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	2,860,708	26,734,268	-1.53%	2.45%
2013	2,816,902	27,386,193	-1.53%	2.44%
2014	2,773,767	28,041,592	-1.53%	2.39%
2015	2,731,293	28,696,068	-1.53%	2.33%
2016	2,689,469	29,356,742	-1.53%	2.3%
2017	2,648,285	30,008,354	-1.53%	2.22%
2018	2,607,733	30,637,585	-1.53%	2.1%
2019	2,567,801	31,258,945	-1.53%	2.03%
2020	2,528,480	31,887,809	-1.53%	2.01%
2021	2,489,762	32,518,665	-1.53%	1.98%
2022	2,451,636	33,149,152	-1.53%	1.94%
2023	2,414,095	33,787,914	-1.53%	1.93%
2024	2,377,128	34,427,414	-1.53%	1.89%
2025	2,359,884	35,064,273	-0.73%	1.85%
2026	2,342,445	35,697,555	-0.74%	1.81%
2027	2,325,583	36,328,265	-0.72%	1.77%
2028	2,308,931	36,959,310	-0.72%	1.74%
2029	2,292,108	37,589,709	-0.73%	1.71%
2030	2,275,057	38,222,075	-0.74%	1.68%
2031	2,258,025	38,856,804	-0.75%	1.66%
2032	2,241,237	39,492,788	-0.74%	1.64%
2033	2,224,113	40,132,720	-0.76%	1.62%
2034	2,206,455	40,774,152	-0.79%	1.6%
2035	2,188,805	41,412,555	-0.8%	1.57%
2036	2,171,011	42,047,450	-0.81%	1.53%
2037	2,152,744	42,682,177	-0.84%	1.51%
2038	2,134,317	43,314,971	-0.86%	1.48%
2039	2,115,391	43,942,852	-0.89%	1.45%
2040	2,096,231	44,568,346	-0.91%	1.42%
2041	2,077,210	45,190,628	-0.91%	1.4%
2042	2,058,255	45,808,597	-0.91%	1.37%
2043	2,039,438	46,421,960	-0.91%	1.34%
2044	2,020,787	47,030,351	-0.91%	1.31%
2045	2,002,071	47,634,271	-0.93%	1.28%
2046	1,983,055	48,231,602	-0.95%	1.25%
2047	1,964,257	48,823,456	-0.95%	1.23%
2048	1,945,501	49,408,506	-0.95%	1.2%
2049	1,926,519	49,984,435	-0.98%	1.17%
2050	1,907,462	50,553,041	-0.99%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Albania decreased by 303,078 people (a 10.1% decline), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Albania lost -347,024 (a 12.9% decline), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Albania was ranked 133rd most populous country in 2006 and is 145th in 2026. Ghana was ranked 48th in 2006 and ranked 47th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Albania's population will shrink by 18.6% to 1,907,462 people with a rank change from 145th to 148th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.