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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bangladesh	Ghana	Bangladesh	Ghana
1960	51,828,660	6,961,215	-	-
1961	53,310,348	7,162,667	2.86%	2.89%
1962	54,881,146	7,337,375	2.95%	2.44%
1963	56,504,402	7,514,714	2.96%	2.42%
1964	58,178,374	7,695,739	2.96%	2.41%
1965	59,902,519	7,882,606	2.96%	2.43%
1966	61,669,806	8,074,521	2.95%	2.43%
1967	63,510,929	8,271,913	2.99%	2.44%
1968	65,408,276	8,475,729	2.99%	2.46%
1969	67,294,133	8,690,383	2.88%	2.53%
1970	69,058,894	8,925,813	2.62%	2.71%
1971	70,276,758	9,176,264	1.76%	2.81%
1972	71,641,519	9,438,187	1.94%	2.85%
1973	73,722,294	9,714,617	2.9%	2.93%
1974	75,839,348	10,000,523	2.87%	2.94%
1975	77,854,351	10,294,308	2.66%	2.94%
1976	79,855,318	10,594,913	2.57%	2.92%
1977	81,867,264	10,911,871	2.52%	2.99%
1978	83,889,655	11,248,450	2.47%	3.08%
1979	85,935,072	11,597,255	2.44%	3.1%
1980	88,016,432	11,941,448	2.42%	2.97%
1981	90,303,105	12,281,712	2.6%	2.85%
1982	92,814,507	12,643,819	2.78%	2.95%
1983	95,335,155	13,029,836	2.72%	3.05%
1984	97,814,966	13,370,590	2.6%	2.62%
1985	100,253,825	13,661,229	2.49%	2.17%
1986	102,635,572	13,965,217	2.38%	2.23%
1987	104,959,291	14,289,108	2.26%	2.32%
1988	107,216,008	14,636,568	2.15%	2.43%
1989	109,433,799	15,006,813	2.07%	2.53%
1990	111,633,717	15,394,648	2.01%	2.58%
1991	113,787,109	15,787,496	1.93%	2.55%
1992	115,952,192	16,184,855	1.9%	2.52%
1993	118,132,360	16,589,519	1.88%	2.5%
1994	120,343,179	16,993,190	1.87%	2.43%
1995	122,600,370	17,399,017	1.88%	2.39%
1996	124,862,179	17,810,181	1.84%	2.36%
1997	127,198,069	18,238,958	1.87%	2.41%
1998	129,622,332	18,688,036	1.91%	2.46%
1999	132,108,065	19,149,864	1.92%	2.47%
2000	134,544,304	19,637,087	1.84%	2.54%
2001	136,805,810	20,167,069	1.68%	2.7%
2002	138,933,658	20,729,388	1.56%	2.79%
2003	140,970,351	21,296,705	1.47%	2.74%
2004	142,902,856	21,868,298	1.37%	2.68%
2005	144,715,786	22,449,438	1.27%	2.66%
2006	146,405,973	23,040,702	1.17%	2.63%
2007	147,989,278	23,642,279	1.08%	2.61%
2008	149,474,264	24,249,946	1%	2.57%
2009	150,873,714	24,862,664	0.94%	2.53%
2010	152,201,981	25,474,995	0.88%	2.46%
2011	153,591,076	26,095,088	0.91%	2.43%
2012	155,070,101	26,734,268	0.96%	2.45%
2013	156,532,141	27,386,193	0.94%	2.44%
2014	157,964,929	28,041,592	0.92%	2.39%
2015	159,383,179	28,696,068	0.9%	2.33%
2016	160,811,932	29,356,742	0.9%	2.3%
2017	162,186,147	30,008,354	0.85%	2.22%
2018	163,523,103	30,637,585	0.82%	2.1%
2019	164,913,055	31,258,945	0.85%	2.03%
2020	166,298,024	31,887,809	0.84%	2.01%
2021	167,658,854	32,518,665	0.82%	1.98%
2022	169,384,897	33,149,152	1.03%	1.94%
2023	171,466,990	33,787,914	1.23%	1.93%
2024	173,562,364	34,427,414	1.22%	1.89%
2025	175,686,900	35,064,273	1.22%	1.85%
2026	177,818,035	35,697,555	1.21%	1.81%
2027	179,930,171	36,328,265	1.19%	1.77%
2028	182,014,767	36,959,310	1.16%	1.74%
2029	184,064,616	37,589,709	1.13%	1.71%
2030	186,072,398	38,222,075	1.09%	1.68%
2031	188,025,193	38,856,804	1.05%	1.66%
2032	189,904,568	39,492,788	1%	1.64%
2033	191,717,183	40,132,720	0.95%	1.62%
2034	193,461,162	40,774,152	0.91%	1.6%
2035	195,130,366	41,412,555	0.86%	1.57%
2036	196,740,575	42,047,450	0.83%	1.53%
2037	198,288,195	42,682,177	0.79%	1.51%
2038	199,776,950	43,314,971	0.75%	1.48%
2039	201,208,770	43,942,852	0.72%	1.45%
2040	202,589,424	44,568,346	0.69%	1.42%
2041	203,939,081	45,190,628	0.67%	1.4%
2042	205,259,485	45,808,597	0.65%	1.37%
2043	206,545,478	46,421,960	0.63%	1.34%
2044	207,801,049	47,030,351	0.61%	1.31%
2045	209,029,592	47,634,271	0.59%	1.28%
2046	210,231,183	48,231,602	0.57%	1.25%
2047	211,402,167	48,823,456	0.56%	1.23%
2048	212,537,925	49,408,506	0.54%	1.2%
2049	213,638,535	49,984,435	0.52%	1.17%
2050	214,709,094	50,553,041	0.5%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bangladesh increased by 14,405,959 people (a 9.84% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bangladesh gained 17,029,186 (a 10.6% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Bangladesh was ranked 8th most populous country in 2006 and is still 8th 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) Bangladesh's population will grow by 20.7% to 214,709,094 people with a rank change from 8th to 10th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.