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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Malaysia	Ghana	Malaysia
1960	6,961,215	7,956,197	-	-
1961	7,162,667	8,164,443	2.89%	2.62%
1962	7,337,375	8,380,172	2.44%	2.64%
1963	7,514,714	8,602,160	2.42%	2.65%
1964	7,695,739	8,828,406	2.41%	2.63%
1965	7,882,606	9,056,408	2.43%	2.58%
1966	8,074,521	9,284,688	2.43%	2.52%
1967	8,271,913	9,507,099	2.44%	2.4%
1968	8,475,729	9,725,281	2.46%	2.29%
1969	8,690,383	9,947,597	2.53%	2.29%
1970	8,925,813	10,178,802	2.71%	2.32%
1971	9,176,264	10,423,453	2.81%	2.4%
1972	9,438,187	10,676,835	2.85%	2.43%
1973	9,714,617	10,935,621	2.93%	2.42%
1974	10,000,523	11,200,906	2.94%	2.43%
1975	10,294,308	11,471,914	2.94%	2.42%
1976	10,594,913	11,750,097	2.92%	2.42%
1977	10,911,871	12,035,713	2.99%	2.43%
1978	11,248,450	12,328,157	3.08%	2.43%
1979	11,597,255	12,627,862	3.1%	2.43%
1980	11,941,448	12,983,363	2.97%	2.82%
1981	12,281,712	13,399,203	2.85%	3.2%
1982	12,643,819	13,832,798	2.95%	3.24%
1983	13,029,836	14,285,907	3.05%	3.28%
1984	13,370,590	14,759,009	2.62%	3.31%
1985	13,661,229	15,252,258	2.17%	3.34%
1986	13,965,217	15,760,419	2.23%	3.33%
1987	14,289,108	16,276,737	2.32%	3.28%
1988	14,636,568	16,796,605	2.43%	3.19%
1989	15,006,813	17,314,997	2.53%	3.09%
1990	15,394,648	17,833,171	2.58%	2.99%
1991	15,787,496	18,342,464	2.55%	2.86%
1992	16,184,855	18,834,572	2.52%	2.68%
1993	16,589,519	19,322,664	2.5%	2.59%
1994	16,993,190	19,820,446	2.43%	2.58%
1995	17,399,017	20,330,599	2.39%	2.57%
1996	17,810,181	20,850,087	2.36%	2.56%
1997	18,238,958	21,375,218	2.41%	2.52%
1998	18,688,036	21,906,713	2.46%	2.49%
1999	19,149,864	22,435,531	2.47%	2.41%
2000	19,637,087	22,967,816	2.54%	2.37%
2001	20,167,069	23,526,538	2.7%	2.43%
2002	20,729,388	24,102,477	2.79%	2.45%
2003	21,296,705	24,679,602	2.74%	2.39%
2004	21,868,298	25,256,772	2.68%	2.34%
2005	22,449,438	25,836,071	2.66%	2.29%
2006	23,040,702	26,417,909	2.63%	2.25%
2007	23,642,279	26,998,389	2.61%	2.2%
2008	24,249,946	27,570,059	2.57%	2.12%
2009	24,862,664	28,124,778	2.53%	2.01%
2010	25,474,995	28,655,776	2.46%	1.89%
2011	26,095,088	29,162,039	2.43%	1.77%
2012	26,734,268	29,662,831	2.45%	1.72%
2013	27,386,193	30,174,265	2.44%	1.72%
2014	28,041,592	30,696,137	2.39%	1.73%
2015	28,696,068	31,232,798	2.33%	1.75%
2016	29,356,742	31,789,685	2.3%	1.78%
2017	30,008,354	32,355,644	2.22%	1.78%
2018	30,637,585	32,910,967	2.1%	1.72%
2019	31,258,945	33,440,596	2.03%	1.61%
2020	31,887,809	33,889,558	2.01%	1.34%
2021	32,518,665	34,282,399	1.98%	1.16%
2022	33,149,152	34,695,493	1.94%	1.2%
2023	33,787,914	35,126,298	1.93%	1.24%
2024	34,427,414	35,557,673	1.89%	1.23%
2025	35,064,273	35,977,838	1.85%	1.18%
2026	35,697,555	36,385,119	1.81%	1.13%
2027	36,328,265	36,785,089	1.77%	1.1%
2028	36,959,310	37,182,773	1.74%	1.08%
2029	37,589,709	37,574,292	1.71%	1.05%
2030	38,222,075	37,961,722	1.68%	1.03%
2031	38,856,804	38,347,786	1.66%	1.02%
2032	39,492,788	38,728,383	1.64%	0.99%
2033	40,132,720	39,097,871	1.62%	0.95%
2034	40,774,152	39,457,849	1.6%	0.92%
2035	41,412,555	39,814,834	1.57%	0.9%
2036	42,047,450	40,166,904	1.53%	0.88%
2037	42,682,177	40,512,289	1.51%	0.86%
2038	43,314,971	40,853,318	1.48%	0.84%
2039	43,942,852	41,185,892	1.45%	0.81%
2040	44,568,346	41,509,646	1.42%	0.79%
2041	45,190,628	41,828,594	1.4%	0.77%
2042	45,808,597	42,144,474	1.37%	0.76%
2043	46,421,960	42,455,952	1.34%	0.74%
2044	47,030,351	42,754,140	1.31%	0.7%
2045	47,634,271	43,038,205	1.28%	0.66%
2046	48,231,602	43,313,754	1.25%	0.64%
2047	48,823,456	43,580,459	1.23%	0.62%
2048	49,408,506	43,831,577	1.2%	0.58%
2049	49,984,435	44,065,538	1.17%	0.53%
2050	50,553,041	44,289,765	1.14%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.