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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Ireland	Ghana	Ireland
1960	6,961,215	2,828,600	-	-
1961	7,162,667	2,824,400	2.89%	-0.15%
1962	7,337,375	2,836,050	2.44%	0.41%
1963	7,514,714	2,852,650	2.42%	0.59%
1964	7,695,739	2,866,550	2.41%	0.49%
1965	7,882,606	2,877,300	2.43%	0.38%
1966	8,074,521	2,888,800	2.43%	0.4%
1967	8,271,913	2,902,450	2.44%	0.47%
1968	8,475,729	2,915,550	2.46%	0.45%
1969	8,690,383	2,932,650	2.53%	0.59%
1970	8,925,813	2,957,250	2.71%	0.84%
1971	9,176,264	2,992,050	2.81%	1.18%
1972	9,438,187	3,036,850	2.85%	1.5%
1973	9,714,617	3,085,950	2.93%	1.62%
1974	10,000,523	3,137,500	2.94%	1.67%
1975	10,294,308	3,189,550	2.94%	1.66%
1976	10,594,913	3,238,050	2.92%	1.52%
1977	10,911,871	3,282,200	2.99%	1.36%
1978	11,248,450	3,329,100	3.08%	1.43%
1979	11,597,255	3,373,750	3.1%	1.34%
1980	11,941,448	3,412,800	2.97%	1.16%
1981	12,281,712	3,453,000	2.85%	1.18%
1982	12,643,819	3,485,800	2.95%	0.95%
1983	13,029,836	3,510,600	3.05%	0.71%
1984	13,370,590	3,532,423	2.62%	0.62%
1985	13,661,229	3,538,082	2.17%	0.16%
1986	13,965,217	3,539,690	2.23%	0.05%
1987	14,289,108	3,540,057	2.32%	0.01%
1988	14,636,568	3,524,949	2.43%	-0.43%
1989	15,006,813	3,511,009	2.53%	-0.4%
1990	15,394,648	3,513,974	2.58%	0.08%
1991	15,787,496	3,534,235	2.55%	0.58%
1992	16,184,855	3,558,430	2.52%	0.68%
1993	16,589,519	3,576,261	2.5%	0.5%
1994	16,993,190	3,590,386	2.43%	0.39%
1995	17,399,017	3,608,841	2.39%	0.51%
1996	17,810,181	3,637,510	2.36%	0.79%
1997	18,238,958	3,674,171	2.41%	1.01%
1998	18,688,036	3,712,696	2.46%	1.05%
1999	19,149,864	3,754,786	2.47%	1.13%
2000	19,637,087	3,805,174	2.54%	1.34%
2001	20,167,069	3,866,243	2.7%	1.6%
2002	20,729,388	3,931,947	2.79%	1.7%
2003	21,296,705	3,996,521	2.74%	1.64%
2004	21,868,298	4,070,262	2.68%	1.85%
2005	22,449,438	4,159,914	2.66%	2.2%
2006	23,040,702	4,273,591	2.63%	2.73%
2007	23,642,279	4,398,942	2.61%	2.93%
2008	24,249,946	4,489,544	2.57%	2.06%
2009	24,862,664	4,535,375	2.53%	1.02%
2010	25,474,995	4,560,155	2.46%	0.55%
2011	26,095,088	4,580,084	2.43%	0.44%
2012	26,734,268	4,599,533	2.45%	0.42%
2013	27,386,193	4,623,816	2.44%	0.53%
2014	28,041,592	4,657,740	2.39%	0.73%
2015	28,696,068	4,701,957	2.33%	0.95%
2016	29,356,742	4,762,722	2.3%	1.29%
2017	30,008,354	4,827,445	2.22%	1.36%
2018	30,637,585	4,898,022	2.1%	1.46%
2019	31,258,945	4,976,456	2.03%	1.6%
2020	31,887,809	5,039,747	2.01%	1.27%
2021	32,518,665	5,110,585	1.98%	1.41%
2022	33,149,152	5,212,836	1.94%	2%
2023	33,787,914	5,311,538	1.93%	1.89%
2024	34,427,414	5,395,790	1.89%	1.59%
2025	35,064,273	5,450,228	1.85%	1.01%
2026	35,697,555	5,500,449	1.81%	0.92%
2027	36,328,265	5,547,627	1.77%	0.86%
2028	36,959,310	5,592,524	1.74%	0.81%
2029	37,589,709	5,634,478	1.71%	0.75%
2030	38,222,075	5,673,099	1.68%	0.69%
2031	38,856,804	5,709,621	1.66%	0.64%
2032	39,492,788	5,744,973	1.64%	0.62%
2033	40,132,720	5,778,467	1.62%	0.58%
2034	40,774,152	5,809,870	1.6%	0.54%
2035	41,412,555	5,839,208	1.57%	0.5%
2036	42,047,450	5,867,278	1.53%	0.48%
2037	42,682,177	5,895,280	1.51%	0.48%
2038	43,314,971	5,922,778	1.48%	0.47%
2039	43,942,852	5,948,562	1.45%	0.44%
2040	44,568,346	5,973,408	1.42%	0.42%
2041	45,190,628	5,997,971	1.4%	0.41%
2042	45,808,597	6,020,298	1.37%	0.37%
2043	46,421,960	6,040,050	1.34%	0.33%
2044	47,030,351	6,058,494	1.31%	0.31%
2045	47,634,271	6,075,441	1.28%	0.28%
2046	48,231,602	6,089,704	1.25%	0.23%
2047	48,823,456	6,102,050	1.23%	0.2%
2048	49,408,506	6,113,677	1.2%	0.19%
2049	49,984,435	6,123,367	1.17%	0.16%
2050	50,553,041	6,129,969	1.14%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.