5 22.8
2004 29.1 23.1
2005 29.6 23.3
2006 30.2 23.5
2007 30.8 23.8
2008 31.4 24
2009 32 24.3
2010 32.6 24.6
2011 33.1 25
2012 33.4 25.3
2013 33.7 25.7
2014 34 26
2015 34.3 26.4
2016 34.6 26.7
2017 34.9 27
2018 35.3 27.5
2019 35.8 27.9
2020 36.2 28.3
2021 36.7 28.6
2022 37.1 28.9
2023 37.4 29.2
2024 37.8 29.5

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Albania South Africa
GNI, Atlas method
$23.6B
2024
$390B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
34%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.09%
2023
6.02%
2024
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.74%
2023
0.73%
2023
Armed forces personnel
8,000
2020
89,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.54%
2025
-6.55%
2025
Unemployment rate
10.7%
2023
32.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
48.9%
2024
62.7%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.4%
2024
24.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.6
2025
57.3
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.8%
2020
50.5%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
3.4%
2020
0.9%
2014
Number of millionaires n/a
90,595
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
0.22%
2024
Number of billionaires
1
2025
7
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00005%
2025
0.00002%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
220
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$986B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$6.52B
2024
$65.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$2.27B
2024
$855M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,658,000
2020
3,886,600
2020
International tourism as share of exports
35.9%
2020
2.89%
2020
Banked people share
46.1%
2024
81.1%
2024

Energy

Albania South Africa
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
781 kg
2023
1,939 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$27.2
2023
$7.84
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.59 megatons
2023
397 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.67 tons
2023
6.29 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
55.1%
2022
93.3%
2022
Renewable energy use share
41.9%
2021
9.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
36.8%
2023
3.58%
2023
Net energy imports use share
22.7%
2023
-12.5%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
2,540 kWh
2023
3,247 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
98.6%
2011
6.45%
2021
Hydroelectric share
96.7%
2023
2.91%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
3.73%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
87.7%
2023

Society

Albania South Africa
% of world population
0.03%
2024
0.79%
2024
Annual migration change
-24,472
2024
+166,972
2024
Urban population
65.4%
2024
69.3%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.71 ft
2025
5.56 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.2 ft
2025
Quality of life index
63.3
2025
40.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
42
2024
41
2024
Higher education index
39
2025
81
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.39
2023
45.5
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
11.7
2019
22.2
2019
Visa free countries
122
2025
111
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.7%
2023
91.2%
2024
English speaking
16%
2025
31%
2023
People using the Internet
83.1%
2023
75.7%
2023

Health

Albania South Africa
Government health expenditure per capita
$414
2022
$570
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$212.4
2022
$38.2
2022
Life expectancy
80 years
2025
66.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
3.45%
2022
1.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
1.88
2020
0.81
2021
Age at first childbirth
26.6 years
2021
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
7
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
9.4
2023
34.7
2023
Obesity rate
24.3%
2022
31.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.6%
2024
7.2%
2024
Air quality index
54
2025
40
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
21.9%
2022
20.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
4.47 liters
2020
7.13 liters
2020

Territory

Albania South Africa
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.81%
2025
Land area per capita
3,897 sq mi
2024
7,318 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
4,033 sq mi
2025
371,975 sq mi
2025
Forest area
3,046 sq mi
2025
65,409 sq mi
2025
Roads length
2,451 mi
2018
466,028 mi
2016

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