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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Guinea	Ghana	Guinea
1960	6,961,215	3,556,749	-	-
1961	7,162,667	3,619,551	2.89%	1.77%
1962	7,337,375	3,684,273	2.44%	1.79%
1963	7,514,714	3,750,954	2.42%	1.81%
1964	7,695,739	3,819,722	2.41%	1.83%
1965	7,882,606	3,890,716	2.43%	1.86%
1966	8,074,521	3,964,155	2.43%	1.89%
1967	8,271,913	4,040,153	2.44%	1.92%
1968	8,475,729	4,118,550	2.46%	1.94%
1969	8,690,383	4,198,300	2.53%	1.94%
1970	8,925,813	4,277,535	2.71%	1.89%
1971	9,176,264	4,355,200	2.81%	1.82%
1972	9,438,187	4,431,292	2.85%	1.75%
1973	9,714,617	4,506,324	2.93%	1.69%
1974	10,000,523	4,580,510	2.94%	1.65%
1975	10,294,308	4,653,876	2.94%	1.6%
1976	10,594,913	4,727,022	2.92%	1.57%
1977	10,911,871	4,801,128	2.99%	1.57%
1978	11,248,450	4,877,854	3.08%	1.6%
1979	11,597,255	4,959,283	3.1%	1.67%
1980	11,941,448	5,047,419	2.97%	1.78%
1981	12,281,712	5,143,288	2.85%	1.9%
1982	12,643,819	5,247,672	2.95%	2.03%
1983	13,029,836	5,359,814	3.05%	2.14%
1984	13,370,590	5,480,096	2.62%	2.24%
1985	13,661,229	5,610,373	2.17%	2.38%
1986	13,965,217	5,750,668	2.23%	2.5%
1987	14,289,108	5,900,198	2.32%	2.6%
1988	14,636,568	6,056,574	2.43%	2.65%
1989	15,006,813	6,215,811	2.53%	2.63%
1990	15,394,648	6,434,374	2.58%	3.52%
1991	15,787,496	6,697,166	2.55%	4.08%
1992	16,184,855	6,914,366	2.52%	3.24%
1993	16,589,519	7,128,177	2.5%	3.09%
1994	16,993,190	7,345,107	2.43%	3.04%
1995	17,399,017	7,553,249	2.39%	2.83%
1996	17,810,181	7,770,035	2.36%	2.87%
1997	18,238,958	7,931,370	2.41%	2.08%
1998	18,688,036	8,081,990	2.46%	1.9%
1999	19,149,864	8,265,123	2.47%	2.27%
2000	19,637,087	8,428,832	2.54%	1.98%
2001	20,167,069	8,539,960	2.7%	1.32%
2002	20,729,388	8,674,066	2.79%	1.57%
2003	21,296,705	8,870,781	2.74%	2.27%
2004	21,868,298	9,062,726	2.68%	2.16%
2005	22,449,438	9,245,844	2.66%	2.02%
2006	23,040,702	9,441,171	2.63%	2.11%
2007	23,642,279	9,662,281	2.61%	2.34%
2008	24,249,946	9,898,870	2.57%	2.45%
2009	24,862,664	10,143,534	2.53%	2.47%
2010	25,474,995	10,396,086	2.46%	2.49%
2011	26,095,088	10,656,810	2.43%	2.51%
2012	26,734,268	10,921,581	2.45%	2.48%
2013	27,386,193	11,191,873	2.44%	2.47%
2014	28,041,592	11,472,924	2.39%	2.51%
2015	28,696,068	11,767,070	2.33%	2.56%
2016	29,356,742	12,073,030	2.3%	2.6%
2017	30,008,354	12,385,659	2.22%	2.59%
2018	30,637,585	12,704,774	2.1%	2.58%
2019	31,258,945	13,034,346	2.03%	2.59%
2020	31,887,809	13,371,183	2.01%	2.58%
2021	32,518,665	13,710,513	1.98%	2.54%
2022	33,149,152	14,055,137	1.94%	2.51%
2023	33,787,914	14,405,468	1.93%	2.49%
2024	34,427,414	14,754,785	1.89%	2.42%
2025	35,064,273	15,099,737	1.85%	2.34%
2026	35,697,555	15,441,997	1.81%	2.27%
2027	36,328,265	15,784,102	1.77%	2.22%
2028	36,959,310	16,126,582	1.74%	2.17%
2029	37,589,709	16,466,764	1.71%	2.11%
2030	38,222,075	16,807,153	1.68%	2.07%
2031	38,856,804	17,147,643	1.66%	2.03%
2032	39,492,788	17,485,900	1.64%	1.97%
2033	40,132,720	17,822,213	1.62%	1.92%
2034	40,774,152	18,154,418	1.6%	1.86%
2035	41,412,555	18,486,025	1.57%	1.83%
2036	42,047,450	18,820,871	1.53%	1.81%
2037	42,682,177	19,155,764	1.51%	1.78%
2038	43,314,971	19,489,372	1.48%	1.74%
2039	43,942,852	19,823,866	1.45%	1.72%
2040	44,568,346	20,160,751	1.42%	1.7%
2041	45,190,628	20,497,039	1.4%	1.67%
2042	45,808,597	20,830,660	1.37%	1.63%
2043	46,421,960	21,163,506	1.34%	1.6%
2044	47,030,351	21,492,058	1.31%	1.55%
2045	47,634,271	21,817,254	1.28%	1.51%
2046	48,231,602	22,141,694	1.25%	1.49%
2047	48,823,456	22,463,122	1.23%	1.45%
2048	49,408,506	22,780,061	1.2%	1.41%
2049	49,984,435	23,092,618	1.17%	1.37%
2050	50,553,041	23,404,600	1.14%	1.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Guinea gained 2,631,859 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Guinea's population increased by 3,372,705 (a 27.9% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Guinea was ranked 84th in 2006 and ranked 75th 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 Guinea will increase by 51.5% to 23,404,600 people and rank change from 75th to 71st.