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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	India	Ghana	India
1960	6,961,215	435,990,338	-	-
1961	7,162,667	446,564,729	2.89%	2.43%
1962	7,337,375	457,283,090	2.44%	2.4%
1963	7,514,714	468,138,575	2.42%	2.37%
1964	7,695,739	479,229,598	2.41%	2.37%
1965	7,882,606	490,140,146	2.43%	2.28%
1966	8,074,521	500,740,247	2.43%	2.16%
1967	8,271,913	511,606,372	2.44%	2.17%
1968	8,475,729	522,716,889	2.46%	2.17%
1969	8,690,383	533,880,544	2.53%	2.14%
1970	8,925,813	545,864,268	2.71%	2.24%
1971	9,176,264	558,096,387	2.81%	2.24%
1972	9,438,187	570,482,142	2.85%	2.22%
1973	9,714,617	583,465,598	2.93%	2.28%
1974	10,000,523	597,041,391	2.94%	2.33%
1975	10,294,308	611,309,535	2.94%	2.39%
1976	10,594,913	625,861,883	2.92%	2.38%
1977	10,911,871	640,801,103	2.99%	2.39%
1978	11,248,450	655,728,229	3.08%	2.33%
1979	11,597,255	671,155,747	3.1%	2.35%
1980	11,941,448	687,354,025	2.97%	2.41%
1981	12,281,712	703,696,250	2.85%	2.38%
1982	12,643,819	720,313,473	2.95%	2.36%
1983	13,029,836	737,372,681	3.05%	2.37%
1984	13,370,590	754,875,449	2.62%	2.37%
1985	13,661,229	772,647,793	2.17%	2.35%
1986	13,965,217	790,689,978	2.23%	2.34%
1987	14,289,108	808,931,270	2.32%	2.31%
1988	14,636,568	827,342,990	2.43%	2.28%
1989	15,006,813	846,039,529	2.53%	2.26%
1990	15,394,648	864,972,221	2.58%	2.24%
1991	15,787,496	883,927,600	2.55%	2.19%
1992	16,184,855	902,957,070	2.52%	2.15%
1993	16,589,519	922,118,387	2.5%	2.12%
1994	16,993,190	941,163,767	2.43%	2.07%
1995	17,399,017	960,301,044	2.39%	2.03%
1996	17,810,181	979,678,458	2.36%	2.02%
1997	18,238,958	999,133,762	2.41%	1.99%
1998	18,688,036	1,018,665,080	2.46%	1.95%
1999	19,149,864	1,038,225,823	2.47%	1.92%
2000	19,637,087	1,057,922,733	2.54%	1.9%
2001	20,167,069	1,077,898,575	2.7%	1.89%
2002	20,729,388	1,097,600,380	2.79%	1.83%
2003	21,296,705	1,116,803,006	2.74%	1.75%
2004	21,868,298	1,135,991,513	2.68%	1.72%
2005	22,449,438	1,154,676,322	2.66%	1.64%
2006	23,040,702	1,172,878,890	2.63%	1.58%
2007	23,642,279	1,190,676,021	2.61%	1.52%
2008	24,249,946	1,207,930,964	2.57%	1.45%
2009	24,862,664	1,225,524,753	2.53%	1.46%
2010	25,474,995	1,243,481,564	2.46%	1.47%
2011	26,095,088	1,261,224,954	2.43%	1.43%
2012	26,734,268	1,278,674,502	2.45%	1.38%
2013	27,386,193	1,295,829,511	2.44%	1.34%
2014	28,041,592	1,312,277,191	2.39%	1.27%
2015	28,696,068	1,328,024,498	2.33%	1.2%
2016	29,356,742	1,343,944,296	2.3%	1.2%
2017	30,008,354	1,359,657,400	2.22%	1.17%
2018	30,637,585	1,374,659,064	2.1%	1.1%
2019	31,258,945	1,389,030,312	2.03%	1.05%
2020	31,887,809	1,402,617,695	2.01%	0.98%
2021	32,518,665	1,414,203,896	1.98%	0.83%
2022	33,149,152	1,425,423,212	1.94%	0.79%
2023	33,787,914	1,438,069,596	1.93%	0.89%
2024	34,427,414	1,450,935,791	1.89%	0.89%
2025	35,064,273	1,463,865,531	1.85%	0.89%
2026	35,697,555	1,476,625,576	1.81%	0.87%
2027	36,328,265	1,489,164,679	1.77%	0.85%
2028	36,959,310	1,501,432,748	1.74%	0.82%
2029	37,589,709	1,513,423,737	1.71%	0.8%
2030	38,222,075	1,525,138,852	1.68%	0.77%
2031	38,856,804	1,536,540,604	1.66%	0.75%
2032	39,492,788	1,547,607,126	1.64%	0.72%
2033	40,132,720	1,558,324,087	1.62%	0.69%
2034	40,774,152	1,568,688,356	1.6%	0.67%
2035	41,412,555	1,578,694,799	1.57%	0.64%
2036	42,047,450	1,588,325,366	1.53%	0.61%
2037	42,682,177	1,597,537,009	1.51%	0.58%
2038	43,314,971	1,606,300,646	1.48%	0.55%
2039	43,942,852	1,614,639,243	1.45%	0.52%
2040	44,568,346	1,622,580,052	1.42%	0.49%
2041	45,190,628	1,630,119,374	1.4%	0.46%
2042	45,808,597	1,637,235,363	1.37%	0.44%
2043	46,421,960	1,643,915,269	1.34%	0.41%
2044	47,030,351	1,650,186,610	1.31%	0.38%
2045	47,634,271	1,656,067,585	1.28%	0.36%
2046	48,231,602	1,661,548,400	1.25%	0.33%
2047	48,823,456	1,666,628,151	1.23%	0.31%
2048	49,408,506	1,671,309,727	1.2%	0.28%
2049	49,984,435	1,675,619,893	1.17%	0.26%
2050	50,553,041	1,679,589,268	1.14%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.