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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belgium	Ghana	Belgium	Ghana
1960	9,153,489	6,961,215	-	-
1961	9,183,948	7,162,667	0.33%	2.89%
1962	9,220,578	7,337,375	0.4%	2.44%
1963	9,289,770	7,514,714	0.75%	2.42%
1964	9,378,113	7,695,739	0.95%	2.41%
1965	9,463,667	7,882,606	0.91%	2.43%
1966	9,527,807	8,074,521	0.68%	2.43%
1967	9,580,991	8,271,913	0.56%	2.44%
1968	9,618,756	8,475,729	0.39%	2.46%
1969	9,646,032	8,690,383	0.28%	2.53%
1970	9,655,549	8,925,813	0.1%	2.71%
1971	9,673,162	9,176,264	0.18%	2.81%
1972	9,711,115	9,438,187	0.39%	2.85%
1973	9,741,720	9,714,617	0.32%	2.93%
1974	9,772,419	10,000,523	0.32%	2.94%
1975	9,800,700	10,294,308	0.29%	2.94%
1976	9,818,227	10,594,913	0.18%	2.92%
1977	9,830,358	10,911,871	0.12%	2.99%
1978	9,839,534	11,248,450	0.09%	3.08%
1979	9,848,382	11,597,255	0.09%	3.1%
1980	9,859,242	11,941,448	0.11%	2.97%
1981	9,858,982	12,281,712	-0.003%	2.85%
1982	9,856,303	12,643,819	-0.03%	2.95%
1983	9,855,520	13,029,836	-0.008%	3.05%
1984	9,855,372	13,370,590	-0.002%	2.62%
1985	9,858,308	13,661,229	0.03%	2.17%
1986	9,861,823	13,965,217	0.04%	2.23%
1987	9,870,234	14,289,108	0.09%	2.32%
1988	9,901,664	14,636,568	0.32%	2.43%
1989	9,937,697	15,006,813	0.36%	2.53%
1990	9,967,379	15,394,648	0.3%	2.58%
1991	10,004,486	15,787,496	0.37%	2.55%
1992	10,045,158	16,184,855	0.41%	2.52%
1993	10,084,475	16,589,519	0.39%	2.5%
1994	10,115,603	16,993,190	0.31%	2.43%
1995	10,136,811	17,399,017	0.21%	2.39%
1996	10,156,637	17,810,181	0.2%	2.36%
1997	10,181,245	18,238,958	0.24%	2.41%
1998	10,203,008	18,688,036	0.21%	2.46%
1999	10,226,419	19,149,864	0.23%	2.47%
2000	10,251,250	19,637,087	0.24%	2.54%
2001	10,286,570	20,167,069	0.34%	2.7%
2002	10,332,785	20,729,388	0.45%	2.79%
2003	10,376,133	21,296,705	0.42%	2.74%
2004	10,421,137	21,868,298	0.43%	2.68%
2005	10,478,617	22,449,438	0.55%	2.66%
2006	10,547,958	23,040,702	0.66%	2.63%
2007	10,625,700	23,642,279	0.74%	2.61%
2008	10,709,973	24,249,946	0.79%	2.57%
2009	10,796,493	24,862,664	0.81%	2.53%
2010	10,895,586	25,474,995	0.92%	2.46%
2011	11,038,264	26,095,088	1.31%	2.43%
2012	11,106,932	26,734,268	0.62%	2.45%
2013	11,159,407	27,386,193	0.47%	2.44%
2014	11,209,057	28,041,592	0.44%	2.39%
2015	11,274,196	28,696,068	0.58%	2.33%
2016	11,331,422	29,356,742	0.51%	2.3%
2017	11,375,158	30,008,354	0.39%	2.22%
2018	11,427,054	30,637,585	0.46%	2.1%
2019	11,488,980	31,258,945	0.54%	2.03%
2020	11,538,604	31,887,809	0.43%	2.01%
2021	11,586,195	32,518,665	0.41%	1.98%
2022	11,680,210	33,149,152	0.81%	1.94%
2023	11,787,423	33,787,914	0.92%	1.93%
2024	11,876,844	34,427,414	0.76%	1.89%
2025	11,896,918	35,064,273	0.17%	1.85%
2026	11,913,154	35,697,555	0.14%	1.81%
2027	11,927,312	36,328,265	0.12%	1.77%
2028	11,940,447	36,959,310	0.11%	1.74%
2029	11,952,623	37,589,709	0.1%	1.71%
2030	11,963,228	38,222,075	0.09%	1.68%
2031	11,972,203	38,856,804	0.08%	1.66%
2032	11,980,413	39,492,788	0.07%	1.64%
2033	11,988,622	40,132,720	0.07%	1.62%
2034	11,996,340	40,774,152	0.06%	1.6%
2035	12,003,132	41,412,555	0.06%	1.57%
2036	12,009,585	42,047,450	0.05%	1.53%
2037	12,016,237	42,682,177	0.06%	1.51%
2038	12,022,688	43,314,971	0.05%	1.48%
2039	12,027,954	43,942,852	0.04%	1.45%
2040	12,032,091	44,568,346	0.03%	1.42%
2041	12,035,890	45,190,628	0.03%	1.4%
2042	12,038,939	45,808,597	0.03%	1.37%
2043	12,040,642	46,421,960	0.01%	1.34%
2044	12,041,547	47,030,351	0.008%	1.31%
2045	12,040,973	47,634,271	-0.005%	1.28%
2046	12,038,516	48,231,602	-0.02%	1.25%
2047	12,034,474	48,823,456	-0.03%	1.23%
2048	12,028,475	49,408,506	-0.05%	1.2%
2049	12,020,405	49,984,435	-0.07%	1.17%
2050	12,010,542	50,553,041	-0.08%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belgium increased by 795,579 people (a 7.59% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belgium gained 635,764 (a 5.64% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Belgium was ranked 77th most populous country in 2005 and is 83rd 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) Belgium's population will grow by 0.84% to 12,010,542 people with a rank change from 83rd to 92nd. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.