Population in Ghana compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Marshall Islands	Ghana	Marshall Islands
1960	6,961,215	14,703	-	-
1961	7,162,667	15,219	2.89%	3.51%
1962	7,337,375	15,755	2.44%	3.52%
1963	7,514,714	16,302	2.42%	3.47%
1964	7,695,739	16,852	2.41%	3.37%
1965	7,882,606	17,402	2.43%	3.26%
1966	8,074,521	17,927	2.43%	3.02%
1967	8,271,913	18,655	2.44%	4.06%
1968	8,475,729	19,862	2.46%	6.47%
1969	8,690,383	21,305	2.53%	7.27%
1970	8,925,813	22,530	2.71%	5.75%
1971	9,176,264	23,366	2.81%	3.71%
1972	9,438,187	23,992	2.85%	2.68%
1973	9,714,617	24,581	2.93%	2.45%
1974	10,000,523	25,296	2.94%	2.91%
1975	10,294,308	26,154	2.94%	3.39%
1976	10,594,913	27,021	2.92%	3.31%
1977	10,911,871	27,906	2.99%	3.28%
1978	11,248,450	28,809	3.08%	3.24%
1979	11,597,255	29,738	3.1%	3.22%
1980	11,941,448	30,774	2.97%	3.48%
1981	12,281,712	32,017	2.85%	4.04%
1982	12,643,819	33,397	2.95%	4.31%
1983	13,029,836	34,811	3.05%	4.23%
1984	13,370,590	36,264	2.62%	4.17%
1985	13,661,229	37,761	2.17%	4.13%
1986	13,965,217	39,286	2.23%	4.04%
1987	14,289,108	40,828	2.32%	3.93%
1988	14,636,568	42,321	2.43%	3.66%
1989	15,006,813	43,586	2.53%	2.99%
1990	15,394,648	44,629	2.58%	2.39%
1991	15,787,496	45,568	2.55%	2.1%
1992	16,184,855	46,388	2.52%	1.8%
1993	16,589,519	47,093	2.5%	1.52%
1994	16,993,190	47,712	2.43%	1.31%
1995	17,399,017	48,266	2.39%	1.16%
1996	17,810,181	48,775	2.36%	1.05%
1997	18,238,958	49,259	2.41%	0.99%
1998	18,688,036	49,717	2.46%	0.93%
1999	19,149,864	50,202	2.47%	0.98%
2000	19,637,087	50,706	2.54%	1%
2001	20,167,069	51,123	2.7%	0.82%
2002	20,729,388	51,425	2.79%	0.59%
2003	21,296,705	51,639	2.74%	0.42%
2004	21,868,298	51,791	2.68%	0.29%
2005	22,449,438	51,906	2.66%	0.22%
2006	23,040,702	51,992	2.63%	0.17%
2007	23,642,279	52,035	2.61%	0.08%
2008	24,249,946	52,030	2.57%	-0.01%
2009	24,862,664	52,019	2.53%	-0.02%
2010	25,474,995	52,044	2.46%	0.05%
2011	26,095,088	51,907	2.43%	-0.26%
2012	26,734,268	51,419	2.45%	-0.94%
2013	27,386,193	50,681	2.44%	-1.44%
2014	28,041,592	49,796	2.39%	-1.75%
2015	28,696,068	48,800	2.33%	-2%
2016	29,356,742	47,709	2.3%	-2.24%
2017	30,008,354	46,529	2.22%	-2.47%
2018	30,637,585	45,285	2.1%	-2.67%
2019	31,258,945	44,007	2.03%	-2.82%
2020	31,887,809	42,706	2.01%	-2.96%
2021	32,518,665	41,367	1.98%	-3.14%
2022	33,149,152	40,077	1.94%	-3.12%
2023	33,787,914	38,827	1.93%	-3.12%
2024	34,427,414	37,548	1.89%	-3.29%
2025	35,064,273	36,281	1.85%	-3.37%
2026	35,697,555	35,078	1.81%	-3.32%
2027	36,328,265	33,976	1.77%	-3.14%
2028	36,959,310	32,977	1.74%	-2.94%
2029	37,589,709	32,054	1.71%	-2.8%
2030	38,222,075	31,191	1.68%	-2.69%
2031	38,856,804	30,420	1.66%	-2.47%
2032	39,492,788	29,740	1.64%	-2.23%
2033	40,132,720	29,142	1.62%	-2.01%
2034	40,774,152	28,608	1.6%	-1.83%
2035	41,412,555	28,147	1.57%	-1.61%
2036	42,047,450	27,751	1.53%	-1.41%
2037	42,682,177	27,405	1.51%	-1.25%
2038	43,314,971	27,092	1.48%	-1.14%
2039	43,942,852	26,836	1.45%	-0.94%
2040	44,568,346	26,598	1.42%	-0.89%
2041	45,190,628	26,396	1.4%	-0.76%
2042	45,808,597	26,217	1.37%	-0.68%
2043	46,421,960	26,054	1.34%	-0.62%
2044	47,030,351	25,913	1.31%	-0.54%
2045	47,634,271	25,777	1.28%	-0.52%
2046	48,231,602	25,653	1.25%	-0.48%
2047	48,823,456	25,543	1.23%	-0.43%
2048	49,408,506	25,429	1.2%	-0.45%
2049	49,984,435	25,311	1.17%	-0.46%
2050	50,553,041	25,195	1.14%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.