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Population in Albania compared to Burkina Faso: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Albania was 2,714,617 in 2024 vs 23,548,781 people in Burkina Faso in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Albania's population is 2,694,925 people compared to 24,497,999 in Burkina Faso.

Population statistics:

  • Burkina Faso's population is 9.09 times bigger than Albania's.
  • Albania is ranked the 141st most populous country in the world, while Burkina Faso is the 59th.
  • The countries together account for 0.33% of the world: 0.03% for Albania vs 0.3% for Burkina Faso.
  • For the last 10 years, Albania has had an average growth rate of -0.58% per year vs +2.63% in Burkina Faso.
  • Since 2005, the population of Albania has decreased from 3.01M people to 2.69M (10.5% decline), while Burkina Faso has grown from 13.9M to 24.5M (75.8% growth).
  • Burkina Faso is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 49.9M people, while Albania's population already peaked in 1990 at 3.29M people and is projected to decrease to 1.15M people by 2100.

Albania vs Burkina Faso: live population counter

Albania Burkina Faso
Current population
2694925
24497999
Population rank 141/197 59/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.3%
One net population change
16.8 minutes
1 minute
One birth every
18.7 minutes
43.3 seconds
One death every
23 minutes
2.87 minutes
One migration net change every
21.5 minutes
20.4 minutes
Annual migration change -24,472 -25,807
Daily growth/decline -86 +1,433
Annual growth/decline -31,355 +523,005
Annual growth/decline rate -1.14% +2.27%
Population growth rate rank 193/197 41/197

Albania and Burkina Faso: population history and growth rate by year chart

Albania
Population

Growth rate
Burkina Faso
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Albania Burkina Faso Albania Burkina Faso
1960 1,608,800 4,778,621 - -
1961 1,659,800 4,848,224 3.17% 1.46%
1962 1,711,319 4,919,672 3.1% 1.47%
1963 1,762,621 4,993,623 3% 1.5%
1964 1,814,135 5,071,034 2.92% 1.55%
1965 1,864,791 5,152,833 2.79% 1.61%
1966 1,914,573 5,237,933 2.67% 1.65%
1967 1,965,598 5,326,348 2.67% 1.69%
1968 2,022,272 5,418,644 2.88% 1.73%
1969 2,081,695 5,513,177 2.94% 1.74%
1970 2,135,479 5,610,304 2.58% 1.76%
1971 2,187,853 5,707,999 2.45% 1.74%
1972 2,243,126 5,807,234 2.53% 1.74%
1973 2,296,752 5,911,927 2.39% 1.8%
1974 2,350,124 6,024,904 2.32% 1.91%
1975 2,404,831 6,147,569 2.33% 2.04%
1976 2,458,526 6,280,635 2.23% 2.16%
1977 2,513,546 6,428,734 2.24% 2.36%
1978 2,566,266 6,590,984 2.1% 2.52%
1979 2,617,832 6,763,903 2.01% 2.62%
1980 2,671,997 6,947,900 2.07% 2.72%
1981 2,726,056 7,140,271 2.02% 2.77%
1982 2,784,278 7,340,197 2.14% 2.8%
1983 2,843,960 7,551,129 2.14% 2.87%
1984 2,904,429 7,772,256 2.13% 2.93%
1985 2,964,762 7,999,935 2.08% 2.93%
1986 3,022,635 8,228,847 1.95% 2.86%
1987 3,083,605 8,457,109 2.02% 2.77%
1988 3,142,336 8,687,435 1.9% 2.72%
1989 3,227,943 8,921,175 2.72% 2.69%
1990 3,286,542 9,159,356 1.82% 2.67%
1991 3,266,790 9,394,632 -0.6% 2.57%
1992 3,247,039 9,629,275 -0.6% 2.5%
1993 3,227,287 9,871,713 -0.61% 2.52%
1994 3,207,536 10,123,798 -0.61% 2.55%
1995 3,187,784 10,386,722 -0.62% 2.6%
1996 3,168,033 10,655,942 -0.62% 2.59%
1997 3,148,281 10,934,223 -0.62% 2.61%
1998 3,128,530 11,240,664 -0.63% 2.8%
1999 3,108,778 11,574,928 -0.63% 2.97%
2000 3,089,027 11,925,546 -0.64% 3.03%
2001 3,060,173 12,295,001 -0.93% 3.1%
2002 3,051,010 12,680,897 -0.3% 3.14%
2003 3,039,616 13,082,532 -0.37% 3.17%
2004 3,026,939 13,500,533 -0.42% 3.2%
2005 3,011,487 13,932,123 -0.51% 3.2%
2006 2,992,547 14,373,707 -0.63% 3.17%
2007 2,970,017 14,816,307 -0.75% 3.08%
2008 2,947,314 15,258,093 -0.76% 2.98%
2009 2,927,519 15,710,066 -0.67% 2.96%
2010 2,913,021 16,176,498 -0.5% 2.97%
2011 2,905,195 16,661,908 -0.27% 3%
2012 2,900,401 17,172,287 -0.17% 3.06%
2013 2,895,092 17,695,409 -0.18% 3.05%
2014 2,889,104 18,229,461 -0.21% 3.02%
2015 2,880,703 18,777,487 -0.29% 3.01%
2016 2,876,101 19,334,856 -0.16% 2.97%
2017 2,873,457 19,894,407 -0.09% 2.89%
2018 2,866,376 20,438,288 -0.25% 2.73%
2019 2,854,191 20,961,952 -0.43% 2.56%
2020 2,837,849 21,478,690 -0.57% 2.47%
2021 2,811,666 21,995,243 -0.92% 2.4%
2022 2,777,689 22,509,038 -1.21% 2.34%
2023 2,745,972 23,025,776 -1.14% 2.3%
2024 2,714,617 23,548,781 -1.14% 2.27%
2025 2,694,925 24,074,578 -0.73% 2.23%
2026 2,675,010 24,601,695 -0.74% 2.19%
2027 2,655,754 25,130,909 -0.72% 2.15%
2028 2,636,738 25,661,935 -0.72% 2.11%
2029 2,617,526 26,194,607 -0.73% 2.08%
2030 2,598,055 26,730,315 -0.74% 2.05%
2031 2,578,605 27,270,863 -0.75% 2.02%
2032 2,559,433 27,815,172 -0.74% 2%
2033 2,539,878 28,363,848 -0.76% 1.97%
2034 2,519,713 28,916,943 -0.79% 1.95%
2035 2,499,557 29,469,748 -0.8% 1.91%
2036 2,479,237 30,019,874 -0.81% 1.87%
2037 2,458,376 30,567,561 -0.84% 1.82%
2038 2,437,333 31,112,525 -0.86% 1.78%
2039 2,415,720 31,654,867 -0.89% 1.74%
2040 2,393,840 32,193,641 -0.91% 1.7%
2041 2,372,118 32,728,834 -0.91% 1.66%
2042 2,350,472 33,260,944 -0.91% 1.63%
2043 2,328,984 33,788,597 -0.91% 1.59%
2044 2,307,685 34,311,733 -0.91% 1.55%
2045 2,286,312 34,829,690 -0.93% 1.51%
2046 2,264,596 35,339,501 -0.95% 1.46%
2047 2,243,130 35,842,178 -0.95% 1.42%
2048 2,221,710 36,336,700 -0.95% 1.38%
2049 2,200,033 36,823,426 -0.98% 1.34%
2050 2,178,271 37,304,383 -0.99% 1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Burkina Faso gained 4,845,364 people (a 34.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Burkina Faso's population increased by 5,720,512 (a 30.5% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Burkina Faso was ranked 63rd in 2005 and ranked 59th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Albania's population will shrink by 19.2% to 2,178,271 people with a rank change from 141st to 146th. The population of Burkina Faso will increase by 52.3% to 37,304,383 people and rank change from 59th to 56th.

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