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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cambodia	Ghana	Cambodia	Ghana
1960	5,449,966	6,961,215	-	-
1961	5,571,168	7,162,667	2.22%	2.89%
1962	5,697,558	7,337,375	2.27%	2.44%
1963	5,823,010	7,514,714	2.2%	2.42%
1964	5,946,178	7,695,739	2.12%	2.41%
1965	6,072,289	7,882,606	2.12%	2.43%
1966	6,201,232	8,074,521	2.12%	2.43%
1967	6,332,944	8,271,913	2.12%	2.44%
1968	6,467,324	8,475,729	2.12%	2.46%
1969	6,604,725	8,690,383	2.12%	2.53%
1970	6,639,182	8,925,813	0.52%	2.71%
1971	6,620,880	9,176,264	-0.28%	2.81%
1972	6,673,886	9,438,187	0.8%	2.85%
1973	6,739,726	9,714,617	0.99%	2.93%
1974	6,783,240	10,000,523	0.65%	2.94%
1975	6,581,371	10,294,308	-2.98%	2.94%
1976	6,134,991	10,594,913	-6.78%	2.92%
1977	5,668,551	10,911,871	-7.6%	2.99%
1978	5,211,653	11,248,450	-8.06%	3.08%
1979	5,088,808	11,597,255	-2.36%	3.1%
1980	5,199,872	11,941,448	2.18%	2.97%
1981	5,284,495	12,281,712	1.63%	2.85%
1982	5,436,432	12,643,819	2.88%	2.95%
1983	5,636,203	13,029,836	3.67%	3.05%
1984	5,845,117	13,370,590	3.71%	2.62%
1985	6,043,783	13,661,229	3.4%	2.17%
1986	6,285,693	13,965,217	4%	2.23%
1987	6,557,970	14,289,108	4.33%	2.32%
1988	6,812,014	14,636,568	3.87%	2.43%
1989	7,073,473	15,006,813	3.84%	2.53%
1990	7,374,752	15,394,648	4.26%	2.58%
1991	7,686,850	15,787,496	4.23%	2.55%
1992	8,113,083	16,184,855	5.54%	2.52%
1993	8,616,381	16,589,519	6.2%	2.5%
1994	9,239,162	16,993,190	7.23%	2.43%
1995	10,018,497	17,399,017	8.44%	2.39%
1996	10,801,270	17,810,181	7.81%	2.36%
1997	11,570,982	18,238,958	7.13%	2.41%
1998	12,058,173	18,688,036	4.21%	2.46%
1999	12,265,731	19,149,864	1.72%	2.47%
2000	12,462,336	19,637,087	1.6%	2.54%
2001	12,658,484	20,167,069	1.57%	2.7%
2002	12,855,241	20,729,388	1.55%	2.79%
2003	13,050,968	21,296,705	1.52%	2.74%
2004	13,244,731	21,868,298	1.48%	2.68%
2005	13,439,202	22,449,438	1.47%	2.66%
2006	13,639,028	23,040,702	1.49%	2.63%
2007	13,841,770	23,642,279	1.49%	2.61%
2008	14,053,479	24,249,946	1.53%	2.57%
2009	14,276,810	24,862,664	1.59%	2.53%
2010	14,500,726	25,474,995	1.57%	2.46%
2011	14,722,584	26,095,088	1.53%	2.43%
2012	14,945,085	26,734,268	1.51%	2.45%
2013	15,170,208	27,386,193	1.51%	2.44%
2014	15,396,772	28,041,592	1.49%	2.39%
2015	15,623,251	28,696,068	1.47%	2.33%
2016	15,852,803	29,356,742	1.47%	2.3%
2017	16,073,372	30,008,354	1.39%	2.22%
2018	16,274,522	30,637,585	1.25%	2.1%
2019	16,481,304	31,258,945	1.27%	2.03%
2020	16,725,474	31,887,809	1.48%	2.01%
2021	16,974,305	32,518,665	1.49%	1.98%
2022	17,201,724	33,149,152	1.34%	1.94%
2023	17,423,880	33,787,914	1.29%	1.93%
2024	17,638,801	34,427,414	1.23%	1.89%
2025	17,847,976	35,064,273	1.19%	1.85%
2026	18,051,214	35,697,555	1.14%	1.81%
2027	18,250,137	36,328,265	1.1%	1.77%
2028	18,446,768	36,959,310	1.08%	1.74%
2029	18,639,395	37,589,709	1.04%	1.71%
2030	18,827,380	38,222,075	1.01%	1.68%
2031	19,012,049	38,856,804	0.98%	1.66%
2032	19,193,347	39,492,788	0.95%	1.64%
2033	19,371,575	40,132,720	0.93%	1.62%
2034	19,546,868	40,774,152	0.9%	1.6%
2035	19,720,135	41,412,555	0.89%	1.57%
2036	19,889,525	42,047,450	0.86%	1.53%
2037	20,055,496	42,682,177	0.83%	1.51%
2038	20,220,797	43,314,971	0.82%	1.48%
2039	20,382,857	43,942,852	0.8%	1.45%
2040	20,540,677	44,568,346	0.77%	1.42%
2041	20,695,378	45,190,628	0.75%	1.4%
2042	20,848,368	45,808,597	0.74%	1.37%
2043	20,998,535	46,421,960	0.72%	1.34%
2044	21,144,573	47,030,351	0.7%	1.31%
2045	21,286,229	47,634,271	0.67%	1.28%
2046	21,424,338	48,231,602	0.65%	1.25%
2047	21,558,214	48,823,456	0.62%	1.23%
2048	21,687,184	49,408,506	0.6%	1.2%
2049	21,812,182	49,984,435	0.58%	1.17%
2050	21,931,449	50,553,041	0.55%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cambodia increased by 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cambodia gained 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Cambodia was ranked 67th most populous country in 2006 and is 73rd 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) Cambodia's population will grow by 21.5% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.