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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Mozambique	Ghana	Mozambique
1960	6,961,215	6,713,695	-	-
1961	7,162,667	6,834,936	2.89%	1.81%
1962	7,337,375	6,969,364	2.44%	1.97%
1963	7,514,714	7,109,828	2.42%	2.02%
1964	7,695,739	7,255,061	2.41%	2.04%
1965	7,882,606	7,406,421	2.43%	2.09%
1966	8,074,521	7,562,990	2.43%	2.11%
1967	8,271,913	7,724,550	2.44%	2.14%
1968	8,475,729	7,892,613	2.46%	2.18%
1969	8,690,383	8,066,951	2.53%	2.21%
1970	8,925,813	8,250,506	2.71%	2.28%
1971	9,176,264	8,456,317	2.81%	2.49%
1972	9,438,187	8,692,935	2.85%	2.8%
1973	9,714,617	8,954,242	2.93%	3.01%
1974	10,000,523	9,236,093	2.94%	3.15%
1975	10,294,308	9,540,817	2.94%	3.3%
1976	10,594,913	9,867,209	2.92%	3.42%
1977	10,911,871	10,224,975	2.99%	3.63%
1978	11,248,450	10,618,250	3.08%	3.85%
1979	11,597,255	11,028,809	3.1%	3.87%
1980	11,941,448	11,336,221	2.97%	2.79%
1981	12,281,712	11,568,127	2.85%	2.05%
1982	12,643,819	11,824,370	2.95%	2.22%
1983	13,029,836	12,073,822	3.05%	2.11%
1984	13,370,590	12,315,954	2.62%	2.01%
1985	13,661,229	12,548,949	2.17%	1.89%
1986	13,965,217	12,770,578	2.23%	1.77%
1987	14,289,108	12,822,574	2.32%	0.41%
1988	14,636,568	12,800,558	2.43%	-0.17%
1989	15,006,813	12,906,842	2.53%	0.83%
1990	15,394,648	13,094,537	2.58%	1.45%
1991	15,787,496	13,352,090	2.55%	1.97%
1992	16,184,855	13,613,316	2.52%	1.96%
1993	16,589,519	14,051,192	2.5%	3.22%
1994	16,993,190	15,033,853	2.43%	6.99%
1995	17,399,017	15,960,530	2.39%	6.16%
1996	17,810,181	16,492,480	2.36%	3.33%
1997	18,238,958	16,949,982	2.41%	2.77%
1998	18,688,036	17,340,464	2.46%	2.3%
1999	19,149,864	17,734,506	2.47%	2.27%
2000	19,637,087	18,129,653	2.54%	2.23%
2001	20,167,069	18,537,729	2.7%	2.25%
2002	20,729,388	18,958,338	2.79%	2.27%
2003	21,296,705	19,392,475	2.74%	2.29%
2004	21,868,298	19,840,313	2.68%	2.31%
2005	22,449,438	20,304,569	2.66%	2.34%
2006	23,040,702	20,787,087	2.63%	2.38%
2007	23,642,279	21,287,635	2.61%	2.41%
2008	24,249,946	21,819,036	2.57%	2.5%
2009	24,862,664	22,391,745	2.53%	2.62%
2010	25,474,995	22,999,235	2.46%	2.71%
2011	26,095,088	23,649,039	2.43%	2.83%
2012	26,734,268	24,337,846	2.45%	2.91%
2013	27,386,193	25,051,611	2.44%	2.93%
2014	28,041,592	25,788,475	2.39%	2.94%
2015	28,696,068	26,547,572	2.33%	2.94%
2016	29,356,742	27,337,105	2.3%	2.97%
2017	30,008,354	28,166,393	2.22%	3.03%
2018	30,637,585	29,018,644	2.1%	3.03%
2019	31,258,945	29,884,380	2.03%	2.98%
2020	31,887,809	30,783,688	2.01%	3.01%
2021	32,518,665	31,707,800	1.98%	3%
2022	33,149,152	32,656,246	1.94%	2.99%
2023	33,787,914	33,635,160	1.93%	3%
2024	34,427,414	34,631,766	1.89%	2.96%
2025	35,064,273	35,631,656	1.85%	2.89%
2026	35,697,555	36,639,853	1.81%	2.83%
2027	36,328,265	37,668,656	1.77%	2.81%
2028	36,959,310	38,714,097	1.74%	2.78%
2029	37,589,709	39,774,947	1.71%	2.74%
2030	38,222,075	40,846,749	1.68%	2.69%
2031	38,856,804	41,931,250	1.66%	2.66%
2032	39,492,788	43,032,887	1.64%	2.63%
2033	40,132,720	44,144,533	1.62%	2.58%
2034	40,774,152	45,273,522	1.6%	2.56%
2035	41,412,555	46,411,774	1.57%	2.51%
2036	42,047,450	47,548,671	1.53%	2.45%
2037	42,682,177	48,684,563	1.51%	2.39%
2038	43,314,971	49,822,039	1.48%	2.34%
2039	43,942,852	50,971,124	1.45%	2.31%
2040	44,568,346	52,124,215	1.42%	2.26%
2041	45,190,628	53,271,004	1.4%	2.2%
2042	45,808,597	54,423,407	1.37%	2.16%
2043	46,421,960	55,574,711	1.34%	2.12%
2044	47,030,351	56,716,585	1.31%	2.05%
2045	47,634,271	57,851,787	1.28%	2%
2046	48,231,602	58,981,102	1.25%	1.95%
2047	48,823,456	60,117,587	1.23%	1.93%
2048	49,408,506	61,254,584	1.2%	1.89%
2049	49,984,435	62,397,018	1.17%	1.87%
2050	50,553,041	63,530,955	1.14%	1.82%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Mozambique gained 6,243,003 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Mozambique's population increased by 9,893,947 (a 37.3% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Mozambique was ranked 52nd in 2005 and ranked 43rd 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 Mozambique will increase by 74.3% to 63,530,955 people and rank change from 43rd to 32nd.