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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 34,427,414 people in Ghana in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 35,704,448 in Ghana.

Population statistics:

  • Ghana's population is 26.6 times bigger than Estonia's.
  • Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Ghana is the 47th.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.43% for Ghana.
  • For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.1% in Ghana.
  • Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while Ghana has grown from 23M to 35.7M (55% growth).
  • Ghana is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.5M people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 833K people by 2100.

Estonia vs Ghana: live population counter

Estonia Ghana
Current population
1342600
35704448
Population rank 155/197 47/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.43%
One net population change
4.26 hours
49.3 seconds
One birth every
47.9 minutes
35.5 seconds
One death every
32.8 minutes
2.21 minutes
One migration net change every
1.13 hours
40.1 minutes
Annual migration change -7,742 -13,114
Daily growth/decline +6 +1,752
Annual growth/decline +2,055 +639,500
Annual growth/decline rate +0.15% +1.89%
Population growth rate rank 159/197 57/197

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

Estonia
Population

Growth rate
Ghana
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Estonia Ghana Estonia Ghana
1960 1,211,537 6,961,215 - -
1961 1,225,077 7,162,667 1.12% 2.89%
1962 1,241,623 7,337,375 1.35% 2.44%
1963 1,258,857 7,514,714 1.39% 2.42%
1964 1,277,086 7,695,739 1.45% 2.41%
1965 1,294,566 7,882,606 1.37% 2.43%
1966 1,308,597 8,074,521 1.08% 2.43%
1967 1,318,946 8,271,913 0.79% 2.44%
1968 1,331,214 8,475,729 0.93% 2.46%
1969 1,345,249 8,690,383 1.05% 2.53%
1970 1,360,076 8,925,813 1.1% 2.71%
1971 1,376,955 9,176,264 1.24% 2.81%
1972 1,392,518 9,438,187 1.13% 2.85%
1973 1,405,951 9,714,617 0.96% 2.93%
1974 1,418,169 10,000,523 0.87% 2.94%
1975 1,429,352 10,294,308 0.79% 2.94%
1976 1,439,576 10,594,913 0.72% 2.92%
1977 1,450,211 10,911,871 0.74% 2.99%
1978 1,460,188 11,248,450 0.69% 3.08%
1979 1,468,333 11,597,255 0.56% 3.1%
1980 1,477,219 11,941,448 0.61% 2.97%
1981 1,487,666 12,281,712 0.71% 2.85%
1982 1,498,414 12,643,819 0.72% 2.95%
1983 1,508,745 13,029,836 0.69% 3.05%
1984 1,518,617 13,370,590 0.65% 2.62%
1985 1,528,781 13,661,229 0.67% 2.17%
1986 1,540,190 13,965,217 0.75% 2.23%
1987 1,552,221 14,289,108 0.78% 2.32%
1988 1,561,900 14,636,568 0.62% 2.43%
1989 1,568,131 15,006,813 0.4% 2.53%
1990 1,569,174 15,394,648 0.07% 2.58%
1991 1,561,314 15,787,496 -0.5% 2.55%
1992 1,533,091 16,184,855 -1.81% 2.52%
1993 1,494,128 16,589,519 -2.54% 2.5%
1994 1,462,514 16,993,190 -2.12% 2.43%
1995 1,436,634 17,399,017 -1.77% 2.39%
1996 1,415,594 17,810,181 -1.46% 2.36%
1997 1,399,535 18,238,958 -1.13% 2.41%
1998 1,386,156 18,688,036 -0.96% 2.46%
1999 1,390,244 19,149,864 0.29% 2.47%
2000 1,396,985 19,637,087 0.48% 2.54%
2001 1,388,115 20,167,069 -0.63% 2.7%
2002 1,379,350 20,729,388 -0.63% 2.79%
2003 1,370,720 21,296,705 -0.63% 2.74%
2004 1,362,550 21,868,298 -0.6% 2.68%
2005 1,354,775 22,449,438 -0.57% 2.66%
2006 1,346,810 23,040,702 -0.59% 2.63%
2007 1,340,680 23,642,279 -0.46% 2.61%
2008 1,337,090 24,249,946 -0.27% 2.57%
2009 1,334,515 24,862,664 -0.19% 2.53%
2010 1,331,475 25,474,995 -0.23% 2.46%
2011 1,327,439 26,095,088 -0.3% 2.43%
2012 1,322,696 26,734,268 -0.36% 2.45%
2013 1,317,997 27,386,193 -0.36% 2.44%
2014 1,314,545 28,041,592 -0.26% 2.39%
2015 1,315,407 28,696,068 0.07% 2.33%
2016 1,315,790 29,356,742 0.03% 2.3%
2017 1,317,384 30,008,354 0.12% 2.22%
2018 1,321,977 30,637,585 0.35% 2.1%
2019 1,326,898 31,258,945 0.37% 2.03%
2020 1,329,522 31,887,809 0.2% 2.01%
2021 1,330,932 32,518,665 0.11% 1.98%
2022 1,348,840 33,149,152 1.35% 1.94%
2023 1,370,286 33,787,914 1.59% 1.93%
2024 1,372,341 34,427,414 0.15% 1.89%
2025 1,355,886 35,064,273 -1.2% 1.85%
2026 1,342,600 35,697,555 -0.98% 1.81%
2027 1,335,442 36,328,265 -0.53% 1.77%
2028 1,328,286 36,959,310 -0.54% 1.74%
2029 1,321,161 37,589,709 -0.54% 1.71%
2030 1,314,069 38,222,075 -0.54% 1.68%
2031 1,306,958 38,856,804 -0.54% 1.66%
2032 1,299,888 39,492,788 -0.54% 1.64%
2033 1,292,910 40,132,720 -0.54% 1.62%
2034 1,286,022 40,774,152 -0.53% 1.6%
2035 1,279,261 41,412,555 -0.53% 1.57%
2036 1,272,639 42,047,450 -0.52% 1.53%
2037 1,266,148 42,682,177 -0.51% 1.51%
2038 1,259,837 43,314,971 -0.5% 1.48%
2039 1,253,640 43,942,852 -0.49% 1.45%
2040 1,247,514 44,568,346 -0.49% 1.42%
2041 1,241,398 45,190,628 -0.49% 1.4%
2042 1,235,251 45,808,597 -0.5% 1.37%
2043 1,229,108 46,421,960 -0.5% 1.34%
2044 1,222,903 47,030,351 -0.5% 1.31%
2045 1,216,642 47,634,271 -0.51% 1.28%
2046 1,210,354 48,231,602 -0.52% 1.25%
2047 1,204,004 48,823,456 -0.52% 1.23%
2048 1,197,645 49,408,506 -0.53% 1.2%
2049 1,191,150 49,984,435 -0.54% 1.17%
2050 1,184,441 50,553,041 -0.56% 1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th 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) Estonia's population will shrink by 11.8% to 1,184,441 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.

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