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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Colombia	Ghana	Colombia	Ghana
1960	15,606,209	6,961,215	-	-
1961	16,095,203	7,162,667	3.13%	2.89%
1962	16,599,029	7,337,375	3.13%	2.44%
1963	17,113,823	7,514,714	3.1%	2.42%
1964	17,637,411	7,695,739	3.06%	2.41%
1965	18,169,050	7,882,606	3.01%	2.43%
1966	18,702,688	8,074,521	2.94%	2.43%
1967	19,235,618	8,271,913	2.85%	2.44%
1968	19,766,796	8,475,729	2.76%	2.46%
1969	20,291,942	8,690,383	2.66%	2.53%
1970	20,811,782	8,925,813	2.56%	2.71%
1971	21,319,096	9,176,264	2.44%	2.81%
1972	21,819,563	9,438,187	2.35%	2.85%
1973	22,325,374	9,714,617	2.32%	2.93%
1974	22,833,469	10,000,523	2.28%	2.94%
1975	23,344,644	10,294,308	2.24%	2.94%
1976	23,858,810	10,594,913	2.2%	2.92%
1977	24,393,494	10,911,871	2.24%	2.99%
1978	24,950,337	11,248,450	2.28%	3.08%
1979	25,515,626	11,597,255	2.27%	3.1%
1980	26,104,498	11,941,448	2.31%	2.97%
1981	26,713,267	12,281,712	2.33%	2.85%
1982	27,338,331	12,643,819	2.34%	2.95%
1983	27,988,173	13,029,836	2.38%	3.05%
1984	28,642,690	13,370,590	2.34%	2.62%
1985	29,268,470	13,661,229	2.18%	2.17%
1986	29,879,112	13,965,217	2.09%	2.23%
1987	30,499,467	14,289,108	2.08%	2.32%
1988	31,130,524	14,636,568	2.07%	2.43%
1989	31,776,279	15,006,813	2.07%	2.53%
1990	32,440,069	15,394,648	2.09%	2.58%
1991	33,098,372	15,787,496	2.03%	2.55%
1992	33,760,571	16,184,855	2%	2.52%
1993	34,441,473	16,589,519	2.02%	2.5%
1994	35,127,410	16,993,190	1.99%	2.43%
1995	35,804,662	17,399,017	1.93%	2.39%
1996	36,462,745	17,810,181	1.84%	2.36%
1997	37,121,149	18,238,958	1.81%	2.41%
1998	37,792,165	18,688,036	1.81%	2.46%
1999	38,454,863	19,149,864	1.75%	2.47%
2000	39,089,934	19,637,087	1.65%	2.54%
2001	39,709,262	20,167,069	1.58%	2.7%
2002	40,324,680	20,729,388	1.55%	2.79%
2003	40,937,429	21,296,705	1.52%	2.74%
2004	41,543,171	21,868,298	1.48%	2.68%
2005	42,128,977	22,449,438	1.41%	2.66%
2006	42,691,084	23,040,702	1.33%	2.63%
2007	43,235,374	23,642,279	1.27%	2.61%
2008	43,758,808	24,249,946	1.21%	2.57%
2009	44,271,541	24,862,664	1.17%	2.53%
2010	44,777,319	25,474,995	1.14%	2.46%
2011	45,259,614	26,095,088	1.08%	2.43%
2012	45,715,810	26,734,268	1.01%	2.45%
2013	46,151,584	27,386,193	0.95%	2.44%
2014	46,565,429	28,041,592	0.9%	2.39%
2015	46,969,940	28,696,068	0.87%	2.33%
2016	47,437,512	29,356,742	1%	2.3%
2017	48,131,078	30,008,354	1.46%	2.22%
2018	49,024,465	30,637,585	1.86%	2.1%
2019	49,907,985	31,258,945	1.8%	2.03%
2020	50,629,997	31,887,809	1.45%	2.01%
2021	51,188,173	32,518,665	1.1%	1.98%
2022	51,737,944	33,149,152	1.07%	1.94%
2023	52,321,152	33,787,914	1.13%	1.93%
2024	52,886,363	34,427,414	1.08%	1.89%
2025	53,425,632	35,064,273	1.02%	1.85%
2026	53,936,234	35,697,555	0.96%	1.81%
2027	54,422,275	36,328,265	0.9%	1.77%
2028	54,885,123	36,959,310	0.85%	1.74%
2029	55,322,627	37,589,709	0.8%	1.71%
2030	55,736,477	38,222,075	0.75%	1.68%
2031	56,125,966	38,856,804	0.7%	1.66%
2032	56,490,496	39,492,788	0.65%	1.64%
2033	56,832,264	40,132,720	0.61%	1.62%
2034	57,151,619	40,774,152	0.56%	1.6%
2035	57,445,755	41,412,555	0.51%	1.57%
2036	57,716,869	42,047,450	0.47%	1.53%
2037	57,965,300	42,682,177	0.43%	1.51%
2038	58,190,082	43,314,971	0.39%	1.48%
2039	58,394,310	43,942,852	0.35%	1.45%
2040	58,576,452	44,568,346	0.31%	1.42%
2041	58,736,886	45,190,628	0.27%	1.4%
2042	58,878,126	45,808,597	0.24%	1.37%
2043	59,000,362	46,421,960	0.21%	1.34%
2044	59,104,592	47,030,351	0.18%	1.31%
2045	59,190,826	47,634,271	0.15%	1.28%
2046	59,259,758	48,231,602	0.12%	1.25%
2047	59,313,132	48,823,456	0.09%	1.23%
2048	59,351,262	49,408,506	0.06%	1.2%
2049	59,375,012	49,984,435	0.04%	1.17%
2050	59,385,355	50,553,041	0.02%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Colombia increased by 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Colombia gained 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Colombia was ranked 29th most populous country in 2005 and is 28th 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) Colombia's population will grow by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people with a rank change from 28th to 34th. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.