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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Ghana	Fiji	Ghana
1960	404,887	6,961,215	-	-
1961	417,406	7,162,667	3.09%	2.89%
1962	430,536	7,337,375	3.15%	2.44%
1963	444,276	7,514,714	3.19%	2.42%
1964	458,324	7,695,739	3.16%	2.41%
1965	472,575	7,882,606	3.11%	2.43%
1966	486,487	8,074,521	2.94%	2.43%
1967	498,873	8,271,913	2.55%	2.44%
1968	510,002	8,475,729	2.23%	2.46%
1969	520,797	8,690,383	2.12%	2.53%
1970	531,188	8,925,813	2%	2.71%
1971	541,121	9,176,264	1.87%	2.81%
1972	550,499	9,438,187	1.73%	2.85%
1973	559,222	9,714,617	1.58%	2.93%
1974	567,489	10,000,523	1.48%	2.94%
1975	575,906	10,294,308	1.48%	2.94%
1976	585,534	10,594,913	1.67%	2.92%
1977	597,805	10,911,871	2.1%	2.99%
1978	612,091	11,248,450	2.39%	3.08%
1979	626,862	11,597,255	2.41%	3.1%
1980	641,975	11,941,448	2.41%	2.97%
1981	657,471	12,281,712	2.41%	2.85%
1982	673,414	12,643,819	2.42%	2.95%
1983	689,835	13,029,836	2.44%	3.05%
1984	706,716	13,370,590	2.45%	2.62%
1985	723,761	13,661,229	2.41%	2.17%
1986	739,306	13,965,217	2.15%	2.23%
1987	750,540	14,289,108	1.52%	2.32%
1988	758,697	14,636,568	1.09%	2.43%
1989	766,321	15,006,813	1%	2.53%
1990	773,316	15,394,648	0.91%	2.58%
1991	779,656	15,787,496	0.82%	2.55%
1992	785,346	16,184,855	0.73%	2.52%
1993	790,369	16,589,519	0.64%	2.5%
1994	794,771	16,993,190	0.56%	2.43%
1995	798,746	17,399,017	0.5%	2.39%
1996	803,789	17,810,181	0.63%	2.36%
1997	812,139	18,238,958	1.04%	2.41%
1998	822,258	18,688,036	1.25%	2.46%
1999	831,828	19,149,864	1.16%	2.47%
2000	840,909	19,637,087	1.09%	2.54%
2001	849,596	20,167,069	1.03%	2.7%
2002	858,049	20,729,388	0.99%	2.79%
2003	866,286	21,296,705	0.96%	2.74%
2004	874,366	21,868,298	0.93%	2.68%
2005	882,379	22,449,438	0.92%	2.66%
2006	890,365	23,040,702	0.91%	2.63%
2007	897,832	23,642,279	0.84%	2.61%
2008	903,399	24,249,946	0.62%	2.57%
2009	907,239	24,862,664	0.43%	2.53%
2010	910,419	25,474,995	0.35%	2.46%
2011	912,989	26,095,088	0.28%	2.43%
2012	914,918	26,734,268	0.21%	2.45%
2013	916,352	27,386,193	0.16%	2.44%
2014	917,585	28,041,592	0.13%	2.39%
2015	918,578	28,696,068	0.11%	2.33%
2016	919,166	29,356,742	0.06%	2.3%
2017	918,759	30,008,354	-0.04%	2.22%
2018	917,180	30,637,585	-0.17%	2.1%
2019	914,899	31,258,945	-0.25%	2.03%
2020	914,963	31,887,809	0.007%	2.01%
2021	916,711	32,518,665	0.19%	1.98%
2022	919,422	33,149,152	0.3%	1.94%
2023	924,145	33,787,914	0.51%	1.93%
2024	928,784	34,427,414	0.5%	1.89%
2025	933,141	35,064,273	0.47%	1.85%
2026	937,268	35,697,555	0.44%	1.81%
2027	941,304	36,328,265	0.43%	1.77%
2028	945,347	36,959,310	0.43%	1.74%
2029	949,269	37,589,709	0.41%	1.71%
2030	953,095	38,222,075	0.4%	1.68%
2031	956,685	38,856,804	0.38%	1.66%
2032	960,056	39,492,788	0.35%	1.64%
2033	963,339	40,132,720	0.34%	1.62%
2034	966,516	40,774,152	0.33%	1.6%
2035	969,613	41,412,555	0.32%	1.57%
2036	972,641	42,047,450	0.31%	1.53%
2037	975,643	42,682,177	0.31%	1.51%
2038	978,533	43,314,971	0.3%	1.48%
2039	981,270	43,942,852	0.28%	1.45%
2040	983,842	44,568,346	0.26%	1.42%
2041	986,409	45,190,628	0.26%	1.4%
2042	988,810	45,808,597	0.24%	1.37%
2043	990,851	46,421,960	0.21%	1.34%
2044	992,731	47,030,351	0.19%	1.31%
2045	994,437	47,634,271	0.17%	1.28%
2046	995,957	48,231,602	0.15%	1.25%
2047	997,319	48,823,456	0.14%	1.23%
2048	998,544	49,408,506	0.12%	1.2%
2049	999,530	49,984,435	0.1%	1.17%
2050	1,000,244	50,553,041	0.07%	1.14%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while Ghana gained 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Ghana will increase by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.