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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Iceland	Ghana	Iceland
1960	6,961,215	175,574	-	-
1961	7,162,667	179,029	2.89%	1.97%
1962	7,337,375	182,378	2.44%	1.87%
1963	7,514,714	185,653	2.42%	1.8%
1964	7,695,739	188,983	2.41%	1.79%
1965	7,882,606	192,286	2.43%	1.75%
1966	8,074,521	195,570	2.43%	1.71%
1967	8,271,913	198,751	2.44%	1.63%
1968	8,475,729	201,488	2.46%	1.38%
1969	8,690,383	203,369	2.53%	0.93%
1970	8,925,813	204,438	2.71%	0.53%
1971	9,176,264	206,098	2.81%	0.81%
1972	9,438,187	209,137	2.85%	1.47%
1973	9,714,617	212,317	2.93%	1.52%
1974	10,000,523	215,209	2.94%	1.36%
1975	10,294,308	217,979	2.94%	1.29%
1976	10,594,913	220,154	2.92%	1%
1977	10,911,871	221,799	2.99%	0.75%
1978	11,248,450	223,537	3.08%	0.78%
1979	11,597,255	225,735	3.1%	0.98%
1980	11,941,448	228,138	2.97%	1.06%
1981	12,281,712	230,755	2.85%	1.15%
1982	12,643,819	233,860	2.95%	1.35%
1983	13,029,836	236,977	3.05%	1.33%
1984	13,370,590	239,511	2.62%	1.07%
1985	13,661,229	241,405	2.17%	0.79%
1986	13,965,217	243,180	2.23%	0.74%
1987	14,289,108	245,859	2.32%	1.1%
1988	14,636,568	249,740	2.43%	1.58%
1989	15,006,813	252,852	2.53%	1.25%
1990	15,394,648	254,826	2.58%	0.78%
1991	15,787,496	257,797	2.55%	1.17%
1992	16,184,855	261,057	2.52%	1.26%
1993	16,589,519	263,725	2.5%	1.02%
1994	16,993,190	266,021	2.43%	0.87%
1995	17,399,017	267,468	2.39%	0.54%
1996	17,810,181	268,916	2.36%	0.54%
1997	18,238,958	271,128	2.41%	0.82%
1998	18,688,036	274,047	2.46%	1.08%
1999	19,149,864	277,381	2.47%	1.22%
2000	19,637,087	281,205	2.54%	1.38%
2001	20,167,069	284,968	2.7%	1.34%
2002	20,729,388	287,523	2.79%	0.9%
2003	21,296,705	289,521	2.74%	0.69%
2004	21,868,298	292,074	2.68%	0.88%
2005	22,449,438	296,734	2.66%	1.6%
2006	23,040,702	303,782	2.63%	2.38%
2007	23,642,279	311,566	2.61%	2.56%
2008	24,249,946	317,414	2.57%	1.88%
2009	24,862,664	318,499	2.53%	0.34%
2010	25,474,995	318,041	2.46%	-0.14%
2011	26,095,088	319,014	2.43%	0.31%
2012	26,734,268	320,716	2.45%	0.53%
2013	27,386,193	323,764	2.44%	0.95%
2014	28,041,592	327,386	2.39%	1.12%
2015	28,696,068	330,815	2.33%	1.05%
2016	29,356,742	335,439	2.3%	1.4%
2017	30,008,354	343,400	2.22%	2.37%
2018	30,637,585	352,721	2.1%	2.71%
2019	31,258,945	360,563	2.03%	2.22%
2020	31,887,809	366,463	2.01%	1.64%
2021	32,518,665	372,520	1.98%	1.65%
2022	33,149,152	382,003	1.94%	2.55%
2023	33,787,914	385,663	1.93%	0.96%
2024	34,427,414	386,506	1.89%	0.22%
2025	35,064,273	391,286	1.85%	1.24%
2026	35,697,555	395,277	1.81%	1.02%
2027	36,328,265	398,729	1.77%	0.87%
2028	36,959,310	401,867	1.74%	0.79%
2029	37,589,709	404,639	1.71%	0.69%
2030	38,222,075	407,090	1.68%	0.61%
2031	38,856,804	409,307	1.66%	0.54%
2032	39,492,788	411,279	1.64%	0.48%
2033	40,132,720	413,059	1.62%	0.43%
2034	40,774,152	414,660	1.6%	0.39%
2035	41,412,555	416,153	1.57%	0.36%
2036	42,047,450	417,573	1.53%	0.34%
2037	42,682,177	418,847	1.51%	0.31%
2038	43,314,971	419,997	1.48%	0.27%
2039	43,942,852	421,032	1.45%	0.25%
2040	44,568,346	421,924	1.42%	0.21%
2041	45,190,628	422,688	1.4%	0.18%
2042	45,808,597	423,370	1.37%	0.16%
2043	46,421,960	424,023	1.34%	0.15%
2044	47,030,351	424,570	1.31%	0.13%
2045	47,634,271	424,909	1.28%	0.08%
2046	48,231,602	425,115	1.25%	0.05%
2047	48,823,456	425,264	1.23%	0.03%
2048	49,408,506	425,359	1.2%	0.02%
2049	49,984,435	425,409	1.17%	0.01%
2050	50,553,041	425,404	1.14%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.