Population in Albania compared to Ghana: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and Ghana: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	Ghana	Albania	Ghana
1960	1,608,800	6,961,215	-	-
1961	1,659,800	7,162,667	3.17%	2.89%
1962	1,711,319	7,337,375	3.1%	2.44%
1963	1,762,621	7,514,714	3%	2.42%
1964	1,814,135	7,695,739	2.92%	2.41%
1965	1,864,791	7,882,606	2.79%	2.43%
1966	1,914,573	8,074,521	2.67%	2.43%
1967	1,965,598	8,271,913	2.67%	2.44%
1968	2,022,272	8,475,729	2.88%	2.46%
1969	2,081,695	8,690,383	2.94%	2.53%
1970	2,135,479	8,925,813	2.58%	2.71%
1971	2,187,853	9,176,264	2.45%	2.81%
1972	2,243,126	9,438,187	2.53%	2.85%
1973	2,296,752	9,714,617	2.39%	2.93%
1974	2,350,124	10,000,523	2.32%	2.94%
1975	2,404,831	10,294,308	2.33%	2.94%
1976	2,458,526	10,594,913	2.23%	2.92%
1977	2,513,546	10,911,871	2.24%	2.99%
1978	2,566,266	11,248,450	2.1%	3.08%
1979	2,617,832	11,597,255	2.01%	3.1%
1980	2,671,997	11,941,448	2.07%	2.97%
1981	2,726,056	12,281,712	2.02%	2.85%
1982	2,784,278	12,643,819	2.14%	2.95%
1983	2,843,960	13,029,836	2.14%	3.05%
1984	2,904,429	13,370,590	2.13%	2.62%
1985	2,964,762	13,661,229	2.08%	2.17%
1986	3,022,635	13,965,217	1.95%	2.23%
1987	3,083,605	14,289,108	2.02%	2.32%
1988	3,142,336	14,636,568	1.9%	2.43%
1989	3,227,943	15,006,813	2.72%	2.53%
1990	3,286,542	15,394,648	1.82%	2.58%
1991	3,266,790	15,787,496	-0.6%	2.55%
1992	3,247,039	16,184,855	-0.6%	2.52%
1993	3,227,287	16,589,519	-0.61%	2.5%
1994	3,207,536	16,993,190	-0.61%	2.43%
1995	3,187,784	17,399,017	-0.62%	2.39%
1996	3,168,033	17,810,181	-0.62%	2.36%
1997	3,148,281	18,238,958	-0.62%	2.41%
1998	3,128,530	18,688,036	-0.63%	2.46%
1999	3,108,778	19,149,864	-0.63%	2.47%
2000	3,089,027	19,637,087	-0.64%	2.54%
2001	3,060,173	20,167,069	-0.93%	2.7%
2002	3,051,010	20,729,388	-0.3%	2.79%
2003	3,039,616	21,296,705	-0.37%	2.74%
2004	3,026,939	21,868,298	-0.42%	2.68%
2005	3,011,487	22,449,438	-0.51%	2.66%
2006	2,992,547	23,040,702	-0.63%	2.63%
2007	2,970,017	23,642,279	-0.75%	2.61%
2008	2,947,314	24,249,946	-0.76%	2.57%
2009	2,927,519	24,862,664	-0.67%	2.53%
2010	2,913,021	25,474,995	-0.5%	2.46%
2011	2,905,195	26,095,088	-0.27%	2.43%
2012	2,900,401	26,734,268	-0.17%	2.45%
2013	2,895,092	27,386,193	-0.18%	2.44%
2014	2,889,104	28,041,592	-0.21%	2.39%
2015	2,880,703	28,696,068	-0.29%	2.33%
2016	2,876,101	29,356,742	-0.16%	2.3%
2017	2,873,457	30,008,354	-0.09%	2.22%
2018	2,866,376	30,637,585	-0.25%	2.1%
2019	2,854,191	31,258,945	-0.43%	2.03%
2020	2,837,849	31,887,809	-0.57%	2.01%
2021	2,811,666	32,518,665	-0.92%	1.98%
2022	2,777,689	33,149,152	-1.21%	1.94%
2023	2,745,972	33,787,914	-1.14%	1.93%
2024	2,714,617	34,427,414	-1.14%	1.89%
2025	2,694,925	35,064,273	-0.73%	1.85%
2026	2,675,010	35,697,555	-0.74%	1.81%
2027	2,655,754	36,328,265	-0.72%	1.77%
2028	2,636,738	36,959,310	-0.72%	1.74%
2029	2,617,526	37,589,709	-0.73%	1.71%
2030	2,598,055	38,222,075	-0.74%	1.68%
2031	2,578,605	38,856,804	-0.75%	1.66%
2032	2,559,433	39,492,788	-0.74%	1.64%
2033	2,539,878	40,132,720	-0.76%	1.62%
2034	2,519,713	40,774,152	-0.79%	1.6%
2035	2,499,557	41,412,555	-0.8%	1.57%
2036	2,479,237	42,047,450	-0.81%	1.53%
2037	2,458,376	42,682,177	-0.84%	1.51%
2038	2,437,333	43,314,971	-0.86%	1.48%
2039	2,415,720	43,942,852	-0.89%	1.45%
2040	2,393,840	44,568,346	-0.91%	1.42%
2041	2,372,118	45,190,628	-0.91%	1.4%
2042	2,350,472	45,808,597	-0.91%	1.37%
2043	2,328,984	46,421,960	-0.91%	1.34%
2044	2,307,685	47,030,351	-0.91%	1.31%
2045	2,286,312	47,634,271	-0.93%	1.28%
2046	2,264,596	48,231,602	-0.95%	1.25%
2047	2,243,130	48,823,456	-0.95%	1.23%
2048	2,221,710	49,408,506	-0.95%	1.2%
2049	2,200,033	49,984,435	-0.98%	1.17%
2050	2,178,271	50,553,041	-0.99%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. Ghana was ranked 49th in 2005 and ranked 47th 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 Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.