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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Algeria	Ghana	Algeria	Ghana
1960	11,424,922	6,961,215	-	-
1961	11,628,883	7,162,667	1.79%	2.89%
1962	11,800,771	7,337,375	1.48%	2.44%
1963	11,982,118	7,514,714	1.54%	2.42%
1964	12,179,813	7,695,739	1.65%	2.41%
1965	12,365,976	7,882,606	1.53%	2.43%
1966	12,590,069	8,074,521	1.81%	2.43%
1967	12,876,118	8,271,913	2.27%	2.44%
1968	13,172,614	8,475,729	2.3%	2.46%
1969	13,475,960	8,690,383	2.3%	2.53%
1970	13,783,719	8,925,813	2.28%	2.71%
1971	14,098,936	9,176,264	2.29%	2.81%
1972	14,427,072	9,438,187	2.33%	2.85%
1973	14,771,147	9,714,617	2.38%	2.93%
1974	15,133,502	10,000,523	2.45%	2.94%
1975	15,678,596	10,294,308	3.6%	2.94%
1976	16,409,170	10,594,913	4.66%	2.92%
1977	17,015,994	10,911,871	3.7%	2.99%
1978	17,506,974	11,248,450	2.89%	3.08%
1979	18,036,655	11,597,255	3.03%	3.1%
1980	18,607,174	11,941,448	3.16%	2.97%
1981	19,220,704	12,281,712	3.3%	2.85%
1982	19,872,348	12,643,819	3.39%	2.95%
1983	20,558,115	13,029,836	3.45%	3.05%
1984	21,271,969	13,370,590	3.47%	2.62%
1985	22,008,544	13,661,229	3.46%	2.17%
1986	22,745,499	13,965,217	3.35%	2.23%
1987	23,443,624	14,289,108	3.07%	2.32%
1988	24,109,536	14,636,568	2.84%	2.43%
1989	24,754,485	15,006,813	2.68%	2.53%
1990	25,375,810	15,394,648	2.51%	2.58%
1991	25,987,928	15,787,496	2.41%	2.55%
1992	26,628,568	16,184,855	2.47%	2.52%
1993	27,277,048	16,589,519	2.44%	2.5%
1994	27,887,279	16,993,190	2.24%	2.43%
1995	28,470,191	17,399,017	2.09%	2.39%
1996	29,033,044	17,810,181	1.98%	2.36%
1997	29,579,301	18,238,958	1.88%	2.41%
1998	30,054,133	18,688,036	1.61%	2.46%
1999	30,474,354	19,149,864	1.4%	2.47%
2000	30,903,893	19,637,087	1.41%	2.54%
2001	31,331,221	20,167,069	1.38%	2.7%
2002	31,750,835	20,729,388	1.34%	2.79%
2003	32,175,818	21,296,705	1.34%	2.74%
2004	32,628,286	21,868,298	1.41%	2.68%
2005	33,109,249	22,449,438	1.47%	2.66%
2006	33,623,506	23,040,702	1.55%	2.63%
2007	34,189,416	23,642,279	1.68%	2.61%
2008	34,816,961	24,249,946	1.84%	2.57%
2009	35,490,445	24,862,664	1.93%	2.53%
2010	36,188,236	25,474,995	1.97%	2.46%
2011	36,903,376	26,095,088	1.98%	2.43%
2012	37,646,166	26,734,268	2.01%	2.45%
2013	38,414,171	27,386,193	2.04%	2.44%
2014	39,205,031	28,041,592	2.06%	2.39%
2015	40,019,529	28,696,068	2.08%	2.33%
2016	40,850,721	29,356,742	2.08%	2.3%
2017	41,689,299	30,008,354	2.05%	2.22%
2018	42,505,035	30,637,585	1.96%	2.1%
2019	43,294,546	31,258,945	1.86%	2.03%
2020	44,042,091	31,887,809	1.73%	2.01%
2021	44,761,099	32,518,665	1.63%	1.98%
2022	45,477,389	33,149,152	1.6%	1.94%
2023	46,164,219	33,787,914	1.51%	1.93%
2024	46,814,308	34,427,414	1.41%	1.89%
2025	47,435,316	35,064,273	1.33%	1.85%
2026	48,028,344	35,697,555	1.25%	1.81%
2027	48,593,419	36,328,265	1.18%	1.77%
2028	49,135,532	36,959,310	1.12%	1.74%
2029	49,655,386	37,589,709	1.06%	1.71%
2030	50,154,168	38,222,075	1%	1.68%
2031	50,637,369	38,856,804	0.96%	1.66%
2032	51,113,505	39,492,788	0.94%	1.64%
2033	51,584,249	40,132,720	0.92%	1.62%
2034	52,048,009	40,774,152	0.9%	1.6%
2035	52,516,794	41,412,555	0.9%	1.57%
2036	52,986,277	42,047,450	0.89%	1.53%
2037	53,452,788	42,682,177	0.88%	1.51%
2038	53,921,847	43,314,971	0.88%	1.48%
2039	54,396,263	43,942,852	0.88%	1.45%
2040	54,873,482	44,568,346	0.88%	1.42%
2041	55,351,998	45,190,628	0.87%	1.4%
2042	55,834,554	45,808,597	0.87%	1.37%
2043	56,319,606	46,421,960	0.87%	1.34%
2044	56,806,185	47,030,351	0.86%	1.31%
2045	57,290,162	47,634,271	0.85%	1.28%
2046	57,767,681	48,231,602	0.83%	1.25%
2047	58,234,183	48,823,456	0.81%	1.23%
2048	58,690,893	49,408,506	0.78%	1.2%
2049	59,136,165	49,984,435	0.76%	1.17%
2050	59,565,558	50,553,041	0.73%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Algeria increased by 6,910,280 people (a 20.9% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Algeria gained 7,892,153 (a 19.7% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2005 and is 33rd 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) Algeria's population will grow by 24.3% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.