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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Maldives	Ghana	Maldives
1960	6,961,215	91,189	-	-
1961	7,162,667	93,450	2.89%	2.48%
1962	7,337,375	95,802	2.44%	2.52%
1963	7,514,714	98,222	2.42%	2.53%
1964	7,695,739	100,662	2.41%	2.48%
1965	7,882,606	104,102	2.43%	3.42%
1966	8,074,521	108,507	2.43%	4.23%
1967	8,271,913	112,528	2.44%	3.71%
1968	8,475,729	116,075	2.46%	3.15%
1969	8,690,383	119,564	2.53%	3.01%
1970	8,925,813	123,219	2.71%	3.06%
1971	9,176,264	127,035	2.81%	3.1%
1972	9,438,187	130,968	2.85%	3.1%
1973	9,714,617	134,952	2.93%	3.04%
1974	10,000,523	138,978	2.94%	2.98%
1975	10,294,308	143,158	2.94%	3.01%
1976	10,594,913	147,525	2.92%	3.05%
1977	10,911,871	151,930	2.99%	2.99%
1978	11,248,450	156,159	3.08%	2.78%
1979	11,597,255	160,360	3.1%	2.69%
1980	11,941,448	164,835	2.97%	2.79%
1981	12,281,712	169,532	2.85%	2.85%
1982	12,643,819	174,333	2.95%	2.83%
1983	13,029,836	179,128	3.05%	2.75%
1984	13,370,590	184,198	2.62%	2.83%
1985	13,661,229	190,169	2.17%	3.24%
1986	13,965,217	196,935	2.23%	3.56%
1987	14,289,108	203,944	2.32%	3.56%
1988	14,636,568	210,885	2.43%	3.4%
1989	15,006,813	217,738	2.53%	3.25%
1990	15,394,648	224,762	2.58%	3.23%
1991	15,787,496	231,802	2.55%	3.13%
1992	16,184,855	238,543	2.52%	2.91%
1993	16,589,519	244,884	2.5%	2.66%
1994	16,993,190	250,822	2.43%	2.42%
1995	17,399,017	256,649	2.39%	2.32%
1996	17,810,181	262,347	2.36%	2.22%
1997	18,238,958	267,707	2.41%	2.04%
1998	18,688,036	272,723	2.46%	1.87%
1999	19,149,864	277,412	2.47%	1.72%
2000	19,637,087	282,019	2.54%	1.66%
2001	20,167,069	286,767	2.7%	1.68%
2002	20,729,388	291,616	2.79%	1.69%
2003	21,296,705	296,491	2.74%	1.67%
2004	21,868,298	301,413	2.68%	1.66%
2005	22,449,438	306,429	2.66%	1.66%
2006	23,040,702	313,851	2.63%	2.42%
2007	23,642,279	324,479	2.61%	3.39%
2008	24,249,946	336,170	2.57%	3.6%
2009	24,862,664	348,275	2.53%	3.6%
2010	25,474,995	360,792	2.46%	3.59%
2011	26,095,088	373,674	2.43%	3.57%
2012	26,734,268	386,818	2.45%	3.52%
2013	27,386,193	400,070	2.44%	3.43%
2014	28,041,592	413,617	2.39%	3.39%
2015	28,696,068	428,154	2.33%	3.51%
2016	29,356,742	443,308	2.3%	3.54%
2017	30,008,354	458,287	2.22%	3.38%
2018	30,637,585	473,099	2.1%	3.23%
2019	31,258,945	487,731	2.03%	3.09%
2020	31,887,809	502,118	2.01%	2.95%
2021	32,518,665	516,154	1.98%	2.8%
2022	33,149,152	524,106	1.94%	1.54%
2023	33,787,914	525,994	1.93%	0.36%
2024	34,427,414	527,799	1.89%	0.34%
2025	35,064,273	529,677	1.85%	0.36%
2026	35,697,555	531,514	1.81%	0.35%
2027	36,328,265	533,433	1.77%	0.36%
2028	36,959,310	535,502	1.74%	0.39%
2029	37,589,709	537,574	1.71%	0.39%
2030	38,222,075	539,667	1.68%	0.39%
2031	38,856,804	541,929	1.66%	0.42%
2032	39,492,788	544,288	1.64%	0.44%
2033	40,132,720	546,723	1.62%	0.45%
2034	40,774,152	549,162	1.6%	0.45%
2035	41,412,555	551,599	1.57%	0.44%
2036	42,047,450	554,092	1.53%	0.45%
2037	42,682,177	556,637	1.51%	0.46%
2038	43,314,971	559,231	1.48%	0.47%
2039	43,942,852	561,958	1.45%	0.49%
2040	44,568,346	564,800	1.42%	0.51%
2041	45,190,628	567,606	1.4%	0.5%
2042	45,808,597	570,381	1.37%	0.49%
2043	46,421,960	573,138	1.34%	0.48%
2044	47,030,351	575,811	1.31%	0.47%
2045	47,634,271	578,459	1.28%	0.46%
2046	48,231,602	581,026	1.25%	0.44%
2047	48,823,456	583,393	1.23%	0.41%
2048	49,408,506	585,720	1.2%	0.4%
2049	49,984,435	587,988	1.17%	0.39%
2050	50,553,041	589,960	1.14%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.