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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Morocco	Ghana	Morocco
1960	6,961,215	11,624,933	-	-
1961	7,162,667	11,931,085	2.89%	2.63%
1962	7,337,375	12,253,092	2.44%	2.7%
1963	7,514,714	12,577,502	2.42%	2.65%
1964	7,695,739	12,898,886	2.41%	2.56%
1965	7,882,606	13,239,171	2.43%	2.64%
1966	8,074,521	13,597,065	2.43%	2.7%
1967	8,271,913	13,968,175	2.44%	2.73%
1968	8,475,729	14,347,899	2.46%	2.72%
1969	8,690,383	14,734,255	2.53%	2.69%
1970	8,925,813	15,129,449	2.71%	2.68%
1971	9,176,264	15,527,225	2.81%	2.63%
1972	9,438,187	15,924,692	2.85%	2.56%
1973	9,714,617	16,326,269	2.93%	2.52%
1974	10,000,523	16,733,842	2.94%	2.5%
1975	10,294,308	17,150,786	2.94%	2.49%
1976	10,594,913	17,574,182	2.92%	2.47%
1977	10,911,871	18,014,756	2.99%	2.51%
1978	11,248,450	18,477,385	3.08%	2.57%
1979	11,597,255	18,955,589	3.1%	2.59%
1980	11,941,448	19,459,943	2.97%	2.66%
1981	12,281,712	19,985,401	2.85%	2.7%
1982	12,643,819	20,520,318	2.95%	2.68%
1983	13,029,836	21,060,696	3.05%	2.63%
1984	13,370,590	21,593,778	2.62%	2.53%
1985	13,661,229	22,113,953	2.17%	2.41%
1986	13,965,217	22,600,803	2.23%	2.2%
1987	14,289,108	23,054,392	2.32%	2.01%
1988	14,636,568	23,500,524	2.43%	1.94%
1989	15,006,813	23,939,414	2.53%	1.87%
1990	15,394,648	24,375,551	2.58%	1.82%
1991	15,787,496	24,799,014	2.55%	1.74%
1992	16,184,855	25,212,468	2.52%	1.67%
1993	16,589,519	25,614,586	2.5%	1.59%
1994	16,993,190	26,000,822	2.43%	1.51%
1995	17,399,017	26,399,429	2.39%	1.53%
1996	17,810,181	26,808,107	2.36%	1.55%
1997	18,238,958	27,213,337	2.41%	1.51%
1998	18,688,036	27,621,648	2.46%	1.5%
1999	19,149,864	28,027,179	2.47%	1.47%
2000	19,637,087	28,423,435	2.54%	1.41%
2001	20,167,069	28,814,643	2.7%	1.38%
2002	20,729,388	29,198,142	2.79%	1.33%
2003	21,296,705	29,571,415	2.74%	1.28%
2004	21,868,298	29,953,018	2.68%	1.29%
2005	22,449,438	30,358,144	2.66%	1.35%
2006	23,040,702	30,771,178	2.63%	1.36%
2007	23,642,279	31,186,468	2.61%	1.35%
2008	24,249,946	31,606,767	2.57%	1.35%
2009	24,862,664	32,030,778	2.53%	1.34%
2010	25,474,995	32,467,016	2.46%	1.36%
2011	26,095,088	32,912,588	2.43%	1.37%
2012	26,734,268	33,355,241	2.45%	1.34%
2013	27,386,193	33,787,571	2.44%	1.3%
2014	28,041,592	34,204,780	2.39%	1.23%
2015	28,696,068	34,607,588	2.33%	1.18%
2016	29,356,742	35,023,457	2.3%	1.2%
2017	30,008,354	35,446,392	2.22%	1.21%
2018	30,637,585	35,839,760	2.1%	1.11%
2019	31,258,945	36,210,898	2.03%	1.04%
2020	31,887,809	36,584,208	2.01%	1.03%
2021	32,518,665	36,954,442	1.98%	1.01%
2022	33,149,152	37,329,064	1.94%	1.01%
2023	33,787,914	37,712,505	1.93%	1.03%
2024	34,427,414	38,081,173	1.89%	0.98%
2025	35,064,273	38,430,771	1.85%	0.92%
2026	35,697,555	38,762,439	1.81%	0.86%
2027	36,328,265	39,080,092	1.77%	0.82%
2028	36,959,310	39,384,122	1.74%	0.78%
2029	37,589,709	39,674,554	1.71%	0.74%
2030	38,222,075	39,953,461	1.68%	0.7%
2031	38,856,804	40,221,736	1.66%	0.67%
2032	39,492,788	40,477,986	1.64%	0.64%
2033	40,132,720	40,722,975	1.62%	0.61%
2034	40,774,152	40,957,241	1.6%	0.58%
2035	41,412,555	41,182,092	1.57%	0.55%
2036	42,047,450	41,398,224	1.53%	0.52%
2037	42,682,177	41,604,025	1.51%	0.5%
2038	43,314,971	41,802,267	1.48%	0.48%
2039	43,942,852	41,990,437	1.45%	0.45%
2040	44,568,346	42,168,202	1.42%	0.42%
2041	45,190,628	42,339,039	1.4%	0.41%
2042	45,808,597	42,500,324	1.37%	0.38%
2043	46,421,960	42,650,491	1.34%	0.35%
2044	47,030,351	42,792,499	1.31%	0.33%
2045	47,634,271	42,925,305	1.28%	0.31%
2046	48,231,602	43,046,175	1.25%	0.28%
2047	48,823,456	43,158,165	1.23%	0.26%
2048	49,408,506	43,262,402	1.2%	0.24%
2049	49,984,435	43,355,724	1.17%	0.22%
2050	50,553,041	43,440,428	1.14%	0.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Morocco gained 4,249,444 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Morocco's population increased by 4,089,604 (a 11.8% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Morocco was ranked 37th in 2005 and ranked 41st 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 Morocco will increase by 12.3% to 43,440,428 people and rank change from 41st to 50th.