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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Chad	Ghana	Chad	Ghana
1960	3,049,838	6,961,215	-	-
1961	3,111,947	7,162,667	2.04%	2.89%
1962	3,175,598	7,337,375	2.05%	2.44%
1963	3,240,905	7,514,714	2.06%	2.42%
1964	3,307,479	7,695,739	2.05%	2.41%
1965	3,374,220	7,882,606	2.02%	2.43%
1966	3,440,903	8,074,521	1.98%	2.43%
1967	3,508,512	8,271,913	1.96%	2.44%
1968	3,578,231	8,475,729	1.99%	2.46%
1969	3,651,113	8,690,383	2.04%	2.53%
1970	3,727,828	8,925,813	2.1%	2.71%
1971	3,807,316	9,176,264	2.13%	2.81%
1972	3,893,252	9,438,187	2.26%	2.85%
1973	3,985,909	9,714,617	2.38%	2.93%
1974	4,078,356	10,000,523	2.32%	2.94%
1975	4,167,234	10,294,308	2.18%	2.94%
1976	4,251,297	10,594,913	2.02%	2.92%
1977	4,331,667	10,911,871	1.89%	2.99%
1978	4,411,366	11,248,450	1.84%	3.08%
1979	4,505,384	11,597,255	2.13%	3.1%
1980	4,515,453	11,941,448	0.22%	2.97%
1981	4,520,959	12,281,712	0.12%	2.85%
1982	4,738,483	12,643,819	4.81%	2.95%
1983	4,979,130	13,029,836	5.08%	3.05%
1984	5,045,145	13,370,590	1.33%	2.62%
1985	5,096,269	13,661,229	1.01%	2.17%
1986	5,251,069	13,965,217	3.04%	2.23%
1987	5,438,309	14,289,108	3.57%	2.32%
1988	5,625,602	14,636,568	3.44%	2.43%
1989	5,819,586	15,006,813	3.45%	2.53%
1990	5,982,833	15,394,648	2.81%	2.58%
1991	6,205,676	15,787,496	3.72%	2.55%
1992	6,474,656	16,184,855	4.33%	2.52%
1993	6,629,146	16,589,519	2.39%	2.5%
1994	6,783,450	16,993,190	2.33%	2.43%
1995	7,089,064	17,399,017	4.51%	2.39%
1996	7,410,108	17,810,181	4.53%	2.36%
1997	7,670,366	18,238,958	3.51%	2.41%
1998	7,938,840	18,688,036	3.5%	2.46%
1999	8,222,705	19,149,864	3.58%	2.47%
2000	8,512,093	19,637,087	3.52%	2.54%
2001	8,804,124	20,167,069	3.43%	2.7%
2002	9,116,192	20,729,388	3.54%	2.79%
2003	9,487,833	21,296,705	4.08%	2.74%
2004	9,920,036	21,868,298	4.56%	2.68%
2005	10,328,092	22,449,438	4.11%	2.66%
2006	10,706,424	23,040,702	3.66%	2.63%
2007	11,081,660	23,642,279	3.5%	2.61%
2008	11,476,296	24,249,946	3.56%	2.57%
2009	11,893,754	24,862,664	3.64%	2.53%
2010	12,312,575	25,474,995	3.52%	2.46%
2011	12,754,997	26,095,088	3.59%	2.43%
2012	13,210,998	26,734,268	3.58%	2.45%
2013	13,691,079	27,386,193	3.63%	2.44%
2014	14,188,678	28,041,592	3.63%	2.39%
2015	14,647,621	28,696,068	3.23%	2.33%
2016	15,114,655	29,356,742	3.19%	2.3%
2017	15,622,759	30,008,354	3.36%	2.22%
2018	16,156,531	30,637,585	3.42%	2.1%
2019	16,685,223	31,258,945	3.27%	2.03%
2020	17,224,679	31,887,809	3.23%	2.01%
2021	17,828,273	32,518,665	3.5%	1.98%
2022	18,455,316	33,149,152	3.52%	1.94%
2023	19,319,064	33,787,914	4.68%	1.93%
2024	20,299,123	34,427,414	5.07%	1.89%
2025	21,003,694	35,064,273	3.47%	1.85%
2026	21,560,377	35,697,555	2.65%	1.81%
2027	22,175,373	36,328,265	2.85%	1.77%
2028	22,847,740	36,959,310	3.03%	1.74%
2029	23,526,035	37,589,709	2.97%	1.71%
2030	24,207,481	38,222,075	2.9%	1.68%
2031	24,897,231	38,856,804	2.85%	1.66%
2032	25,596,224	39,492,788	2.81%	1.64%
2033	26,297,830	40,132,720	2.74%	1.62%
2034	26,997,395	40,774,152	2.66%	1.6%
2035	27,697,268	41,412,555	2.59%	1.57%
2036	28,410,489	42,047,450	2.58%	1.53%
2037	29,132,961	42,682,177	2.54%	1.51%
2038	29,856,451	43,314,971	2.48%	1.48%
2039	30,584,696	43,942,852	2.44%	1.45%
2040	31,307,329	44,568,346	2.36%	1.42%
2041	32,035,111	45,190,628	2.32%	1.4%
2042	32,777,662	45,808,597	2.32%	1.37%
2043	33,525,238	46,421,960	2.28%	1.34%
2044	34,272,313	47,030,351	2.23%	1.31%
2045	35,026,384	47,634,271	2.2%	1.28%
2046	35,788,056	48,231,602	2.17%	1.25%
2047	36,546,910	48,823,456	2.12%	1.23%
2048	37,317,460	49,408,506	2.11%	1.2%
2049	38,088,916	49,984,435	2.07%	1.17%
2050	38,857,671	50,553,041	2.02%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Chad increased by 4,319,529 people (a 41.8% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Chad gained 6,803,244 (a 46.4% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Chad was ranked 78th most populous country in 2005 and is 64th 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) Chad's population will grow by 81.1% to 38,857,671 people with a rank change from 64th to 52nd. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.