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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	Ghana	Dominica	Ghana
1960	59,372	6,961,215	-	-
1961	60,209	7,162,667	1.41%	2.89%
1962	60,948	7,337,375	1.23%	2.44%
1963	61,739	7,514,714	1.3%	2.42%
1964	62,587	7,695,739	1.37%	2.41%
1965	63,505	7,882,606	1.47%	2.43%
1966	64,507	8,074,521	1.58%	2.43%
1967	65,585	8,271,913	1.67%	2.44%
1968	66,732	8,475,729	1.75%	2.46%
1969	67,934	8,690,383	1.8%	2.53%
1970	68,908	8,925,813	1.43%	2.71%
1971	69,532	9,176,264	0.91%	2.81%
1972	70,060	9,438,187	0.76%	2.85%
1973	70,585	9,714,617	0.75%	2.93%
1974	71,091	10,000,523	0.72%	2.94%
1975	71,570	10,294,308	0.67%	2.94%
1976	72,017	10,594,913	0.62%	2.92%
1977	72,406	10,911,871	0.54%	2.99%
1978	72,724	11,248,450	0.44%	3.08%
1979	72,959	11,597,255	0.32%	3.1%
1980	73,083	11,941,448	0.17%	2.97%
1981	72,986	12,281,712	-0.13%	2.85%
1982	72,688	12,643,819	-0.41%	2.95%
1983	72,365	13,029,836	-0.44%	3.05%
1984	72,056	13,370,590	-0.43%	2.62%
1985	71,744	13,661,229	-0.43%	2.17%
1986	71,406	13,965,217	-0.47%	2.23%
1987	71,023	14,289,108	-0.54%	2.32%
1988	70,608	14,636,568	-0.58%	2.43%
1989	70,153	15,006,813	-0.64%	2.53%
1990	69,627	15,394,648	-0.75%	2.58%
1991	69,296	15,787,496	-0.48%	2.55%
1992	69,325	16,184,855	0.04%	2.52%
1993	69,433	16,589,519	0.16%	2.5%
1994	69,477	16,993,190	0.06%	2.43%
1995	69,469	17,399,017	-0.01%	2.39%
1996	69,410	17,810,181	-0.08%	2.36%
1997	69,299	18,238,958	-0.16%	2.41%
1998	69,124	18,688,036	-0.25%	2.46%
1999	68,870	19,149,864	-0.37%	2.47%
2000	68,511	19,637,087	-0.52%	2.54%
2001	68,288	20,167,069	-0.33%	2.7%
2002	68,367	20,729,388	0.12%	2.79%
2003	68,531	21,296,705	0.24%	2.74%
2004	68,649	21,868,298	0.17%	2.68%
2005	68,734	22,449,438	0.12%	2.66%
2006	68,806	23,040,702	0.1%	2.63%
2007	68,847	23,642,279	0.06%	2.61%
2008	68,854	24,249,946	0.01%	2.57%
2009	68,864	24,862,664	0.01%	2.53%
2010	68,859	25,474,995	-0.007%	2.46%
2011	69,053	26,095,088	0.28%	2.43%
2012	69,118	26,734,268	0.09%	2.45%
2013	69,715	27,386,193	0.86%	2.44%
2014	70,373	28,041,592	0.94%	2.39%
2015	70,410	28,696,068	0.05%	2.33%
2016	69,606	29,356,742	-1.14%	2.3%
2017	68,496	30,008,354	-1.59%	2.22%
2018	68,174	30,637,585	-0.47%	2.1%
2019	67,880	31,258,945	-0.43%	2.03%
2020	67,573	31,887,809	-0.45%	2.01%
2021	67,202	32,518,665	-0.55%	1.98%
2022	66,826	33,149,152	-0.56%	1.94%
2023	66,510	33,787,914	-0.47%	1.93%
2024	66,205	34,427,414	-0.46%	1.89%
2025	65,870	35,064,273	-0.51%	1.85%
2026	65,508	35,697,555	-0.55%	1.81%
2027	65,160	36,328,265	-0.53%	1.77%
2028	64,808	36,959,310	-0.54%	1.74%
2029	64,475	37,589,709	-0.51%	1.71%
2030	64,169	38,222,075	-0.47%	1.68%
2031	63,949	38,856,804	-0.34%	1.66%
2032	63,825	39,492,788	-0.19%	1.64%
2033	63,775	40,132,720	-0.08%	1.62%
2034	63,756	40,774,152	-0.03%	1.6%
2035	63,764	41,412,555	0.01%	1.57%
2036	63,757	42,047,450	-0.01%	1.53%
2037	63,770	42,682,177	0.02%	1.51%
2038	63,784	43,314,971	0.02%	1.48%
2039	63,792	43,942,852	0.01%	1.45%
2040	63,798	44,568,346	0.009%	1.42%
2041	63,804	45,190,628	0.009%	1.4%
2042	63,778	45,808,597	-0.04%	1.37%
2043	63,731	46,421,960	-0.07%	1.34%
2044	63,677	47,030,351	-0.08%	1.31%
2045	63,630	47,634,271	-0.07%	1.28%
2046	63,575	48,231,602	-0.09%	1.25%
2047	63,501	48,823,456	-0.12%	1.23%
2048	63,411	49,408,506	-0.14%	1.2%
2049	63,303	49,984,435	-0.17%	1.17%
2050	63,191	50,553,041	-0.18%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 4.07% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.