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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Ghana	Australia	Ghana
1960	10,276,477	6,961,215	-	-
1961	10,483,000	7,162,667	2.01%	2.89%
1962	10,742,000	7,337,375	2.47%	2.44%
1963	10,950,000	7,514,714	1.94%	2.42%
1964	11,167,000	7,695,739	1.98%	2.41%
1965	11,388,000	7,882,606	1.98%	2.43%
1966	11,651,000	8,074,521	2.31%	2.43%
1967	11,799,000	8,271,913	1.27%	2.44%
1968	12,009,000	8,475,729	1.78%	2.46%
1969	12,263,000	8,690,383	2.12%	2.53%
1970	12,507,000	8,925,813	1.99%	2.71%
1971	12,937,000	9,176,264	3.44%	2.81%
1972	13,177,000	9,438,187	1.86%	2.85%
1973	13,380,000	9,714,617	1.54%	2.93%
1974	13,723,000	10,000,523	2.56%	2.94%
1975	13,893,000	10,294,308	1.24%	2.94%
1976	14,033,000	10,594,913	1.01%	2.92%
1977	14,192,000	10,911,871	1.13%	2.99%
1978	14,358,000	11,248,450	1.17%	3.08%
1979	14,514,000	11,597,255	1.09%	3.1%
1980	14,692,000	11,941,448	1.23%	2.97%
1981	14,923,260	12,281,712	1.57%	2.85%
1982	15,184,247	12,643,819	1.75%	2.95%
1983	15,393,472	13,029,836	1.38%	3.05%
1984	15,579,391	13,370,590	1.21%	2.62%
1985	15,788,312	13,661,229	1.34%	2.17%
1986	16,018,350	13,965,217	1.46%	2.23%
1987	16,263,874	14,289,108	1.53%	2.32%
1988	16,532,164	14,636,568	1.65%	2.43%
1989	16,814,416	15,006,813	1.71%	2.53%
1990	17,065,128	15,394,648	1.49%	2.58%
1991	17,284,036	15,787,496	1.28%	2.55%
1992	17,478,635	16,184,855	1.13%	2.52%
1993	17,634,808	16,589,519	0.89%	2.5%
1994	17,805,468	16,993,190	0.97%	2.43%
1995	18,004,882	17,399,017	1.12%	2.39%
1996	18,224,767	17,810,181	1.22%	2.36%
1997	18,423,037	18,238,958	1.09%	2.41%
1998	18,607,584	18,688,036	1%	2.46%
1999	18,812,264	19,149,864	1.1%	2.47%
2000	19,028,802	19,637,087	1.15%	2.54%
2001	19,274,701	20,167,069	1.29%	2.7%
2002	19,495,210	20,729,388	1.14%	2.79%
2003	19,720,737	21,296,705	1.16%	2.74%
2004	19,932,722	21,868,298	1.07%	2.68%
2005	20,176,844	22,449,438	1.22%	2.66%
2006	20,450,966	23,040,702	1.36%	2.63%
2007	20,827,622	23,642,279	1.84%	2.61%
2008	21,249,199	24,249,946	2.02%	2.57%
2009	21,691,653	24,862,664	2.08%	2.53%
2010	22,031,750	25,474,995	1.57%	2.46%
2011	22,340,024	26,095,088	1.4%	2.43%
2012	22,733,465	26,734,268	1.76%	2.45%
2013	23,128,129	27,386,193	1.74%	2.44%
2014	23,475,686	28,041,592	1.5%	2.39%
2015	23,815,995	28,696,068	1.45%	2.33%
2016	24,190,907	29,356,742	1.57%	2.3%
2017	24,592,588	30,008,354	1.66%	2.22%
2018	24,963,258	30,637,585	1.51%	2.1%
2019	25,334,826	31,258,945	1.49%	2.03%
2020	25,649,248	31,887,809	1.24%	2.01%
2021	25,685,412	32,518,665	0.14%	1.98%
2022	26,014,399	33,149,152	1.28%	1.94%
2023	26,652,777	33,787,914	2.45%	1.93%
2024	27,204,809	34,427,414	2.07%	1.89%
2025	27,470,426	35,064,273	0.98%	1.85%
2026	27,728,157	35,697,555	0.94%	1.81%
2027	27,979,877	36,328,265	0.91%	1.77%
2028	28,228,958	36,959,310	0.89%	1.74%
2029	28,471,054	37,589,709	0.86%	1.71%
2030	28,707,292	38,222,075	0.83%	1.68%
2031	28,940,769	38,856,804	0.81%	1.66%
2032	29,169,013	39,492,788	0.79%	1.64%
2033	29,392,748	40,132,720	0.77%	1.62%
2034	29,614,137	40,774,152	0.75%	1.6%
2035	29,835,307	41,412,555	0.75%	1.57%
2036	30,056,752	42,047,450	0.74%	1.53%
2037	30,273,692	42,682,177	0.72%	1.51%
2038	30,488,994	43,314,971	0.71%	1.48%
2039	30,703,245	43,942,852	0.7%	1.45%
2040	30,916,122	44,568,346	0.69%	1.42%
2041	31,132,858	45,190,628	0.7%	1.4%
2042	31,352,893	45,808,597	0.71%	1.37%
2043	31,572,750	46,421,960	0.7%	1.34%
2044	31,790,565	47,030,351	0.69%	1.31%
2045	32,009,555	47,634,271	0.69%	1.28%
2046	32,232,946	48,231,602	0.7%	1.25%
2047	32,452,651	48,823,456	0.68%	1.23%
2048	32,672,016	49,408,506	0.68%	1.2%
2049	32,891,546	49,984,435	0.67%	1.17%
2050	33,105,190	50,553,041	0.65%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th 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) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.