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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belize	Ghana	Belize	Ghana
1960	91,318	6,961,215	-	-
1961	93,632	7,162,667	2.53%	2.89%
1962	96,042	7,337,375	2.57%	2.44%
1963	98,704	7,514,714	2.77%	2.42%
1964	101,603	7,695,739	2.94%	2.41%
1965	104,675	7,882,606	3.02%	2.43%
1966	107,906	8,074,521	3.09%	2.43%
1967	111,272	8,271,913	3.12%	2.44%
1968	114,713	8,475,729	3.09%	2.46%
1969	118,040	8,690,383	2.9%	2.53%
1970	120,736	8,925,813	2.28%	2.71%
1971	122,805	9,176,264	1.71%	2.81%
1972	124,676	9,438,187	1.52%	2.85%
1973	126,445	9,714,617	1.42%	2.93%
1974	128,185	10,000,523	1.38%	2.94%
1975	130,387	10,294,308	1.72%	2.94%
1976	133,099	10,594,913	2.08%	2.92%
1977	135,887	10,911,871	2.09%	2.99%
1978	138,713	11,248,450	2.08%	3.08%
1979	141,678	11,597,255	2.14%	3.1%
1980	145,062	11,941,448	2.39%	2.97%
1981	148,786	12,281,712	2.57%	2.85%
1982	152,548	12,643,819	2.53%	2.95%
1983	156,297	13,029,836	2.46%	3.05%
1984	160,044	13,370,590	2.4%	2.62%
1985	163,796	13,661,229	2.34%	2.17%
1986	167,554	13,965,217	2.29%	2.23%
1987	171,338	14,289,108	2.26%	2.32%
1988	175,180	14,636,568	2.24%	2.43%
1989	179,107	15,006,813	2.24%	2.53%
1990	183,076	15,394,648	2.22%	2.58%
1991	187,040	15,787,496	2.17%	2.55%
1992	190,983	16,184,855	2.11%	2.52%
1993	194,902	16,589,519	2.05%	2.5%
1994	199,097	16,993,190	2.15%	2.43%
1995	204,146	17,399,017	2.54%	2.39%
1996	210,310	17,810,181	3.02%	2.36%
1997	217,446	18,238,958	3.39%	2.41%
1998	225,173	18,688,036	3.55%	2.46%
1999	233,059	19,149,864	3.5%	2.47%
2000	240,799	19,637,087	3.32%	2.54%
2001	248,379	20,167,069	3.15%	2.7%
2002	256,009	20,729,388	3.07%	2.79%
2003	263,780	21,296,705	3.04%	2.74%
2004	271,688	21,868,298	3%	2.68%
2005	279,731	22,449,438	2.96%	2.66%
2006	287,878	23,040,702	2.91%	2.63%
2007	296,100	23,642,279	2.86%	2.61%
2008	304,361	24,249,946	2.79%	2.57%
2009	312,614	24,862,664	2.71%	2.53%
2010	320,245	25,474,995	2.44%	2.46%
2011	327,298	26,095,088	2.2%	2.43%
2012	334,414	26,734,268	2.17%	2.45%
2013	341,627	27,386,193	2.16%	2.44%
2014	348,923	28,041,592	2.14%	2.39%
2015	356,333	28,696,068	2.12%	2.33%
2016	364,705	29,356,742	2.35%	2.3%
2017	373,202	30,008,354	2.33%	2.22%
2018	380,226	30,637,585	1.88%	2.1%
2019	385,829	31,258,945	1.47%	2.03%
2020	390,812	31,887,809	1.29%	2.01%
2021	395,346	32,518,665	1.16%	1.98%
2022	402,733	33,149,152	1.87%	1.94%
2023	411,106	33,787,914	2.08%	1.93%
2024	417,072	34,427,414	1.45%	1.89%
2025	422,922	35,064,273	1.4%	1.85%
2026	428,651	35,697,555	1.35%	1.81%
2027	434,214	36,328,265	1.3%	1.77%
2028	439,588	36,959,310	1.24%	1.74%
2029	444,794	37,589,709	1.18%	1.71%
2030	449,845	38,222,075	1.14%	1.68%
2031	454,733	38,856,804	1.09%	1.66%
2032	459,517	39,492,788	1.05%	1.64%
2033	464,203	40,132,720	1.02%	1.62%
2034	468,777	40,774,152	0.99%	1.6%
2035	473,126	41,412,555	0.93%	1.57%
2036	477,230	42,047,450	0.87%	1.53%
2037	481,157	42,682,177	0.82%	1.51%
2038	484,877	43,314,971	0.77%	1.48%
2039	488,334	43,942,852	0.71%	1.45%
2040	491,592	44,568,346	0.67%	1.42%
2041	494,725	45,190,628	0.64%	1.4%
2042	497,695	45,808,597	0.6%	1.37%
2043	500,514	46,421,960	0.57%	1.34%
2044	503,171	47,030,351	0.53%	1.31%
2045	505,692	47,634,271	0.5%	1.28%
2046	508,116	48,231,602	0.48%	1.25%
2047	510,423	48,823,456	0.45%	1.23%
2048	512,657	49,408,506	0.44%	1.2%
2049	514,721	49,984,435	0.4%	1.17%
2050	516,621	50,553,041	0.37%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Belize increased by 76,827 people (a 26.7% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Belize gained 64,006 (a 17.6% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Belize was ranked 173rd most populous country in 2006 and is 171st 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) Belize's population will grow by 20.5% to 516,621 people with a rank change from 171st to 172nd. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.