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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahrain	Ghana	Bahrain	Ghana
1960	165,477	6,961,215	-	-
1961	172,346	7,162,667	4.15%	2.89%
1962	179,349	7,337,375	4.06%	2.44%
1963	186,501	7,514,714	3.99%	2.42%
1964	193,816	7,695,739	3.92%	2.41%
1965	200,866	7,882,606	3.64%	2.43%
1966	207,543	8,074,521	3.32%	2.43%
1967	214,189	8,271,913	3.2%	2.44%
1968	219,337	8,475,729	2.4%	2.46%
1969	222,469	8,690,383	1.43%	2.53%
1970	224,809	8,925,813	1.05%	2.71%
1971	230,733	9,176,264	2.64%	2.81%
1972	242,113	9,438,187	4.93%	2.85%
1973	255,320	9,714,617	5.45%	2.93%
1974	269,038	10,000,523	5.37%	2.94%
1975	283,243	10,294,308	5.28%	2.94%
1976	297,863	10,594,913	5.16%	2.92%
1977	312,823	10,911,871	5.02%	2.99%
1978	328,046	11,248,450	4.87%	3.08%
1979	343,457	11,597,255	4.7%	3.1%
1980	358,978	11,941,448	4.52%	2.97%
1981	373,524	12,281,712	4.05%	2.85%
1982	386,983	12,643,819	3.6%	2.95%
1983	400,707	13,029,836	3.55%	3.05%
1984	415,154	13,370,590	3.61%	2.62%
1985	430,358	13,661,229	3.66%	2.17%
1986	446,286	13,965,217	3.7%	2.23%
1987	462,854	14,289,108	3.71%	2.32%
1988	479,929	14,636,568	3.69%	2.43%
1989	497,327	15,006,813	3.63%	2.53%
1990	514,797	15,394,648	3.51%	2.58%
1991	503,052	15,787,496	-2.28%	2.55%
1992	516,458	16,184,855	2.66%	2.52%
1993	530,225	16,589,519	2.67%	2.5%
1994	544,366	16,993,190	2.67%	2.43%
1995	558,879	17,399,017	2.67%	2.39%
1996	573,792	17,810,181	2.67%	2.36%
1997	589,115	18,238,958	2.67%	2.41%
1998	604,842	18,688,036	2.67%	2.46%
1999	620,989	19,149,864	2.67%	2.47%
2000	637,582	19,637,087	2.67%	2.54%
2001	661,316	20,167,069	3.72%	2.7%
2002	710,553	20,729,388	7.45%	2.79%
2003	764,517	21,296,705	7.59%	2.74%
2004	823,741	21,868,298	7.75%	2.68%
2005	888,822	22,449,438	7.9%	2.66%
2006	960,424	23,040,702	8.06%	2.63%
2007	1,039,295	23,642,279	8.21%	2.61%
2008	1,103,496	24,249,946	6.18%	2.57%
2009	1,178,415	24,862,664	6.79%	2.53%
2010	1,228,543	25,474,995	4.25%	2.46%
2011	1,195,020	26,095,088	-2.73%	2.43%
2012	1,208,964	26,734,268	1.17%	2.45%
2013	1,253,191	27,386,193	3.66%	2.44%
2014	1,314,562	28,041,592	4.9%	2.39%
2015	1,370,322	28,696,068	4.24%	2.33%
2016	1,423,726	29,356,742	3.9%	2.3%
2017	1,501,116	30,008,354	5.44%	2.22%
2018	1,503,091	30,637,585	0.13%	2.1%
2019	1,483,756	31,258,945	-1.29%	2.03%
2020	1,472,204	31,887,809	-0.78%	2.01%
2021	1,504,365	32,518,665	2.18%	1.98%
2022	1,524,693	33,149,152	1.35%	1.94%
2023	1,577,059	33,787,914	3.43%	1.93%
2024	1,588,670	34,427,414	0.74%	1.89%
2025	1,624,531	35,064,273	2.26%	1.85%
2026	1,656,397	35,697,555	1.96%	1.81%
2027	1,683,692	36,328,265	1.65%	1.77%
2028	1,706,754	36,959,310	1.37%	1.74%
2029	1,726,868	37,589,709	1.18%	1.71%
2030	1,745,013	38,222,075	1.05%	1.68%
2031	1,762,760	38,856,804	1.02%	1.66%
2032	1,780,658	39,492,788	1.02%	1.64%
2033	1,798,708	40,132,720	1.01%	1.62%
2034	1,816,921	40,774,152	1.01%	1.6%
2035	1,835,293	41,412,555	1.01%	1.57%
2036	1,853,822	42,047,450	1.01%	1.53%
2037	1,872,468	42,682,177	1.01%	1.51%
2038	1,891,215	43,314,971	1%	1.48%
2039	1,910,026	43,942,852	0.99%	1.45%
2040	1,928,909	44,568,346	0.99%	1.42%
2041	1,947,825	45,190,628	0.98%	1.4%
2042	1,966,723	45,808,597	0.97%	1.37%
2043	1,985,577	46,421,960	0.96%	1.34%
2044	2,004,365	47,030,351	0.95%	1.31%
2045	2,023,058	47,634,271	0.93%	1.28%
2046	2,041,627	48,231,602	0.92%	1.25%
2047	2,060,095	48,823,456	0.9%	1.23%
2048	2,078,453	49,408,506	0.89%	1.2%
2049	2,096,741	49,984,435	0.88%	1.17%
2050	2,114,988	50,553,041	0.87%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bahrain increased by 463,302 people (a 48.2% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bahrain gained 232,969 (a 16.4% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Bahrain was ranked 157th most populous country in 2006 and is 151st 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) Bahrain's population will grow by 27.7% to 2,114,988 people with a rank change from 151st to 146th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.