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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Italy	Ghana	Italy
1960	6,961,215	50,199,700	-	-
1961	7,162,667	50,536,350	2.89%	0.67%
1962	7,337,375	50,879,450	2.44%	0.68%
1963	7,514,714	51,252,000	2.42%	0.73%
1964	7,695,739	51,675,350	2.41%	0.83%
1965	7,882,606	52,112,350	2.43%	0.85%
1966	8,074,521	52,519,000	2.43%	0.78%
1967	8,271,913	52,900,500	2.44%	0.73%
1968	8,475,729	53,235,750	2.46%	0.63%
1969	8,690,383	53,537,950	2.53%	0.57%
1970	8,925,813	53,821,850	2.71%	0.53%
1971	9,176,264	54,073,490	2.81%	0.47%
1972	9,438,187	54,381,345	2.85%	0.57%
1973	9,714,617	54,751,406	2.93%	0.68%
1974	10,000,523	55,110,868	2.94%	0.66%
1975	10,294,308	55,441,001	2.94%	0.6%
1976	10,594,913	55,718,260	2.92%	0.5%
1977	10,911,871	55,955,411	2.99%	0.43%
1978	11,248,450	56,155,143	3.08%	0.36%
1979	11,597,255	56,317,749	3.1%	0.29%
1980	11,941,448	56,433,883	2.97%	0.21%
1981	12,281,712	56,501,675	2.85%	0.12%
1982	12,643,819	56,543,548	2.95%	0.07%
1983	13,029,836	56,564,074	3.05%	0.04%
1984	13,370,590	56,576,718	2.62%	0.02%
1985	13,661,229	56,593,071	2.17%	0.03%
1986	13,965,217	56,596,155	2.23%	0.005%
1987	14,289,108	56,601,931	2.32%	0.01%
1988	14,636,568	56,629,288	2.43%	0.05%
1989	15,006,813	56,671,781	2.53%	0.08%
1990	15,394,648	56,719,240	2.58%	0.08%
1991	15,787,496	56,758,521	2.55%	0.07%
1992	16,184,855	56,797,087	2.52%	0.07%
1993	16,589,519	56,831,821	2.5%	0.06%
1994	16,993,190	56,843,400	2.43%	0.02%
1995	17,399,017	56,844,303	2.39%	0.002%
1996	17,810,181	56,860,281	2.36%	0.03%
1997	18,238,958	56,890,372	2.41%	0.05%
1998	18,688,036	56,906,744	2.46%	0.03%
1999	19,149,864	56,916,317	2.47%	0.02%
2000	19,637,087	56,942,108	2.54%	0.05%
2001	20,167,069	56,976,981	2.7%	0.06%
2002	20,729,388	57,089,824	2.79%	0.2%
2003	21,296,705	57,399,184	2.74%	0.54%
2004	21,868,298	57,828,179	2.68%	0.75%
2005	22,449,438	58,166,682	2.66%	0.59%
2006	23,040,702	58,399,861	2.63%	0.4%
2007	23,642,279	58,756,247	2.61%	0.61%
2008	24,249,946	59,211,181	2.57%	0.77%
2009	24,862,664	59,555,454	2.53%	0.58%
2010	25,474,995	59,819,407	2.46%	0.44%
2011	26,095,088	60,026,841	2.43%	0.35%
2012	26,734,268	60,191,247	2.45%	0.27%
2013	27,386,193	60,311,613	2.44%	0.2%
2014	28,041,592	60,320,707	2.39%	0.02%
2015	28,696,068	60,229,605	2.33%	-0.15%
2016	29,356,742	60,115,223	2.3%	-0.19%
2017	30,008,354	60,002,252	2.22%	-0.19%
2018	30,637,585	60,148,658	2.1%	0.24%
2019	31,258,945	59,729,081	2.03%	-0.7%
2020	31,887,809	59,438,851	2.01%	-0.49%
2021	32,518,665	59,133,173	1.98%	-0.51%
2022	33,149,152	59,013,667	1.94%	-0.2%
2023	33,787,914	58,993,475	1.93%	-0.03%
2024	34,427,414	58,986,023	1.89%	-0.01%
2025	35,064,273	58,790,597	1.85%	-0.33%
2026	35,697,555	58,571,823	1.81%	-0.37%
2027	36,328,265	58,335,864	1.77%	-0.4%
2028	36,959,310	58,094,373	1.74%	-0.41%
2029	37,589,709	57,851,042	1.71%	-0.42%
2030	38,222,075	57,597,622	1.68%	-0.44%
2031	38,856,804	57,333,277	1.66%	-0.46%
2032	39,492,788	57,071,235	1.64%	-0.46%
2033	40,132,720	56,812,747	1.62%	-0.45%
2034	40,774,152	56,548,816	1.6%	-0.46%
2035	41,412,555	56,279,536	1.57%	-0.48%
2036	42,047,450	56,009,844	1.53%	-0.48%
2037	42,682,177	55,737,477	1.51%	-0.49%
2038	43,314,971	55,460,735	1.48%	-0.5%
2039	43,942,852	55,177,508	1.45%	-0.51%
2040	44,568,346	54,889,107	1.42%	-0.52%
2041	45,190,628	54,601,628	1.4%	-0.52%
2042	45,808,597	54,307,412	1.37%	-0.54%
2043	46,421,960	53,997,106	1.34%	-0.57%
2044	47,030,351	53,679,603	1.31%	-0.59%
2045	47,634,271	53,357,669	1.28%	-0.6%
2046	48,231,602	53,025,288	1.25%	-0.62%
2047	48,823,456	52,680,150	1.23%	-0.65%
2048	49,408,506	52,324,241	1.2%	-0.68%
2049	49,984,435	51,959,050	1.17%	-0.7%
2050	50,553,041	51,579,060	1.14%	-0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.