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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau	Ghana	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6,961,215	577,633	-	-
1961	7,162,667	582,532	2.89%	0.85%
1962	7,337,375	589,474	2.44%	1.19%
1963	7,514,714	594,418	2.42%	0.84%
1964	7,695,739	588,543	2.41%	-0.99%
1965	7,882,606	575,005	2.43%	-2.3%
1966	8,074,521	566,908	2.43%	-1.41%
1967	8,271,913	569,011	2.44%	0.37%
1968	8,475,729	578,170	2.46%	1.61%
1969	8,690,383	581,610	2.53%	0.59%
1970	8,925,813	584,403	2.71%	0.48%
1971	9,176,264	586,221	2.81%	0.31%
1972	9,438,187	586,620	2.85%	0.07%
1973	9,714,617	592,808	2.93%	1.05%
1974	10,000,523	613,338	2.94%	3.46%
1975	10,294,308	650,966	2.94%	6.13%
1976	10,594,913	694,191	2.92%	6.64%
1977	10,911,871	741,789	2.99%	6.86%
1978	11,248,450	791,694	3.08%	6.73%
1979	11,597,255	819,867	3.1%	3.56%
1980	11,941,448	829,303	2.97%	1.15%
1981	12,281,712	842,432	2.85%	1.58%
1982	12,643,819	855,891	2.95%	1.6%
1983	13,029,836	869,592	3.05%	1.6%
1984	13,370,590	883,519	2.62%	1.6%
1985	13,661,229	897,697	2.17%	1.6%
1986	13,965,217	912,126	2.23%	1.61%
1987	14,289,108	926,862	2.32%	1.62%
1988	14,636,568	942,061	2.43%	1.64%
1989	15,006,813	957,789	2.53%	1.67%
1990	15,394,648	973,669	2.58%	1.66%
1991	15,787,496	994,639	2.55%	2.15%
1992	16,184,855	1,024,356	2.52%	2.99%
1993	16,589,519	1,058,745	2.5%	3.36%
1994	16,993,190	1,092,031	2.43%	3.14%
1995	17,399,017	1,119,949	2.39%	2.56%
1996	17,810,181	1,143,535	2.36%	2.11%
1997	18,238,958	1,165,545	2.41%	1.92%
1998	18,688,036	1,187,473	2.46%	1.88%
1999	19,149,864	1,210,206	2.47%	1.91%
2000	19,637,087	1,234,741	2.54%	2.03%
2001	20,167,069	1,261,273	2.7%	2.15%
2002	20,729,388	1,289,307	2.79%	2.22%
2003	21,296,705	1,318,806	2.74%	2.29%
2004	21,868,298	1,349,563	2.68%	2.33%
2005	22,449,438	1,381,585	2.66%	2.37%
2006	23,040,702	1,415,303	2.63%	2.44%
2007	23,642,279	1,450,986	2.61%	2.52%
2008	24,249,946	1,488,054	2.57%	2.55%
2009	24,862,664	1,526,377	2.53%	2.58%
2010	25,474,995	1,566,347	2.46%	2.62%
2011	26,095,088	1,608,076	2.43%	2.66%
2012	26,734,268	1,651,417	2.45%	2.7%
2013	27,386,193	1,695,973	2.44%	2.7%
2014	28,041,592	1,741,122	2.39%	2.66%
2015	28,696,068	1,786,457	2.33%	2.6%
2016	29,356,742	1,831,893	2.3%	2.54%
2017	30,008,354	1,877,072	2.22%	2.47%
2018	30,637,585	1,922,168	2.1%	2.4%
2019	31,258,945	1,967,696	2.03%	2.37%
2020	31,887,809	2,013,255	2.01%	2.32%
2021	32,518,665	2,058,841	1.98%	2.26%
2022	33,149,152	2,105,529	1.94%	2.27%
2023	33,787,914	2,153,339	1.93%	2.27%
2024	34,427,414	2,201,352	1.89%	2.23%
2025	35,064,273	2,249,512	1.85%	2.19%
2026	35,697,555	2,297,807	1.81%	2.15%
2027	36,328,265	2,346,190	1.77%	2.11%
2028	36,959,310	2,394,226	1.74%	2.05%
2029	37,589,709	2,441,574	1.71%	1.98%
2030	38,222,075	2,488,931	1.68%	1.94%
2031	38,856,804	2,536,893	1.66%	1.93%
2032	39,492,788	2,585,565	1.64%	1.92%
2033	40,132,720	2,634,701	1.62%	1.9%
2034	40,774,152	2,683,078	1.6%	1.84%
2035	41,412,555	2,730,136	1.57%	1.75%
2036	42,047,450	2,777,887	1.53%	1.75%
2037	42,682,177	2,826,159	1.51%	1.74%
2038	43,314,971	2,873,929	1.48%	1.69%
2039	43,942,852	2,921,973	1.45%	1.67%
2040	44,568,346	2,969,699	1.42%	1.63%
2041	45,190,628	3,016,537	1.4%	1.58%
2042	45,808,597	3,063,161	1.37%	1.55%
2043	46,421,960	3,109,927	1.34%	1.53%
2044	47,030,351	3,156,704	1.31%	1.5%
2045	47,634,271	3,204,242	1.28%	1.51%
2046	48,231,602	3,251,465	1.25%	1.47%
2047	48,823,456	3,298,563	1.23%	1.45%
2048	49,408,506	3,345,853	1.2%	1.43%
2049	49,984,435	3,392,557	1.17%	1.4%
2050	50,553,041	3,438,597	1.14%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Guinea-Bissau gained 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Guinea-Bissau's population increased by 501,849 (a 28.1% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th in 2005 and ranked 146th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Guinea-Bissau will increase by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people and rank change from 146th to 136th.