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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Ghana	Barbados	Ghana
1960	230,893	6,961,215	-	-
1961	233,148	7,162,667	0.98%	2.89%
1962	235,224	7,337,375	0.89%	2.44%
1963	237,557	7,514,714	0.99%	2.42%
1964	239,958	7,695,739	1.01%	2.41%
1965	242,417	7,882,606	1.02%	2.43%
1966	244,996	8,074,521	1.06%	2.43%
1967	247,091	8,271,913	0.86%	2.44%
1968	248,540	8,475,729	0.59%	2.46%
1969	249,444	8,690,383	0.36%	2.53%
1970	249,387	8,925,813	-0.02%	2.71%
1971	249,168	9,176,264	-0.09%	2.81%
1972	249,658	9,438,187	0.2%	2.85%
1973	250,322	9,714,617	0.27%	2.93%
1974	250,777	10,000,523	0.18%	2.94%
1975	251,175	10,294,308	0.16%	2.94%
1976	251,442	10,594,913	0.11%	2.92%
1977	251,626	10,911,871	0.07%	2.99%
1978	251,551	11,248,450	-0.03%	3.08%
1979	251,269	11,597,255	-0.11%	3.1%
1980	251,524	11,941,448	0.1%	2.97%
1981	252,270	12,281,712	0.3%	2.85%
1982	253,095	12,643,819	0.33%	2.95%
1983	253,992	13,029,836	0.35%	3.05%
1984	254,920	13,370,590	0.37%	2.62%
1985	255,820	13,661,229	0.35%	2.17%
1986	256,618	13,965,217	0.31%	2.23%
1987	257,279	14,289,108	0.26%	2.32%
1988	257,763	14,636,568	0.19%	2.43%
1989	258,109	15,006,813	0.13%	2.53%
1990	258,582	15,394,648	0.18%	2.58%
1991	259,373	15,787,496	0.31%	2.55%
1992	260,267	16,184,855	0.34%	2.52%
1993	261,027	16,589,519	0.29%	2.5%
1994	261,620	16,993,190	0.23%	2.43%
1995	262,039	17,399,017	0.16%	2.39%
1996	262,284	17,810,181	0.09%	2.36%
1997	262,392	18,238,958	0.04%	2.41%
1998	262,436	18,688,036	0.02%	2.46%
1999	262,517	19,149,864	0.03%	2.47%
2000	262,063	19,637,087	-0.17%	2.54%
2001	262,425	20,167,069	0.14%	2.7%
2002	264,148	20,729,388	0.66%	2.79%
2003	265,776	21,296,705	0.62%	2.74%
2004	267,298	21,868,298	0.57%	2.68%
2005	268,706	22,449,438	0.53%	2.66%
2006	270,002	23,040,702	0.48%	2.63%
2007	271,288	23,642,279	0.48%	2.61%
2008	272,714	24,249,946	0.53%	2.57%
2009	274,123	24,862,664	0.52%	2.53%
2010	275,243	25,474,995	0.41%	2.46%
2011	276,139	26,095,088	0.33%	2.43%
2012	276,938	26,734,268	0.29%	2.45%
2013	277,665	27,386,193	0.26%	2.44%
2014	278,348	28,041,592	0.25%	2.39%
2015	278,990	28,696,068	0.23%	2.33%
2016	279,598	29,356,742	0.22%	2.3%
2017	280,171	30,008,354	0.2%	2.22%
2018	280,711	30,637,585	0.19%	2.1%
2019	281,207	31,258,945	0.18%	2.03%
2020	281,698	31,887,809	0.17%	2.01%
2021	282,147	32,518,665	0.16%	1.98%
2022	282,318	33,149,152	0.06%	1.94%
2023	282,336	33,787,914	0.006%	1.93%
2024	282,467	34,427,414	0.05%	1.89%
2025	282,618	35,064,273	0.05%	1.85%
2026	282,718	35,697,555	0.04%	1.81%
2027	282,779	36,328,265	0.02%	1.77%
2028	282,792	36,959,310	0.005%	1.74%
2029	282,689	37,589,709	-0.04%	1.71%
2030	282,486	38,222,075	-0.07%	1.68%
2031	282,203	38,856,804	-0.1%	1.66%
2032	281,846	39,492,788	-0.13%	1.64%
2033	281,402	40,132,720	-0.16%	1.62%
2034	280,904	40,774,152	-0.18%	1.6%
2035	280,344	41,412,555	-0.2%	1.57%
2036	279,697	42,047,450	-0.23%	1.53%
2037	278,962	42,682,177	-0.26%	1.51%
2038	278,147	43,314,971	-0.29%	1.48%
2039	277,276	43,942,852	-0.31%	1.45%
2040	276,345	44,568,346	-0.34%	1.42%
2041	275,351	45,190,628	-0.36%	1.4%
2042	274,293	45,808,597	-0.38%	1.37%
2043	273,145	46,421,960	-0.42%	1.34%
2044	271,954	47,030,351	-0.44%	1.31%
2045	270,773	47,634,271	-0.43%	1.28%
2046	269,533	48,231,602	-0.46%	1.25%
2047	268,224	48,823,456	-0.49%	1.23%
2048	266,887	49,408,506	-0.5%	1.2%
2049	265,548	49,984,435	-0.5%	1.17%
2050	264,216	50,553,041	-0.5%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th 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) Barbados' population will shrink by 6.54% to 264,216 people with a rank change from 175th to 177th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.