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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Kiribati	Ghana	Kiribati
1960	6,961,215	47,157	-	-
1961	7,162,667	48,323	2.89%	2.47%
1962	7,337,375	49,538	2.44%	2.51%
1963	7,514,714	50,791	2.42%	2.53%
1964	7,695,739	52,088	2.41%	2.55%
1965	7,882,606	53,439	2.43%	2.59%
1966	8,074,521	54,425	2.43%	1.85%
1967	8,271,913	54,996	2.44%	1.05%
1968	8,475,729	55,529	2.46%	0.97%
1969	8,690,383	56,360	2.53%	1.5%
1970	8,925,813	57,510	2.71%	2.04%
1971	9,176,264	58,652	2.81%	1.99%
1972	9,438,187	59,778	2.85%	1.92%
1973	9,714,617	60,824	2.93%	1.75%
1974	10,000,523	61,219	2.94%	0.65%
1975	10,294,308	60,987	2.94%	-0.38%
1976	10,594,913	60,661	2.92%	-0.53%
1977	10,911,871	60,267	2.99%	-0.65%
1978	11,248,450	59,864	3.08%	-0.67%
1979	11,597,255	60,172	3.1%	0.51%
1980	11,941,448	61,148	2.97%	1.62%
1981	12,281,712	62,121	2.85%	1.59%
1982	12,643,819	63,134	2.95%	1.63%
1983	13,029,836	64,169	3.05%	1.64%
1984	13,370,590	65,228	2.62%	1.65%
1985	13,661,229	66,496	2.17%	1.94%
1986	13,965,217	68,059	2.23%	2.35%
1987	14,289,108	69,733	2.32%	2.46%
1988	14,636,568	71,427	2.43%	2.43%
1989	15,006,813	73,147	2.53%	2.41%
1990	15,394,648	74,855	2.58%	2.34%
1991	15,787,496	76,367	2.55%	2.02%
1992	16,184,855	77,641	2.52%	1.67%
1993	16,589,519	78,841	2.5%	1.55%
1994	16,993,190	80,021	2.43%	1.5%
1995	17,399,017	81,234	2.39%	1.52%
1996	17,810,181	82,623	2.36%	1.71%
1997	18,238,958	84,147	2.41%	1.84%
1998	18,688,036	85,657	2.46%	1.79%
1999	19,149,864	87,126	2.47%	1.71%
2000	19,637,087	88,613	2.54%	1.71%
2001	20,167,069	90,335	2.7%	1.94%
2002	20,729,388	92,264	2.79%	2.14%
2003	21,296,705	94,175	2.74%	2.07%
2004	21,868,298	96,085	2.68%	2.03%
2005	22,449,438	98,035	2.66%	2.03%
2006	23,040,702	100,017	2.63%	2.02%
2007	23,642,279	102,068	2.61%	2.05%
2008	24,249,946	104,222	2.57%	2.11%
2009	24,862,664	106,467	2.53%	2.15%
2010	25,474,995	108,704	2.46%	2.1%
2011	26,095,088	110,647	2.43%	1.79%
2012	26,734,268	112,284	2.45%	1.48%
2013	27,386,193	113,838	2.44%	1.38%
2014	28,041,592	115,326	2.39%	1.31%
2015	28,696,068	116,815	2.33%	1.29%
2016	29,356,742	118,478	2.3%	1.42%
2017	30,008,354	120,275	2.22%	1.52%
2018	30,637,585	122,084	2.1%	1.5%
2019	31,258,945	123,921	2.03%	1.5%
2020	31,887,809	126,099	2.01%	1.76%
2021	32,518,665	128,377	1.98%	1.81%
2022	33,149,152	130,469	1.94%	1.63%
2023	33,787,914	132,530	1.93%	1.58%
2024	34,427,414	134,518	1.89%	1.5%
2025	35,064,273	136,501	1.85%	1.47%
2026	35,697,555	138,451	1.81%	1.43%
2027	36,328,265	140,405	1.77%	1.41%
2028	36,959,310	142,335	1.74%	1.37%
2029	37,589,709	144,231	1.71%	1.33%
2030	38,222,075	146,130	1.68%	1.32%
2031	38,856,804	148,028	1.66%	1.3%
2032	39,492,788	149,915	1.64%	1.27%
2033	40,132,720	151,768	1.62%	1.24%
2034	40,774,152	153,602	1.6%	1.21%
2035	41,412,555	155,447	1.57%	1.2%
2036	42,047,450	157,316	1.53%	1.2%
2037	42,682,177	159,188	1.51%	1.19%
2038	43,314,971	161,050	1.48%	1.17%
2039	43,942,852	162,895	1.45%	1.15%
2040	44,568,346	164,711	1.42%	1.11%
2041	45,190,628	166,508	1.4%	1.09%
2042	45,808,597	168,325	1.37%	1.09%
2043	46,421,960	170,182	1.34%	1.1%
2044	47,030,351	172,012	1.31%	1.08%
2045	47,634,271	173,818	1.28%	1.05%
2046	48,231,602	175,629	1.25%	1.04%
2047	48,823,456	177,392	1.23%	1%
2048	49,408,506	179,152	1.2%	0.99%
2049	49,984,435	180,915	1.17%	0.98%
2050	50,553,041	182,629	1.14%	0.95%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,461 people (a 18.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 19,994 (a 16.9% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2006 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 31.9% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.