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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Cuba	Ghana	Cuba	Ghana
1960	7,238,081	6,961,215	-	-
1961	7,387,117	7,162,667	2.06%	2.89%
1962	7,541,098	7,337,375	2.08%	2.44%
1963	7,701,660	7,514,714	2.13%	2.42%
1964	7,866,020	7,695,739	2.13%	2.41%
1965	8,030,797	7,882,606	2.09%	2.43%
1966	8,193,450	8,074,521	2.03%	2.43%
1967	8,352,625	8,271,913	1.94%	2.44%
1968	8,509,522	8,475,729	1.88%	2.46%
1969	8,666,640	8,690,383	1.85%	2.53%
1970	8,824,382	8,925,813	1.82%	2.71%
1971	8,979,085	9,176,264	1.75%	2.81%
1972	9,123,891	9,438,187	1.61%	2.85%
1973	9,255,328	9,714,617	1.44%	2.93%
1974	9,374,183	10,000,523	1.28%	2.94%
1975	9,479,726	10,294,308	1.13%	2.94%
1976	9,571,242	10,594,913	0.97%	2.92%
1977	9,648,440	10,911,871	0.81%	2.99%
1978	9,711,980	11,248,450	0.66%	3.08%
1979	9,763,355	11,597,255	0.53%	3.1%
1980	9,804,796	11,941,448	0.42%	2.97%
1981	9,849,320	12,281,712	0.45%	2.85%
1982	9,912,681	12,643,819	0.64%	2.95%
1983	9,991,026	13,029,836	0.79%	3.05%
1984	10,073,299	13,370,590	0.82%	2.62%
1985	10,157,228	13,661,229	0.83%	2.17%
1986	10,244,247	13,965,217	0.86%	2.23%
1987	10,335,342	14,289,108	0.89%	2.32%
1988	10,432,585	14,636,568	0.94%	2.43%
1989	10,533,243	15,006,813	0.96%	2.53%
1990	10,631,799	15,394,648	0.94%	2.58%
1991	10,717,640	15,787,496	0.81%	2.55%
1992	10,785,801	16,184,855	0.64%	2.52%
1993	10,841,031	16,589,519	0.51%	2.5%
1994	10,886,021	16,993,190	0.41%	2.43%
1995	10,925,362	17,399,017	0.36%	2.39%
1996	10,962,010	17,810,181	0.34%	2.36%
1997	10,997,934	18,238,958	0.33%	2.41%
1998	11,034,712	18,688,036	0.33%	2.46%
1999	11,072,230	19,149,864	0.34%	2.47%
2000	11,109,109	19,637,087	0.33%	2.54%
2001	11,144,132	20,167,069	0.32%	2.7%
2002	11,177,418	20,729,388	0.3%	2.79%
2003	11,209,383	21,296,705	0.29%	2.74%
2004	11,238,756	21,868,298	0.26%	2.68%
2005	11,262,554	22,449,438	0.21%	2.66%
2006	11,278,550	23,040,702	0.14%	2.63%
2007	11,287,272	23,642,279	0.08%	2.61%
2008	11,291,762	24,249,946	0.04%	2.57%
2009	11,294,719	24,862,664	0.03%	2.53%
2010	11,297,409	25,474,995	0.02%	2.46%
2011	11,301,571	26,095,088	0.04%	2.43%
2012	11,303,175	26,734,268	0.01%	2.45%
2013	11,298,167	27,386,193	-0.04%	2.44%
2014	11,285,775	28,041,592	-0.11%	2.39%
2015	11,275,065	28,696,068	-0.09%	2.33%
2016	11,265,612	29,356,742	-0.08%	2.3%
2017	11,247,829	30,008,354	-0.16%	2.22%
2018	11,227,118	30,637,585	-0.18%	2.1%
2019	11,202,846	31,258,945	-0.22%	2.03%
2020	11,176,354	31,887,809	-0.24%	2.01%
2021	11,122,168	32,518,665	-0.48%	1.98%
2022	11,059,820	33,149,152	-0.56%	1.94%
2023	11,019,931	33,787,914	-0.36%	1.93%
2024	10,979,783	34,427,414	-0.36%	1.89%
2025	10,937,204	35,064,273	-0.39%	1.85%
2026	10,892,659	35,697,555	-0.41%	1.81%
2027	10,846,709	36,328,265	-0.42%	1.77%
2028	10,799,586	36,959,310	-0.43%	1.74%
2029	10,750,892	37,589,709	-0.45%	1.71%
2030	10,700,820	38,222,075	-0.47%	1.68%
2031	10,649,673	38,856,804	-0.48%	1.66%
2032	10,597,336	39,492,788	-0.49%	1.64%
2033	10,543,539	40,132,720	-0.51%	1.62%
2034	10,488,270	40,774,152	-0.52%	1.6%
2035	10,431,762	41,412,555	-0.54%	1.57%
2036	10,373,926	42,047,450	-0.55%	1.53%
2037	10,314,339	42,682,177	-0.57%	1.51%
2038	10,253,201	43,314,971	-0.59%	1.48%
2039	10,190,465	43,942,852	-0.61%	1.45%
2040	10,125,837	44,568,346	-0.63%	1.42%
2041	10,059,299	45,190,628	-0.66%	1.4%
2042	9,990,897	45,808,597	-0.68%	1.37%
2043	9,920,670	46,421,960	-0.7%	1.34%
2044	9,848,751	47,030,351	-0.72%	1.31%
2045	9,775,205	47,634,271	-0.75%	1.28%
2046	9,699,830	48,231,602	-0.77%	1.25%
2047	9,622,707	48,823,456	-0.8%	1.23%
2048	9,544,142	49,408,506	-0.82%	1.2%
2049	9,463,925	49,984,435	-0.84%	1.17%
2050	9,381,995	50,553,041	-0.87%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Cuba decreased by 12,938 people (a 0.11% decline), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Cuba lost -372,953 (a 3.31% decline), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Cuba was ranked 73rd most populous country in 2006 and is 90th 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) Cuba's population will shrink by 13.9% to 9,381,995 people with a rank change from 90th to 104th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.