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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Kenya	Ghana	Kenya
1960	6,961,215	7,695,307	-	-
1961	7,162,667	7,987,770	2.89%	3.8%
1962	7,337,375	8,299,308	2.44%	3.9%
1963	7,514,714	8,627,971	2.42%	3.96%
1964	7,695,739	8,973,535	2.41%	4.01%
1965	7,882,606	9,338,078	2.43%	4.06%
1966	8,074,521	9,717,816	2.43%	4.07%
1967	8,271,913	10,111,057	2.44%	4.05%
1968	8,475,729	10,518,823	2.46%	4.03%
1969	8,690,383	10,939,695	2.53%	4%
1970	8,925,813	11,368,791	2.71%	3.92%
1971	9,176,264	11,788,904	2.81%	3.7%
1972	9,438,187	12,206,060	2.85%	3.54%
1973	9,714,617	12,634,835	2.93%	3.51%
1974	10,000,523	13,070,078	2.94%	3.44%
1975	10,294,308	13,511,671	2.94%	3.38%
1976	10,594,913	13,957,623	2.92%	3.3%
1977	10,911,871	14,428,819	2.99%	3.38%
1978	11,248,450	14,934,126	3.08%	3.5%
1979	11,597,255	15,460,666	3.1%	3.53%
1980	11,941,448	16,018,459	2.97%	3.61%
1981	12,281,712	16,601,507	2.85%	3.64%
1982	12,643,819	17,206,175	2.95%	3.64%
1983	13,029,836	17,846,374	3.05%	3.72%
1984	13,370,590	18,514,906	2.62%	3.75%
1985	13,661,229	19,201,768	2.17%	3.71%
1986	13,965,217	19,901,646	2.23%	3.64%
1987	14,289,108	20,616,096	2.32%	3.59%
1988	14,636,568	21,356,219	2.43%	3.59%
1989	15,006,813	22,118,434	2.53%	3.57%
1990	15,394,648	22,892,651	2.58%	3.5%
1991	15,787,496	23,646,514	2.55%	3.29%
1992	16,184,855	24,382,460	2.52%	3.11%
1993	16,589,519	25,117,188	2.5%	3.01%
1994	16,993,190	25,857,130	2.43%	2.95%
1995	17,399,017	26,601,751	2.39%	2.88%
1996	17,810,181	27,344,211	2.36%	2.79%
1997	18,238,958	28,101,768	2.41%	2.77%
1998	18,688,036	28,888,057	2.46%	2.8%
1999	19,149,864	29,733,408	2.47%	2.93%
2000	19,637,087	30,642,890	2.54%	3.06%
2001	20,167,069	31,619,170	2.7%	3.19%
2002	20,729,388	32,629,808	2.79%	3.2%
2003	21,296,705	33,652,223	2.74%	3.13%
2004	21,868,298	34,713,455	2.68%	3.15%
2005	22,449,438	35,796,484	2.66%	3.12%
2006	23,040,702	36,904,008	2.63%	3.09%
2007	23,642,279	38,036,349	2.61%	3.07%
2008	24,249,946	39,206,351	2.57%	3.08%
2009	24,862,664	40,408,891	2.53%	3.07%
2010	25,474,995	41,598,567	2.46%	2.94%
2011	26,095,088	42,758,461	2.43%	2.79%
2012	26,734,268	43,888,303	2.45%	2.64%
2013	27,386,193	44,986,791	2.44%	2.5%
2014	28,041,592	46,051,440	2.39%	2.37%
2015	28,696,068	47,088,526	2.33%	2.25%
2016	29,356,742	48,139,687	2.3%	2.23%
2017	30,008,354	49,197,766	2.22%	2.2%
2018	30,637,585	50,207,107	2.1%	2.05%
2019	31,258,945	51,202,827	2.03%	1.98%
2020	31,887,809	52,217,334	2.01%	1.98%
2021	32,518,665	53,219,166	1.98%	1.92%
2022	33,149,152	54,252,461	1.94%	1.94%
2023	33,787,914	55,339,003	1.93%	2%
2024	34,427,414	56,432,944	1.89%	1.98%
2025	35,064,273	57,532,489	1.85%	1.95%
2026	35,697,555	58,636,403	1.81%	1.92%
2027	36,328,265	59,745,751	1.77%	1.89%
2028	36,959,310	60,860,444	1.74%	1.87%
2029	37,589,709	61,979,186	1.71%	1.84%
2030	38,222,075	63,102,241	1.68%	1.81%
2031	38,856,804	64,230,108	1.66%	1.79%
2032	39,492,788	65,359,031	1.64%	1.76%
2033	40,132,720	66,484,805	1.62%	1.72%
2034	40,774,152	67,604,628	1.6%	1.68%
2035	41,412,555	68,715,909	1.57%	1.64%
2036	42,047,450	69,818,887	1.53%	1.61%
2037	42,682,177	70,910,404	1.51%	1.56%
2038	43,314,971	71,990,929	1.48%	1.52%
2039	43,942,852	73,057,760	1.45%	1.48%
2040	44,568,346	74,108,858	1.42%	1.44%
2041	45,190,628	75,144,357	1.4%	1.4%
2042	45,808,597	76,161,719	1.37%	1.35%
2043	46,421,960	77,159,121	1.34%	1.31%
2044	47,030,351	78,134,979	1.31%	1.26%
2045	47,634,271	79,088,832	1.28%	1.22%
2046	48,231,602	80,022,371	1.25%	1.18%
2047	48,823,456	80,938,635	1.23%	1.15%
2048	49,408,506	81,837,657	1.2%	1.11%
2049	49,984,435	82,721,766	1.17%	1.08%
2050	50,553,041	83,593,232	1.14%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.