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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Canada	Ghana	Canada	Ghana
1960	17,909,356	6,961,215	-	-
1961	18,271,000	7,162,667	2.02%	2.89%
1962	18,614,000	7,337,375	1.88%	2.44%
1963	18,964,000	7,514,714	1.88%	2.42%
1964	19,325,000	7,695,739	1.9%	2.41%
1965	19,678,000	7,882,606	1.83%	2.43%
1966	20,048,000	8,074,521	1.88%	2.43%
1967	20,412,000	8,271,913	1.82%	2.44%
1968	20,744,000	8,475,729	1.63%	2.46%
1969	21,028,000	8,690,383	1.37%	2.53%
1970	21,324,000	8,925,813	1.41%	2.71%
1971	21,962,032	9,176,264	2.99%	2.81%
1972	22,218,463	9,438,187	1.17%	2.85%
1973	22,491,777	9,714,617	1.23%	2.93%
1974	22,807,969	10,000,523	1.41%	2.94%
1975	23,143,275	10,294,308	1.47%	2.94%
1976	23,449,808	10,594,913	1.32%	2.92%
1977	23,725,843	10,911,871	1.18%	2.99%
1978	23,963,203	11,248,450	1%	3.08%
1979	24,201,544	11,597,255	0.99%	3.1%
1980	24,515,667	11,941,448	1.3%	2.97%
1981	24,819,915	12,281,712	1.24%	2.85%
1982	25,116,942	12,643,819	1.2%	2.95%
1983	25,366,451	13,029,836	0.99%	3.05%
1984	25,607,053	13,370,590	0.95%	2.62%
1985	25,842,116	13,661,229	0.92%	2.17%
1986	26,100,278	13,965,217	1%	2.23%
1987	26,446,601	14,289,108	1.33%	2.32%
1988	26,791,747	14,636,568	1.31%	2.43%
1989	27,276,781	15,006,813	1.81%	2.53%
1990	27,691,138	15,394,648	1.52%	2.58%
1991	28,037,420	15,787,496	1.25%	2.55%
1992	28,371,264	16,184,855	1.19%	2.52%
1993	28,684,764	16,589,519	1.1%	2.5%
1994	29,000,663	16,993,190	1.1%	2.43%
1995	29,302,311	17,399,017	1.04%	2.39%
1996	29,610,218	17,810,181	1.05%	2.36%
1997	29,905,948	18,238,958	1%	2.41%
1998	30,155,173	18,688,036	0.83%	2.46%
1999	30,401,286	19,149,864	0.82%	2.47%
2000	30,685,730	19,637,087	0.94%	2.54%
2001	31,020,855	20,167,069	1.09%	2.7%
2002	31,359,199	20,729,388	1.09%	2.79%
2003	31,642,461	21,296,705	0.9%	2.74%
2004	31,938,807	21,868,298	0.94%	2.68%
2005	32,242,732	22,449,438	0.95%	2.66%
2006	32,571,193	23,040,702	1.02%	2.63%
2007	32,888,886	23,642,279	0.98%	2.61%
2008	33,247,298	24,249,946	1.09%	2.57%
2009	33,630,069	24,862,664	1.15%	2.53%
2010	34,005,902	25,474,995	1.12%	2.46%
2011	34,339,221	26,095,088	0.98%	2.43%
2012	34,713,395	26,734,268	1.09%	2.45%
2013	35,080,992	27,386,193	1.06%	2.44%
2014	35,434,066	28,041,592	1.01%	2.39%
2015	35,704,498	28,696,068	0.76%	2.33%
2016	36,110,803	29,356,742	1.14%	2.3%
2017	36,545,075	30,008,354	1.2%	2.22%
2018	37,072,620	30,637,585	1.44%	2.1%
2019	37,618,495	31,258,945	1.47%	2.03%
2020	38,028,638	31,887,809	1.09%	2.01%
2021	38,239,864	32,518,665	0.56%	1.98%
2022	38,935,934	33,149,152	1.82%	1.94%
2023	40,083,484	33,787,914	2.95%	1.93%
2024	41,288,599	34,427,414	3.01%	1.89%
2025	41,687,850	35,064,273	0.97%	1.85%
2026	42,042,113	35,697,555	0.85%	1.81%
2027	42,368,857	36,328,265	0.78%	1.77%
2028	42,683,927	36,959,310	0.74%	1.74%
2029	42,986,030	37,589,709	0.71%	1.71%
2030	43,276,190	38,222,075	0.68%	1.68%
2031	43,559,839	38,856,804	0.66%	1.66%
2032	43,833,228	39,492,788	0.63%	1.64%
2033	44,089,067	40,132,720	0.58%	1.62%
2034	44,336,794	40,774,152	0.56%	1.6%
2035	44,574,481	41,412,555	0.54%	1.57%
2036	44,802,196	42,047,450	0.51%	1.53%
2037	45,029,252	42,682,177	0.51%	1.51%
2038	45,250,482	43,314,971	0.49%	1.48%
2039	45,461,809	43,942,852	0.47%	1.45%
2040	45,661,339	44,568,346	0.44%	1.42%
2041	45,855,081	45,190,628	0.42%	1.4%
2042	46,046,286	45,808,597	0.42%	1.37%
2043	46,232,447	46,421,960	0.4%	1.34%
2044	46,413,908	47,030,351	0.39%	1.31%
2045	46,594,973	47,634,271	0.39%	1.28%
2046	46,768,120	48,231,602	0.37%	1.25%
2047	46,930,946	48,823,456	0.35%	1.23%
2048	47,092,745	49,408,506	0.34%	1.2%
2049	47,246,217	49,984,435	0.33%	1.17%
2050	47,396,788	50,553,041	0.32%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Canada increased by 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Canada gained 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Canada was ranked 35th most populous country in 2005 and is 38th 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) Canada's population will grow by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people with a rank change from 38th to 45th. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.