Population in Ghana compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Ivory Coast	Ghana	Ivory Coast
1960	6,961,215	3,673,666	-	-
1961	7,162,667	3,810,151	2.89%	3.72%
1962	7,337,375	3,956,939	2.44%	3.85%
1963	7,514,714	4,112,061	2.42%	3.92%
1964	7,695,739	4,273,952	2.41%	3.94%
1965	7,882,606	4,442,377	2.43%	3.94%
1966	8,074,521	4,617,519	2.43%	3.94%
1967	8,271,913	4,799,744	2.44%	3.95%
1968	8,475,729	4,990,021	2.46%	3.96%
1969	8,690,383	5,192,221	2.53%	4.05%
1970	8,925,813	5,411,567	2.71%	4.22%
1971	9,176,264	5,650,868	2.81%	4.42%
1972	9,438,187	5,909,716	2.85%	4.58%
1973	9,714,617	6,184,944	2.93%	4.66%
1974	10,000,523	6,474,057	2.94%	4.67%
1975	10,294,308	6,776,297	2.94%	4.67%
1976	10,594,913	7,057,958	2.92%	4.16%
1977	10,911,871	7,321,950	2.99%	3.74%
1978	11,248,450	7,603,130	3.08%	3.84%
1979	11,597,255	7,902,267	3.1%	3.93%
1980	11,941,448	8,220,714	2.97%	4.03%
1981	12,281,712	8,556,596	2.85%	4.09%
1982	12,643,819	8,907,936	2.95%	4.11%
1983	13,029,836	9,272,744	3.05%	4.1%
1984	13,370,590	9,650,516	2.62%	4.07%
1985	13,661,229	10,040,483	2.17%	4.04%
1986	13,965,217	10,440,917	2.23%	3.99%
1987	14,289,108	10,851,475	2.32%	3.93%
1988	14,636,568	11,275,189	2.43%	3.9%
1989	15,006,813	11,719,771	2.53%	3.94%
1990	15,394,648	12,189,778	2.58%	4.01%
1991	15,787,496	12,683,870	2.55%	4.05%
1992	16,184,855	13,200,310	2.52%	4.07%
1993	16,589,519	13,735,951	2.5%	4.06%
1994	16,993,190	14,287,201	2.43%	4.01%
1995	17,399,017	14,855,565	2.39%	3.98%
1996	17,810,181	15,442,312	2.36%	3.95%
1997	18,238,958	16,047,170	2.41%	3.92%
1998	18,688,036	16,663,948	2.46%	3.84%
1999	19,149,864	17,215,935	2.47%	3.31%
2000	19,637,087	17,699,004	2.54%	2.81%
2001	20,167,069	18,178,913	2.7%	2.71%
2002	20,729,388	18,654,771	2.79%	2.62%
2003	21,296,705	19,125,542	2.74%	2.52%
2004	21,868,298	19,595,000	2.68%	2.45%
2005	22,449,438	20,068,458	2.66%	2.42%
2006	23,040,702	20,546,802	2.63%	2.38%
2007	23,642,279	21,030,558	2.61%	2.35%
2008	24,249,946	21,514,439	2.57%	2.3%
2009	24,862,664	21,997,940	2.53%	2.25%
2010	25,474,995	22,488,065	2.46%	2.23%
2011	26,095,088	22,982,000	2.43%	2.2%
2012	26,734,268	23,467,078	2.45%	2.11%
2013	27,386,193	23,939,775	2.44%	2.01%
2014	28,041,592	24,527,395	2.39%	2.45%
2015	28,696,068	25,246,342	2.33%	2.93%
2016	29,356,742	25,989,405	2.3%	2.94%
2017	30,008,354	26,733,372	2.22%	2.86%
2018	30,637,585	27,464,173	2.1%	2.73%
2019	31,258,945	28,193,009	2.03%	2.65%
2020	31,887,809	28,915,449	2.01%	2.56%
2021	32,518,665	29,639,736	1.98%	2.5%
2022	33,149,152	30,395,002	1.94%	2.55%
2023	33,787,914	31,165,654	1.93%	2.54%
2024	34,427,414	31,934,230	1.89%	2.47%
2025	35,064,273	32,711,547	1.85%	2.43%
2026	35,697,555	33,494,340	1.81%	2.39%
2027	36,328,265	34,281,129	1.77%	2.35%
2028	36,959,310	35,077,094	1.74%	2.32%
2029	37,589,709	35,883,465	1.71%	2.3%
2030	38,222,075	36,699,008	1.68%	2.27%
2031	38,856,804	37,529,369	1.66%	2.26%
2032	39,492,788	38,376,612	1.64%	2.26%
2033	40,132,720	39,244,388	1.62%	2.26%
2034	40,774,152	40,132,807	1.6%	2.26%
2035	41,412,555	41,033,849	1.57%	2.25%
2036	42,047,450	41,948,468	1.53%	2.23%
2037	42,682,177	42,880,003	1.51%	2.22%
2038	43,314,971	43,824,363	1.48%	2.2%
2039	43,942,852	44,778,750	1.45%	2.18%
2040	44,568,346	45,743,921	1.42%	2.16%
2041	45,190,628	46,717,434	1.4%	2.13%
2042	45,808,597	47,702,165	1.37%	2.11%
2043	46,421,960	48,700,670	1.34%	2.09%
2044	47,030,351	49,709,049	1.31%	2.07%
2045	47,634,271	50,716,074	1.28%	2.03%
2046	48,231,602	51,718,057	1.25%	1.98%
2047	48,823,456	52,721,465	1.23%	1.94%
2048	49,408,506	53,730,594	1.2%	1.91%
2049	49,984,435	54,739,405	1.17%	1.88%
2050	50,553,041	55,746,988	1.14%	1.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Ivory Coast gained 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd in 2006 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.