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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Indonesia	Ghana	Indonesia
1960	6,961,215	88,296,070	-	-
1961	7,162,667	90,791,249	2.89%	2.83%
1962	7,337,375	93,375,850	2.44%	2.85%
1963	7,514,714	96,051,424	2.42%	2.87%
1964	7,695,739	98,833,749	2.41%	2.9%
1965	7,882,606	101,365,130	2.43%	2.56%
1966	8,074,521	103,792,754	2.43%	2.39%
1967	8,271,913	106,526,393	2.44%	2.63%
1968	8,475,729	109,450,006	2.46%	2.74%
1969	8,690,383	112,517,639	2.53%	2.8%
1970	8,925,813	115,657,495	2.71%	2.79%
1971	9,176,264	118,833,702	2.81%	2.75%
1972	9,438,187	122,039,841	2.85%	2.7%
1973	9,714,617	125,288,515	2.93%	2.66%
1974	10,000,523	128,555,045	2.94%	2.61%
1975	10,294,308	131,843,848	2.94%	2.56%
1976	10,594,913	135,173,655	2.92%	2.53%
1977	10,911,871	138,533,541	2.99%	2.49%
1978	11,248,450	141,953,163	3.08%	2.47%
1979	11,597,255	145,434,834	3.1%	2.45%
1980	11,941,448	148,950,540	2.97%	2.42%
1981	12,281,712	152,485,035	2.85%	2.37%
1982	12,643,819	156,052,152	2.95%	2.34%
1983	13,029,836	159,651,381	3.05%	2.31%
1984	13,370,590	163,251,124	2.62%	2.25%
1985	13,661,229	166,776,185	2.17%	2.16%
1986	13,965,217	170,175,065	2.23%	2.04%
1987	14,289,108	173,511,154	2.32%	1.96%
1988	14,636,568	176,855,065	2.43%	1.93%
1989	15,006,813	180,201,630	2.53%	1.89%
1990	15,394,648	183,501,098	2.58%	1.83%
1991	15,787,496	186,778,238	2.55%	1.79%
1992	16,184,855	190,043,744	2.52%	1.75%
1993	16,589,519	193,305,168	2.5%	1.72%
1994	16,993,190	196,591,828	2.43%	1.7%
1995	17,399,017	199,888,057	2.39%	1.68%
1996	17,810,181	203,204,348	2.36%	1.66%
1997	18,238,958	206,536,095	2.41%	1.64%
1998	18,688,036	209,826,788	2.46%	1.59%
1999	19,149,864	213,004,668	2.47%	1.51%
2000	19,637,087	216,077,790	2.54%	1.44%
2001	20,167,069	219,097,902	2.7%	1.4%
2002	20,729,388	222,088,495	2.79%	1.36%
2003	21,296,705	225,048,008	2.74%	1.33%
2004	21,868,298	227,926,649	2.68%	1.28%
2005	22,449,438	230,871,650	2.66%	1.29%
2006	23,040,702	233,951,652	2.63%	1.33%
2007	23,642,279	237,062,337	2.61%	1.33%
2008	24,249,946	240,157,903	2.57%	1.31%
2009	24,862,664	243,220,028	2.53%	1.28%
2010	25,474,995	246,305,322	2.46%	1.27%
2011	26,095,088	249,470,032	2.43%	1.28%
2012	26,734,268	252,698,525	2.45%	1.29%
2013	27,386,193	255,852,467	2.44%	1.25%
2014	28,041,592	258,877,399	2.39%	1.18%
2015	28,696,068	261,799,249	2.33%	1.13%
2016	29,356,742	264,627,418	2.3%	1.08%
2017	30,008,354	267,346,658	2.22%	1.03%
2018	30,637,585	269,951,846	2.1%	0.97%
2019	31,258,945	272,489,381	2.03%	0.94%
2020	31,887,809	274,814,866	2.01%	0.85%
2021	32,518,665	276,758,053	1.98%	0.71%
2022	33,149,152	278,830,529	1.94%	0.75%
2023	33,787,914	281,190,067	1.93%	0.85%
2024	34,427,414	283,487,931	1.89%	0.82%
2025	35,064,273	285,721,231	1.85%	0.79%
2026	35,697,555	287,886,778	1.81%	0.76%
2027	36,328,265	289,986,520	1.77%	0.73%
2028	36,959,310	292,016,774	1.74%	0.7%
2029	37,589,709	293,978,106	1.71%	0.67%
2030	38,222,075	295,876,644	1.68%	0.65%
2031	38,856,804	297,719,741	1.66%	0.62%
2032	39,492,788	299,510,654	1.64%	0.6%
2033	40,132,720	301,250,975	1.62%	0.58%
2034	40,774,152	302,938,571	1.6%	0.56%
2035	41,412,555	304,566,615	1.57%	0.54%
2036	42,047,450	306,135,097	1.53%	0.51%
2037	42,682,177	307,646,407	1.51%	0.49%
2038	43,314,971	309,096,450	1.48%	0.47%
2039	43,942,852	310,481,116	1.45%	0.45%
2040	44,568,346	311,797,391	1.42%	0.42%
2041	45,190,628	313,041,656	1.4%	0.4%
2042	45,808,597	314,211,278	1.37%	0.37%
2043	46,421,960	315,304,309	1.34%	0.35%
2044	47,030,351	316,318,412	1.31%	0.32%
2045	47,634,271	317,249,609	1.28%	0.29%
2046	48,231,602	318,096,567	1.25%	0.27%
2047	48,823,456	318,862,018	1.23%	0.24%
2048	49,408,506	319,554,646	1.2%	0.22%
2049	49,984,435	320,173,244	1.17%	0.19%
2050	50,553,041	320,712,941	1.14%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,927,599 people (a 13.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 25,661,519 (a 9.8% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2005 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.6% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.