Population in Albania compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Albania and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Albania	South Africa	Albania	South Africa
1960	1,608,800	16,440,172	-	-
1961	1,659,800	16,908,035	3.17%	2.85%
1962	1,711,319	17,418,522	3.1%	3.02%
1963	1,762,621	17,954,564	3%	3.08%
1964	1,814,135	18,511,361	2.92%	3.1%
1965	1,864,791	19,089,380	2.79%	3.12%
1966	1,914,573	19,690,087	2.67%	3.15%
1967	1,965,598	20,314,066	2.67%	3.17%
1968	2,022,272	20,957,287	2.88%	3.17%
1969	2,081,695	21,614,676	2.94%	3.14%
1970	2,135,479	22,279,984	2.58%	3.08%
1971	2,187,853	22,942,143	2.45%	2.97%
1972	2,243,126	23,609,456	2.53%	2.91%
1973	2,296,752	24,294,263	2.39%	2.9%
1974	2,350,124	24,989,108	2.32%	2.86%
1975	2,404,831	25,690,940	2.33%	2.81%
1976	2,458,526	26,395,450	2.23%	2.74%
1977	2,513,546	27,118,952	2.24%	2.74%
1978	2,566,266	27,869,507	2.1%	2.77%
1979	2,617,832	28,634,162	2.01%	2.74%
1980	2,671,997	29,518,857	2.07%	3.09%
1981	2,726,056	30,541,044	2.02%	3.46%
1982	2,784,278	31,615,339	2.14%	3.52%
1983	2,843,960	32,739,304	2.14%	3.56%
1984	2,904,429	33,892,788	2.13%	3.52%
1985	2,964,762	35,042,093	2.08%	3.39%
1986	3,022,635	36,180,515	1.95%	3.25%
1987	3,083,605	37,326,190	2.02%	3.17%
1988	3,142,336	38,480,649	1.9%	3.09%
1989	3,227,943	39,628,575	2.72%	2.98%
1990	3,286,542	40,746,268	1.82%	2.82%
1991	3,266,790	41,687,898	-0.6%	2.31%
1992	3,247,039	42,443,509	-0.6%	1.81%
1993	3,227,287	43,297,156	-0.61%	2.01%
1994	3,207,536	44,004,139	-0.61%	1.63%
1995	3,187,784	44,541,554	-0.62%	1.22%
1996	3,168,033	45,123,018	-0.62%	1.31%
1997	3,148,281	45,666,838	-0.62%	1.21%
1998	3,128,530	46,223,880	-0.63%	1.22%
1999	3,108,778	46,730,335	-0.63%	1.1%
2000	3,089,027	47,159,719	-0.64%	0.92%
2001	3,060,173	47,566,800	-0.93%	0.86%
2002	3,051,010	48,019,415	-0.3%	0.95%
2003	3,039,616	48,500,348	-0.37%	1%
2004	3,026,939	48,991,421	-0.42%	1.01%
2005	3,011,487	49,490,033	-0.51%	1.02%
2006	2,992,547	49,998,277	-0.63%	1.03%
2007	2,970,017	50,528,584	-0.75%	1.06%
2008	2,947,314	51,114,599	-0.76%	1.16%
2009	2,927,519	51,728,516	-0.67%	1.2%
2010	2,913,021	52,344,051	-0.5%	1.19%
2011	2,905,195	52,995,205	-0.27%	1.24%
2012	2,900,401	53,782,567	-0.17%	1.49%
2013	2,895,092	54,678,791	-0.18%	1.67%
2014	2,889,104	55,594,838	-0.21%	1.68%
2015	2,880,703	56,723,537	-0.29%	2.03%
2016	2,876,101	57,259,551	-0.16%	0.94%
2017	2,873,457	57,635,162	-0.09%	0.66%
2018	2,866,376	58,613,001	-0.25%	1.7%
2019	2,854,191	59,587,885	-0.43%	1.66%
2020	2,837,849	60,562,381	-0.57%	1.64%
2021	2,811,666	61,502,603	-0.92%	1.55%
2022	2,777,689	62,378,410	-1.21%	1.42%
2023	2,745,972	63,212,384	-1.14%	1.34%
2024	2,714,617	64,007,187	-1.14%	1.26%
2025	2,694,925	64,747,317	-0.73%	1.16%
2026	2,675,010	65,453,086	-0.74%	1.09%
2027	2,655,754	66,143,018	-0.72%	1.05%
2028	2,636,738	66,830,384	-0.72%	1.04%
2029	2,617,526	67,506,850	-0.73%	1.01%
2030	2,598,055	68,161,357	-0.74%	0.97%
2031	2,578,605	68,798,574	-0.75%	0.93%
2032	2,559,433	69,426,441	-0.74%	0.91%
2033	2,539,878	70,040,484	-0.76%	0.88%
2034	2,519,713	70,641,572	-0.79%	0.86%
2035	2,499,557	71,234,749	-0.8%	0.84%
2036	2,479,237	71,816,372	-0.81%	0.82%
2037	2,458,376	72,387,807	-0.84%	0.8%
2038	2,437,333	72,949,611	-0.86%	0.78%
2039	2,415,720	73,496,152	-0.89%	0.75%
2040	2,393,840	74,035,615	-0.91%	0.73%
2041	2,372,118	74,575,444	-0.91%	0.73%
2042	2,350,472	75,111,899	-0.91%	0.72%
2043	2,328,984	75,641,512	-0.91%	0.71%
2044	2,307,685	76,164,461	-0.91%	0.69%
2045	2,286,312	76,681,448	-0.93%	0.68%
2046	2,264,596	77,199,542	-0.95%	0.68%
2047	2,243,130	77,716,650	-0.95%	0.67%
2048	2,221,710	78,215,323	-0.95%	0.64%
2049	2,200,033	78,699,584	-0.98%	0.62%
2050	2,178,271	79,177,329	-0.99%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Albania decreased by 130,784 people (a 4.34% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Albania lost -185,778 (a 6.45% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Albania was ranked 132nd most populous country in 2005 and is 141st in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.