What is the difference in population between Albania and Gabon?

326,870 people, with Albania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Gabon?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Albania vs Gabon: Population

Albania

2.81 million people

in 2023

Gabon

2.48 million people

in 2023

Albania rank

143rd

Gabon rank

145th

Population over time

Albania
Gabon

How they compare

Albania currently reports 2.81 million people against 2.48 million people in Gabon, a difference of 326,870 people.

That makes Albania's figure about 1.1 times Gabon's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Albania has been ahead every year.

Albania ranks 143rd and Gabon ranks 145th of 238 countries.

Albania has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Albania	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
1000s	200,000 people	75,962 people	124,038 people	Albania
1100s	200,000 people	86,814 people	113,186 people	Albania
1200s	200,000 people	99,216 people	100,784 people	Albania
1300s	200,000 people	113,390 people	86,610 people	Albania
1400s	200,000 people	129,589 people	70,411 people	Albania
1500s	200,000 people	148,102 people	51,898 people	Albania
1600s	200,000 people	169,259 people	30,741 people	Albania
1700s	300,000 people	193,439 people	106,561 people	Albania
1710s	311,416 people	197,387 people	114,029 people	Albania
1720s	322,833 people	199,213 people	123,620 people	Albania
1730s	334,250 people	201,137 people	133,113 people	Albania
1740s	345,666 people	203,168 people	142,498 people	Albania
1750s	357,083 people	205,319 people	151,764 people	Albania
1760s	368,500 people	207,603 people	160,897 people	Albania
1770s	379,916 people	210,035 people	169,881 people	Albania
1780s	391,333 people	212,634 people	178,699 people	Albania
1790s	402,750 people	215,422 people	187,328 people	Albania
1800s	408,075 people	158,227 people	249,848 people	Albania
1810s	426,540 people	158,294 people	268,246 people	Albania
1820s	445,966 people	174,593 people	271,373 people	Albania
1830s	466,440 people	215,143 people	251,297 people	Albania
1840s	487,905 people	265,419 people	222,486 people	Albania
1850s	522,327 people	305,545 people	216,783 people	Albania
1860s	574,302 people	325,520 people	248,782 people	Albania
1870s	631,435 people	347,989 people	283,446 people	Albania
1880s	693,950 people	373,878 people	320,072 people	Albania
1890s	764,134 people	380,349 people	383,785 people	Albania
1900s	839,909 people	354,857 people	485,052 people	Albania
1910s	908,772 people	327,775 people	580,997 people	Albania
1920s	964,424 people	336,760 people	627,664 people	Albania
1930s	1.04 million people	380,916 people	659,324 people	Albania
1940s	1.16 million people	437,109 people	725,022 people	Albania
1950s	1.41 million people	488,123 people	918,865 people	Albania
1960s	1.88 million people	544,484 people	1.33 million people	Albania
1970s	2.43 million people	658,134 people	1.77 million people	Albania
1980s	3.00 million people	848,168 people	2.15 million people	Albania
1990s	3.25 million people	1.11 million people	2.14 million people	Albania
2000s	3.08 million people	1.45 million people	1.62 million people	Albania
2010s	2.90 million people	2.00 million people	901,708 people	Albania
2020s	2.84 million people	2.40 million people	436,512 people	Albania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Albania or Gabon?: Albania, at 2.81 million people against 2.48 million people in Gabon as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Albania and Gabon?: 326,870 people, with Albania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Gabon?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Albania and Gabon rank globally for population?: Albania ranks 143rd and Gabon ranks 145th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.