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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Luxembourg	Ghana	Luxembourg
1960	6,961,215	313,970	-	-
1961	7,162,667	316,845	2.89%	0.92%
1962	7,337,375	320,750	2.44%	1.23%
1963	7,514,714	324,100	2.42%	1.04%
1964	7,695,739	327,750	2.41%	1.13%
1965	7,882,606	331,500	2.43%	1.14%
1966	8,074,521	333,895	2.43%	0.72%
1967	8,271,913	334,995	2.44%	0.33%
1968	8,475,729	335,850	2.46%	0.26%
1969	8,690,383	337,500	2.53%	0.49%
1970	8,925,813	339,171	2.71%	0.5%
1971	9,176,264	342,421	2.81%	0.96%
1972	9,438,187	346,600	2.85%	1.22%
1973	9,714,617	350,450	2.93%	1.11%
1974	10,000,523	355,050	2.94%	1.31%
1975	10,294,308	358,950	2.94%	1.1%
1976	10,594,913	360,731	2.92%	0.5%
1977	10,911,871	361,358	2.99%	0.17%
1978	11,248,450	362,007	3.08%	0.18%
1979	11,597,255	362,856	3.1%	0.23%
1980	11,941,448	364,150	2.97%	0.36%
1981	12,281,712	365,225	2.85%	0.3%
1982	12,643,819	365,525	2.95%	0.08%
1983	13,029,836	365,622	3.05%	0.03%
1984	13,370,590	365,998	2.62%	0.1%
1985	13,661,229	366,706	2.17%	0.19%
1986	13,965,217	368,355	2.23%	0.45%
1987	14,289,108	370,750	2.32%	0.65%
1988	14,636,568	373,450	2.43%	0.73%
1989	15,006,813	377,100	2.53%	0.98%
1990	15,394,648	381,850	2.58%	1.26%
1991	15,787,496	387,000	2.55%	1.35%
1992	16,184,855	392,175	2.52%	1.34%
1993	16,589,519	397,475	2.5%	1.35%
1994	16,993,190	402,925	2.43%	1.37%
1995	17,399,017	408,625	2.39%	1.41%
1996	17,810,181	414,225	2.36%	1.37%
1997	18,238,958	419,450	2.41%	1.26%
1998	18,688,036	424,700	2.46%	1.25%
1999	19,149,864	430,475	2.47%	1.36%
2000	19,637,087	436,300	2.54%	1.35%
2001	20,167,069	441,525	2.7%	1.2%
2002	20,729,388	446,175	2.79%	1.05%
2003	21,296,705	451,630	2.74%	1.22%
2004	21,868,298	458,095	2.68%	1.43%
2005	22,449,438	465,158	2.66%	1.54%
2006	23,040,702	472,637	2.63%	1.61%
2007	23,642,279	479,993	2.61%	1.56%
2008	24,249,946	488,650	2.57%	1.8%
2009	24,862,664	497,783	2.53%	1.87%
2010	25,474,995	506,953	2.46%	1.84%
2011	26,095,088	518,347	2.43%	2.25%
2012	26,734,268	530,946	2.45%	2.43%
2013	27,386,193	543,360	2.44%	2.34%
2014	28,041,592	556,319	2.39%	2.38%
2015	28,696,068	569,604	2.33%	2.39%
2016	29,356,742	582,014	2.3%	2.18%
2017	30,008,354	596,336	2.22%	2.46%
2018	30,637,585	607,950	2.1%	1.95%
2019	31,258,945	620,001	2.03%	1.98%
2020	31,887,809	630,419	2.01%	1.68%
2021	32,518,665	640,064	1.98%	1.53%
2022	33,149,152	653,103	1.94%	2.04%
2023	33,787,914	666,430	1.93%	2.04%
2024	34,427,414	677,717	1.89%	1.69%
2025	35,064,273	685,180	1.85%	1.1%
2026	35,697,555	692,217	1.81%	1.03%
2027	36,328,265	699,102	1.77%	0.99%
2028	36,959,310	705,956	1.74%	0.98%
2029	37,589,709	712,502	1.71%	0.93%
2030	38,222,075	718,627	1.68%	0.86%
2031	38,856,804	724,433	1.66%	0.81%
2032	39,492,788	730,118	1.64%	0.78%
2033	40,132,720	735,604	1.62%	0.75%
2034	40,774,152	740,767	1.6%	0.7%
2035	41,412,555	745,776	1.57%	0.68%
2036	42,047,450	750,596	1.53%	0.65%
2037	42,682,177	755,119	1.51%	0.6%
2038	43,314,971	759,551	1.48%	0.59%
2039	43,942,852	763,923	1.45%	0.58%
2040	44,568,346	767,972	1.42%	0.53%
2041	45,190,628	771,757	1.4%	0.49%
2042	45,808,597	775,418	1.37%	0.47%
2043	46,421,960	778,811	1.34%	0.44%
2044	47,030,351	781,936	1.31%	0.4%
2045	47,634,271	784,957	1.28%	0.39%
2046	48,231,602	787,788	1.25%	0.36%
2047	48,823,456	790,356	1.23%	0.33%
2048	49,408,506	792,821	1.2%	0.31%
2049	49,984,435	795,064	1.17%	0.28%
2050	50,553,041	796,958	1.14%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.