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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Guatemala	Ghana	Guatemala
1960	6,961,215	4,063,655	-	-
1961	7,162,667	4,186,201	2.89%	3.02%
1962	7,337,375	4,312,044	2.44%	3.01%
1963	7,514,714	4,440,264	2.42%	2.97%
1964	7,695,739	4,571,109	2.41%	2.95%
1965	7,882,606	4,704,965	2.43%	2.93%
1966	8,074,521	4,840,958	2.43%	2.89%
1967	8,271,913	4,978,862	2.44%	2.85%
1968	8,475,729	5,118,111	2.46%	2.8%
1969	8,690,383	5,257,081	2.53%	2.72%
1970	8,925,813	5,396,966	2.71%	2.66%
1971	9,176,264	5,538,355	2.81%	2.62%
1972	9,438,187	5,682,833	2.85%	2.61%
1973	9,714,617	5,831,631	2.93%	2.62%
1974	10,000,523	5,981,197	2.94%	2.56%
1975	10,294,308	6,128,731	2.94%	2.47%
1976	10,594,913	6,262,404	2.92%	2.18%
1977	10,911,871	6,401,515	2.99%	2.22%
1978	11,248,450	6,561,534	3.08%	2.5%
1979	11,597,255	6,727,797	3.1%	2.53%
1980	11,941,448	6,900,212	2.97%	2.56%
1981	12,281,712	7,075,648	2.85%	2.54%
1982	12,643,819	7,240,241	2.95%	2.33%
1983	13,029,836	7,419,642	3.05%	2.48%
1984	13,370,590	7,630,682	2.62%	2.84%
1985	13,661,229	7,849,693	2.17%	2.87%
1986	13,965,217	8,070,818	2.23%	2.82%
1987	14,289,108	8,296,485	2.32%	2.8%
1988	14,636,568	8,532,099	2.43%	2.84%
1989	15,006,813	8,775,546	2.53%	2.85%
1990	15,394,648	9,024,773	2.58%	2.84%
1991	15,787,496	9,272,584	2.55%	2.75%
1992	16,184,855	9,522,266	2.52%	2.69%
1993	16,589,519	9,779,761	2.5%	2.7%
1994	16,993,190	10,043,718	2.43%	2.7%
1995	17,399,017	10,312,996	2.39%	2.68%
1996	17,810,181	10,583,526	2.36%	2.62%
1997	18,238,958	10,857,754	2.41%	2.59%
1998	18,688,036	11,139,145	2.46%	2.59%
1999	19,149,864	11,422,965	2.47%	2.55%
2000	19,637,087	11,697,592	2.54%	2.4%
2001	20,167,069	11,969,422	2.7%	2.32%
2002	20,729,388	12,246,915	2.79%	2.32%
2003	21,296,705	12,525,842	2.74%	2.28%
2004	21,868,298	12,807,402	2.68%	2.25%
2005	22,449,438	13,087,629	2.66%	2.19%
2006	23,040,702	13,367,459	2.63%	2.14%
2007	23,642,279	13,652,040	2.61%	2.13%
2008	24,249,946	13,935,174	2.57%	2.07%
2009	24,862,664	14,215,611	2.53%	2.01%
2010	25,474,995	14,500,112	2.46%	2%
2011	26,095,088	14,792,126	2.43%	2.01%
2012	26,734,268	15,089,647	2.45%	2.01%
2013	27,386,193	15,387,337	2.44%	1.97%
2014	28,041,592	15,681,725	2.39%	1.91%
2015	28,696,068	15,971,743	2.33%	1.85%
2016	29,356,742	16,268,760	2.3%	1.86%
2017	30,008,354	16,567,357	2.22%	1.84%
2018	30,637,585	16,845,685	2.1%	1.68%
2019	31,258,945	17,103,803	2.03%	1.53%
2020	31,887,809	17,357,325	2.01%	1.48%
2021	32,518,665	17,598,650	1.98%	1.39%
2022	33,149,152	17,847,877	1.94%	1.42%
2023	33,787,914	18,124,838	1.93%	1.55%
2024	34,427,414	18,406,359	1.89%	1.55%
2025	35,064,273	18,687,873	1.85%	1.53%
2026	35,697,555	18,967,974	1.81%	1.5%
2027	36,328,265	19,246,005	1.77%	1.47%
2028	36,959,310	19,521,501	1.74%	1.43%
2029	37,589,709	19,795,168	1.71%	1.4%
2030	38,222,075	20,067,252	1.68%	1.37%
2031	38,856,804	20,337,369	1.66%	1.35%
2032	39,492,788	20,605,385	1.64%	1.32%
2033	40,132,720	20,871,083	1.62%	1.29%
2034	40,774,152	21,134,167	1.6%	1.26%
2035	41,412,555	21,394,231	1.57%	1.23%
2036	42,047,450	21,650,331	1.53%	1.2%
2037	42,682,177	21,901,955	1.51%	1.16%
2038	43,314,971	22,149,197	1.48%	1.13%
2039	43,942,852	22,391,079	1.45%	1.09%
2040	44,568,346	22,626,859	1.42%	1.05%
2041	45,190,628	22,856,760	1.4%	1.02%
2042	45,808,597	23,080,838	1.37%	0.98%
2043	46,421,960	23,299,226	1.34%	0.95%
2044	47,030,351	23,512,005	1.31%	0.91%
2045	47,634,271	23,719,080	1.28%	0.88%
2046	48,231,602	23,920,450	1.25%	0.85%
2047	48,823,456	24,115,734	1.23%	0.82%
2048	49,408,506	24,305,641	1.2%	0.79%
2049	49,984,435	24,491,000	1.17%	0.76%
2050	50,553,041	24,670,850	1.14%	0.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Guatemala gained 2,901,301 people (a 21.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Guatemala's population increased by 2,702,252 (a 16.6% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Guatemala was ranked 68th in 2006 and ranked 69th 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 Guatemala will increase by 30% to 24,670,850 people and rank change from 69th to 67th.