Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Ghana: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Equatorial Guinea and Ghana: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Ghana	Equatorial Guinea	Ghana
1960	269,807	6,961,215	-	-
1961	274,896	7,162,667	1.89%	2.89%
1962	280,286	7,337,375	1.96%	2.44%
1963	285,965	7,514,714	2.03%	2.42%
1964	291,942	7,695,739	2.09%	2.41%
1965	298,238	7,882,606	2.16%	2.43%
1966	304,859	8,074,521	2.22%	2.43%
1967	311,805	8,271,913	2.28%	2.44%
1968	318,849	8,475,729	2.26%	2.46%
1969	322,517	8,690,383	1.15%	2.53%
1970	320,803	8,925,813	-0.53%	2.71%
1971	315,940	9,176,264	-1.52%	2.81%
1972	309,468	9,438,187	-2.05%	2.85%
1973	302,281	9,714,617	-2.32%	2.93%
1974	294,953	10,000,523	-2.42%	2.94%
1975	287,901	10,294,308	-2.39%	2.94%
1976	281,031	10,594,913	-2.39%	2.92%
1977	276,779	10,911,871	-1.51%	2.99%
1978	276,531	11,248,450	-0.09%	3.08%
1979	279,846	11,597,255	1.2%	3.1%
1980	288,644	11,941,448	3.14%	2.97%
1981	303,252	12,281,712	5.06%	2.85%
1982	322,216	12,643,819	6.25%	2.95%
1983	343,421	13,029,836	6.58%	3.05%
1984	364,899	13,370,590	6.25%	2.62%
1985	385,547	13,661,229	5.66%	2.17%
1986	404,728	13,965,217	4.98%	2.23%
1987	422,522	14,289,108	4.4%	2.32%
1988	439,651	14,636,568	4.05%	2.43%
1989	456,808	15,006,813	3.9%	2.53%
1990	474,274	15,394,648	3.82%	2.58%
1991	492,217	15,787,496	3.78%	2.55%
1992	510,770	16,184,855	3.77%	2.52%
1993	530,023	16,589,519	3.77%	2.5%
1994	550,138	16,993,190	3.8%	2.43%
1995	571,264	17,399,017	3.84%	2.39%
1996	593,492	17,810,181	3.89%	2.36%
1997	616,893	18,238,958	3.94%	2.41%
1998	641,474	18,688,036	3.98%	2.46%
1999	667,214	19,149,864	4.01%	2.47%
2000	703,279	19,637,087	5.41%	2.54%
2001	749,836	20,167,069	6.62%	2.7%
2002	797,957	20,729,388	6.42%	2.79%
2003	847,862	21,296,705	6.25%	2.74%
2004	899,917	21,868,298	6.14%	2.68%
2005	947,367	22,449,438	5.27%	2.66%
2006	990,343	23,040,702	4.54%	2.63%
2007	1,036,044	23,642,279	4.61%	2.61%
2008	1,084,530	24,249,946	4.68%	2.57%
2009	1,135,673	24,862,664	4.72%	2.53%
2010	1,189,085	25,474,995	4.7%	2.46%
2011	1,241,835	26,095,088	4.44%	2.43%
2012	1,293,483	26,734,268	4.16%	2.45%
2013	1,346,218	27,386,193	4.08%	2.44%
2014	1,399,828	28,041,592	3.98%	2.39%
2015	1,453,923	28,696,068	3.86%	2.33%
2016	1,508,186	29,356,742	3.73%	2.3%
2017	1,562,396	30,008,354	3.59%	2.22%
2018	1,616,422	30,637,585	3.46%	2.1%
2019	1,670,177	31,258,945	3.33%	2.03%
2020	1,716,468	31,887,809	2.77%	2.01%
2021	1,758,786	32,518,665	2.47%	1.98%
2022	1,803,545	33,149,152	2.54%	1.94%
2023	1,847,549	33,787,914	2.44%	1.93%
2024	1,892,516	34,427,414	2.43%	1.89%
2025	1,938,427	35,064,273	2.43%	1.85%
2026	1,984,463	35,697,555	2.37%	1.81%
2027	2,030,749	36,328,265	2.33%	1.77%
2028	2,077,253	36,959,310	2.29%	1.74%
2029	2,123,699	37,589,709	2.24%	1.71%
2030	2,170,434	38,222,075	2.2%	1.68%
2031	2,218,077	38,856,804	2.2%	1.66%
2032	2,267,025	39,492,788	2.21%	1.64%
2033	2,315,991	40,132,720	2.16%	1.62%
2034	2,364,847	40,774,152	2.11%	1.6%
2035	2,414,263	41,412,555	2.09%	1.57%
2036	2,463,880	42,047,450	2.06%	1.53%
2037	2,513,955	42,682,177	2.03%	1.51%
2038	2,564,843	43,314,971	2.02%	1.48%
2039	2,615,417	43,942,852	1.97%	1.45%
2040	2,665,575	44,568,346	1.92%	1.42%
2041	2,715,477	45,190,628	1.87%	1.4%
2042	2,764,764	45,808,597	1.82%	1.37%
2043	2,813,769	46,421,960	1.77%	1.34%
2044	2,862,511	47,030,351	1.73%	1.31%
2045	2,911,227	47,634,271	1.7%	1.28%
2046	2,959,088	48,231,602	1.64%	1.25%
2047	3,005,551	48,823,456	1.57%	1.23%
2048	3,051,480	49,408,506	1.53%	1.2%
2049	3,097,625	49,984,435	1.51%	1.17%
2050	3,143,719	50,553,041	1.49%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 506,556 people (a 53.5% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Equatorial Guinea gained 521,483 (a 35.9% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 155th most populous country in 2005 and is 148th 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) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 59.1% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.