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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Greece	Ghana	Greece
1960	6,961,215	8,331,725	-	-
1961	7,162,667	8,398,050	2.89%	0.8%
1962	7,337,375	8,448,233	2.44%	0.6%
1963	7,514,714	8,479,625	2.42%	0.37%
1964	7,695,739	8,510,429	2.41%	0.36%
1965	7,882,606	8,550,333	2.43%	0.47%
1966	8,074,521	8,613,651	2.43%	0.74%
1967	8,271,913	8,684,088	2.44%	0.82%
1968	8,475,729	8,740,765	2.46%	0.65%
1969	8,690,383	8,772,764	2.53%	0.37%
1970	8,925,813	8,792,806	2.71%	0.23%
1971	9,176,264	8,831,036	2.81%	0.43%
1972	9,438,187	8,888,628	2.85%	0.65%
1973	9,714,617	8,929,086	2.93%	0.46%
1974	10,000,523	8,962,022	2.94%	0.37%
1975	10,294,308	9,046,541	2.94%	0.94%
1976	10,594,913	9,188,150	2.92%	1.57%
1977	10,911,871	9,308,479	2.99%	1.31%
1978	11,248,450	9,429,959	3.08%	1.31%
1979	11,597,255	9,548,258	3.1%	1.25%
1980	11,941,448	9,642,505	2.97%	0.99%
1981	12,281,712	9,729,350	2.85%	0.9%
1982	12,643,819	9,789,513	2.95%	0.62%
1983	13,029,836	9,846,627	3.05%	0.58%
1984	13,370,590	9,895,801	2.62%	0.5%
1985	13,661,229	9,934,300	2.17%	0.39%
1986	13,965,217	9,967,213	2.23%	0.33%
1987	14,289,108	10,000,595	2.32%	0.33%
1988	14,636,568	10,036,983	2.43%	0.36%
1989	15,006,813	10,089,498	2.53%	0.52%
1990	15,394,648	10,196,792	2.58%	1.06%
1991	15,787,496	10,319,927	2.55%	1.21%
1992	16,184,855	10,399,061	2.52%	0.77%
1993	16,589,519	10,460,415	2.5%	0.59%
1994	16,993,190	10,512,922	2.43%	0.5%
1995	17,399,017	10,562,153	2.39%	0.47%
1996	17,810,181	10,608,800	2.36%	0.44%
1997	18,238,958	10,661,259	2.41%	0.49%
1998	18,688,036	10,720,509	2.46%	0.56%
1999	19,149,864	10,761,698	2.47%	0.38%
2000	19,637,087	10,805,808	2.54%	0.41%
2001	20,167,069	10,862,132	2.7%	0.52%
2002	20,729,388	10,902,022	2.79%	0.37%
2003	21,296,705	10,928,070	2.74%	0.24%
2004	21,868,298	10,955,141	2.68%	0.25%
2005	22,449,438	10,987,314	2.66%	0.29%
2006	23,040,702	11,020,362	2.63%	0.3%
2007	23,642,279	11,048,473	2.61%	0.26%
2008	24,249,946	11,077,841	2.57%	0.27%
2009	24,862,664	11,107,017	2.53%	0.26%
2010	25,474,995	11,121,341	2.46%	0.13%
2011	26,095,088	11,104,899	2.43%	-0.15%
2012	26,734,268	11,045,011	2.45%	-0.54%
2013	27,386,193	10,965,211	2.44%	-0.72%
2014	28,041,592	10,892,413	2.39%	-0.66%
2015	28,696,068	10,820,883	2.33%	-0.66%
2016	29,356,742	10,775,971	2.3%	-0.42%
2017	30,008,354	10,754,679	2.22%	-0.2%
2018	30,637,585	10,732,882	2.1%	-0.2%
2019	31,258,945	10,721,582	2.03%	-0.11%
2020	31,887,809	10,698,599	2.01%	-0.21%
2021	32,518,665	10,569,207	1.98%	-1.21%
2022	33,149,152	10,436,882	1.94%	-1.25%
2023	33,787,914	10,407,351	1.93%	-0.28%
2024	34,427,414	10,405,134	1.89%	-0.02%
2025	35,064,273	10,292,291	1.85%	-1.08%
2026	35,697,555	10,249,082	1.81%	-0.42%
2027	36,328,265	10,204,400	1.77%	-0.44%
2028	36,959,310	10,159,146	1.74%	-0.44%
2029	37,589,709	10,113,475	1.71%	-0.45%
2030	38,222,075	10,067,720	1.68%	-0.45%
2031	38,856,804	10,021,773	1.66%	-0.46%
2032	39,492,788	9,974,701	1.64%	-0.47%
2033	40,132,720	9,927,344	1.62%	-0.47%
2034	40,774,152	9,880,848	1.6%	-0.47%
2035	41,412,555	9,834,216	1.57%	-0.47%
2036	42,047,450	9,787,786	1.53%	-0.47%
2037	42,682,177	9,741,790	1.51%	-0.47%
2038	43,314,971	9,695,855	1.48%	-0.47%
2039	43,942,852	9,650,459	1.45%	-0.47%
2040	44,568,346	9,605,475	1.42%	-0.47%
2041	45,190,628	9,560,641	1.4%	-0.47%
2042	45,808,597	9,516,502	1.37%	-0.46%
2043	46,421,960	9,472,263	1.34%	-0.46%
2044	47,030,351	9,426,737	1.31%	-0.48%
2045	47,634,271	9,380,458	1.28%	-0.49%
2046	48,231,602	9,333,671	1.25%	-0.5%
2047	48,823,456	9,284,541	1.23%	-0.53%
2048	49,408,506	9,233,189	1.2%	-0.55%
2049	49,984,435	9,180,074	1.17%	-0.58%
2050	50,553,041	9,125,443	1.14%	-0.6%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Greece lost 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Greece's population decreased by -526,889 (a 4.89% decline).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Greece was ranked 74th in 2006 and ranked 96th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Greece will decrease by 11% to 9,125,443 people and rank change from 96th to 106th.