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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Guyana	Ghana	Guyana
1960	6,961,215	569,143	-	-
1961	7,162,667	582,568	2.89%	2.36%
1962	7,337,375	595,461	2.44%	2.21%
1963	7,514,714	608,537	2.42%	2.2%
1964	7,695,739	621,764	2.41%	2.17%
1965	7,882,606	635,128	2.43%	2.15%
1966	8,074,521	648,646	2.43%	2.13%
1967	8,271,913	662,311	2.44%	2.11%
1968	8,475,729	676,160	2.46%	2.09%
1969	8,690,383	690,223	2.53%	2.08%
1970	8,925,813	702,705	2.71%	1.81%
1971	9,176,264	712,662	2.81%	1.42%
1972	9,438,187	721,617	2.85%	1.26%
1973	9,714,617	730,138	2.93%	1.18%
1974	10,000,523	738,057	2.94%	1.08%
1975	10,294,308	745,393	2.94%	0.99%
1976	10,594,913	752,253	2.92%	0.92%
1977	10,911,871	758,654	2.99%	0.85%
1978	11,248,450	764,586	3.08%	0.78%
1979	11,597,255	770,062	3.1%	0.72%
1980	11,941,448	774,367	2.97%	0.56%
1981	12,281,712	776,453	2.85%	0.27%
1982	12,643,819	776,712	2.95%	0.03%
1983	13,029,836	775,891	3.05%	-0.11%
1984	13,370,590	774,111	2.62%	-0.23%
1985	13,661,229	771,477	2.17%	-0.34%
1986	13,965,217	768,098	2.23%	-0.44%
1987	14,289,108	764,120	2.32%	-0.52%
1988	14,636,568	759,663	2.43%	-0.58%
1989	15,006,813	754,865	2.53%	-0.63%
1990	15,394,648	749,894	2.58%	-0.66%
1991	15,787,496	747,861	2.55%	-0.27%
1992	16,184,855	749,911	2.52%	0.27%
1993	16,589,519	752,965	2.5%	0.41%
1994	16,993,190	755,822	2.43%	0.38%
1995	17,399,017	758,388	2.39%	0.34%
1996	17,810,181	760,526	2.36%	0.28%
1997	18,238,958	762,245	2.41%	0.23%
1998	18,688,036	763,586	2.46%	0.18%
1999	19,149,864	764,483	2.47%	0.12%
2000	19,637,087	764,832	2.54%	0.05%
2001	20,167,069	764,477	2.7%	-0.05%
2002	20,729,388	763,652	2.79%	-0.11%
2003	21,296,705	763,101	2.74%	-0.07%
2004	21,868,298	762,418	2.68%	-0.09%
2005	22,449,438	760,914	2.66%	-0.2%
2006	23,040,702	758,966	2.63%	-0.26%
2007	23,642,279	756,861	2.61%	-0.28%
2008	24,249,946	754,606	2.57%	-0.3%
2009	24,862,664	752,094	2.53%	-0.33%
2010	25,474,995	749,256	2.46%	-0.38%
2011	26,095,088	746,153	2.43%	-0.41%
2012	26,734,268	746,288	2.45%	0.02%
2013	27,386,193	750,021	2.44%	0.5%
2014	28,041,592	754,229	2.39%	0.56%
2015	28,696,068	758,781	2.33%	0.6%
2016	29,356,742	763,548	2.3%	0.63%
2017	30,008,354	768,479	2.22%	0.65%
2018	30,637,585	791,556	2.1%	3%
2019	31,258,945	807,665	2.03%	2.04%
2020	31,887,809	807,481	2.01%	-0.02%
2021	32,518,665	815,482	1.98%	0.99%
2022	33,149,152	821,637	1.94%	0.75%
2023	33,787,914	826,353	1.93%	0.57%
2024	34,427,414	831,087	1.89%	0.57%
2025	35,064,273	835,986	1.85%	0.59%
2026	35,697,555	840,883	1.81%	0.59%
2027	36,328,265	846,019	1.77%	0.61%
2028	36,959,310	851,161	1.74%	0.61%
2029	37,589,709	856,040	1.71%	0.57%
2030	38,222,075	861,037	1.68%	0.58%
2031	38,856,804	866,080	1.66%	0.59%
2032	39,492,788	871,237	1.64%	0.6%
2033	40,132,720	876,346	1.62%	0.59%
2034	40,774,152	881,223	1.6%	0.56%
2035	41,412,555	885,935	1.57%	0.53%
2036	42,047,450	890,320	1.53%	0.49%
2037	42,682,177	894,649	1.51%	0.49%
2038	43,314,971	899,021	1.48%	0.49%
2039	43,942,852	903,316	1.45%	0.48%
2040	44,568,346	907,506	1.42%	0.46%
2041	45,190,628	911,723	1.4%	0.46%
2042	45,808,597	915,811	1.37%	0.45%
2043	46,421,960	919,575	1.34%	0.41%
2044	47,030,351	923,121	1.31%	0.39%
2045	47,634,271	926,355	1.28%	0.35%
2046	48,231,602	929,478	1.25%	0.34%
2047	48,823,456	932,483	1.23%	0.32%
2048	49,408,506	935,329	1.2%	0.31%
2049	49,984,435	938,062	1.17%	0.29%
2050	50,553,041	940,601	1.14%	0.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Guyana gained 4,582 people (a 0.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Guyana's population increased by 77,391 (a 10.1% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Guyana was ranked 160th in 2006 and ranked 162nd 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 Guyana will increase by 11.9% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd.