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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Egypt	Ghana	Egypt	Ghana
1960	26,896,479	6,961,215	-	-
1961	27,600,898	7,162,667	2.62%	2.89%
1962	28,337,013	7,337,375	2.67%	2.44%
1963	29,091,869	7,514,714	2.66%	2.42%
1964	29,858,922	7,695,739	2.64%	2.41%
1965	30,629,174	7,882,606	2.58%	2.43%
1966	31,406,541	8,074,521	2.54%	2.43%
1967	32,196,360	8,271,913	2.51%	2.44%
1968	32,998,319	8,475,729	2.49%	2.46%
1969	33,811,615	8,690,383	2.46%	2.53%
1970	34,623,990	8,925,813	2.4%	2.71%
1971	35,433,368	9,176,264	2.34%	2.81%
1972	36,258,328	9,438,187	2.33%	2.85%
1973	37,102,043	9,714,617	2.33%	2.93%
1974	37,969,667	10,000,523	2.34%	2.94%
1975	38,875,327	10,294,308	2.39%	2.94%
1976	39,795,557	10,594,913	2.37%	2.92%
1977	40,748,870	10,911,871	2.4%	2.99%
1978	41,761,431	11,248,450	2.48%	3.08%
1979	42,818,628	11,597,255	2.53%	3.1%
1980	43,950,413	11,941,448	2.64%	2.97%
1981	45,147,224	12,281,712	2.72%	2.85%
1982	46,407,611	12,643,819	2.79%	2.95%
1983	47,786,402	13,029,836	2.97%	3.05%
1984	49,247,334	13,370,590	3.06%	2.62%
1985	50,734,968	13,661,229	3.02%	2.17%
1986	52,206,295	13,965,217	2.9%	2.23%
1987	53,674,435	14,289,108	2.81%	2.32%
1988	55,187,681	14,636,568	2.82%	2.43%
1989	56,710,642	15,006,813	2.76%	2.53%
1990	58,396,618	15,394,648	2.97%	2.58%
1991	60,028,997	15,787,496	2.8%	2.55%
1992	61,480,660	16,184,855	2.42%	2.52%
1993	62,915,681	16,589,519	2.33%	2.5%
1994	64,285,589	16,993,190	2.18%	2.43%
1995	65,652,622	17,399,017	2.13%	2.39%
1996	67,028,048	17,810,181	2.1%	2.36%
1997	68,431,740	18,238,958	2.09%	2.41%
1998	69,943,294	18,688,036	2.21%	2.46%
1999	71,520,954	19,149,864	2.26%	2.47%
2000	73,083,284	19,637,087	2.18%	2.54%
2001	74,652,029	20,167,069	2.15%	2.7%
2002	76,239,137	20,729,388	2.13%	2.79%
2003	77,853,548	21,296,705	2.12%	2.74%
2004	79,477,443	21,868,298	2.09%	2.68%
2005	81,101,004	22,449,438	2.04%	2.66%
2006	82,700,403	23,040,702	1.97%	2.63%
2007	84,276,225	23,642,279	1.91%	2.61%
2008	85,864,789	24,249,946	1.88%	2.57%
2009	87,501,636	24,862,664	1.91%	2.53%
2010	89,196,072	25,474,995	1.94%	2.46%
2011	91,093,059	26,095,088	2.13%	2.43%
2012	93,161,001	26,734,268	2.27%	2.45%
2013	95,333,553	27,386,193	2.33%	2.44%
2014	97,528,654	28,041,592	2.3%	2.39%
2015	99,597,342	28,696,068	2.12%	2.33%
2016	101,644,589	29,356,742	2.06%	2.3%
2017	103,696,057	30,008,354	2.02%	2.22%
2018	105,682,094	30,637,585	1.92%	2.1%
2019	107,553,158	31,258,945	1.77%	2.03%
2020	109,315,124	31,887,809	1.64%	2.01%
2021	110,957,008	32,518,665	1.5%	1.98%
2022	112,618,250	33,149,152	1.5%	1.94%
2023	114,535,772	33,787,914	1.7%	1.93%
2024	116,538,258	34,427,414	1.75%	1.89%
2025	118,365,997	35,064,273	1.57%	1.85%
2026	120,101,181	35,697,555	1.47%	1.81%
2027	121,847,622	36,328,265	1.45%	1.77%
2028	123,608,457	36,959,310	1.45%	1.74%
2029	125,373,058	37,589,709	1.43%	1.71%
2030	127,139,323	38,222,075	1.41%	1.68%
2031	128,912,256	38,856,804	1.39%	1.66%
2032	130,695,084	39,492,788	1.38%	1.64%
2033	132,485,612	40,132,720	1.37%	1.62%
2034	134,287,838	40,774,152	1.36%	1.6%
2035	136,097,214	41,412,555	1.35%	1.57%
2036	137,913,263	42,047,450	1.33%	1.53%
2037	139,738,699	42,682,177	1.32%	1.51%
2038	141,565,835	43,314,971	1.31%	1.48%
2039	143,393,267	43,942,852	1.29%	1.45%
2040	145,213,662	44,568,346	1.27%	1.42%
2041	147,018,554	45,190,628	1.24%	1.4%
2042	148,800,785	45,808,597	1.21%	1.37%
2043	150,547,655	46,421,960	1.17%	1.34%
2044	152,255,332	47,030,351	1.13%	1.31%
2045	153,919,190	47,634,271	1.09%	1.28%
2046	155,535,951	48,231,602	1.05%	1.25%
2047	157,114,404	48,823,456	1.01%	1.23%
2048	158,657,392	49,408,506	0.98%	1.2%
2049	160,161,615	49,984,435	0.95%	1.17%
2050	161,630,197	50,553,041	0.92%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Egypt increased by 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Egypt gained 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Egypt was ranked 13th most populous country in 2006 and is still 13th 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) Egypt's population will grow by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people with a rank change from 13th to 11th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.