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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Myanmar	Ghana	Myanmar
1960	6,961,215	21,730,250	-	-
1961	7,162,667	22,210,581	2.89%	2.21%
1962	7,337,375	22,704,719	2.44%	2.22%
1963	7,514,714	23,213,408	2.42%	2.24%
1964	7,695,739	23,737,315	2.41%	2.26%
1965	7,882,606	24,279,431	2.43%	2.28%
1966	8,074,521	24,836,496	2.43%	2.29%
1967	8,271,913	25,406,429	2.44%	2.29%
1968	8,475,729	25,989,662	2.46%	2.3%
1969	8,690,383	26,585,112	2.53%	2.29%
1970	8,925,813	27,193,016	2.71%	2.29%
1971	9,176,264	27,807,219	2.81%	2.26%
1972	9,438,187	28,428,324	2.85%	2.23%
1973	9,714,617	29,026,388	2.93%	2.1%
1974	10,000,523	29,598,167	2.94%	1.97%
1975	10,294,308	30,176,565	2.94%	1.95%
1976	10,594,913	30,758,811	2.92%	1.93%
1977	10,911,871	31,355,966	2.99%	1.94%
1978	11,248,450	31,972,976	3.08%	1.97%
1979	11,597,255	32,596,550	3.1%	1.95%
1980	11,941,448	33,227,204	2.97%	1.93%
1981	12,281,712	33,858,783	2.85%	1.9%
1982	12,643,819	34,482,965	2.95%	1.84%
1983	13,029,836	35,162,715	3.05%	1.97%
1984	13,370,590	35,899,313	2.62%	2.09%
1985	13,661,229	36,622,827	2.17%	2.02%
1986	13,965,217	37,314,878	2.23%	1.89%
1987	14,289,108	37,971,594	2.32%	1.76%
1988	14,636,568	38,600,927	2.43%	1.66%
1989	15,006,813	39,214,618	2.53%	1.59%
1990	15,394,648	39,817,251	2.58%	1.54%
1991	15,787,496	40,394,154	2.55%	1.45%
1992	16,184,855	40,950,342	2.52%	1.38%
1993	16,589,519	41,502,429	2.5%	1.35%
1994	16,993,190	42,055,143	2.43%	1.33%
1995	17,399,017	42,605,338	2.39%	1.31%
1996	17,810,181	43,154,860	2.36%	1.29%
1997	18,238,958	43,708,798	2.41%	1.28%
1998	18,688,036	44,257,793	2.46%	1.26%
1999	19,149,864	44,787,724	2.47%	1.2%
2000	19,637,087	45,290,841	2.54%	1.12%
2001	20,167,069	45,771,139	2.7%	1.06%
2002	20,729,388	46,232,653	2.79%	1.01%
2003	21,296,705	46,667,192	2.74%	0.94%
2004	21,868,298	47,068,772	2.68%	0.86%
2005	22,449,438	47,438,365	2.66%	0.79%
2006	23,040,702	47,785,135	2.63%	0.73%
2007	23,642,279	48,125,043	2.61%	0.71%
2008	24,249,946	48,390,793	2.57%	0.55%
2009	24,862,664	48,660,459	2.53%	0.56%
2010	25,474,995	49,024,382	2.46%	0.75%
2011	26,095,088	49,419,820	2.43%	0.81%
2012	26,734,268	49,837,446	2.45%	0.85%
2013	27,386,193	50,262,658	2.44%	0.85%
2014	28,041,592	50,681,634	2.39%	0.83%
2015	28,696,068	51,089,056	2.33%	0.8%
2016	29,356,742	51,495,696	2.3%	0.8%
2017	30,008,354	51,894,938	2.22%	0.78%
2018	30,637,585	52,272,247	2.1%	0.73%
2019	31,258,945	52,640,713	2.03%	0.7%
2020	31,887,809	53,016,522	2.01%	0.71%
2021	32,518,665	53,387,102	1.98%	0.7%
2022	33,149,152	53,756,787	1.94%	0.69%
2023	33,787,914	54,133,798	1.93%	0.7%
2024	34,427,414	54,500,091	1.89%	0.68%
2025	35,064,273	54,850,652	1.85%	0.64%
2026	35,697,555	55,184,831	1.81%	0.61%
2027	36,328,265	55,502,494	1.77%	0.58%
2028	36,959,310	55,802,778	1.74%	0.54%
2029	37,589,709	56,085,147	1.71%	0.51%
2030	38,222,075	56,351,028	1.68%	0.47%
2031	38,856,804	56,601,632	1.66%	0.44%
2032	39,492,788	56,836,048	1.64%	0.41%
2033	40,132,720	57,054,552	1.62%	0.38%
2034	40,774,152	57,257,183	1.6%	0.36%
2035	41,412,555	57,444,471	1.57%	0.33%
2036	42,047,450	57,616,158	1.53%	0.3%
2037	42,682,177	57,773,912	1.51%	0.27%
2038	43,314,971	57,919,868	1.48%	0.25%
2039	43,942,852	58,052,183	1.45%	0.23%
2040	44,568,346	58,169,863	1.42%	0.2%
2041	45,190,628	58,274,275	1.4%	0.18%
2042	45,808,597	58,365,927	1.37%	0.16%
2043	46,421,960	58,443,291	1.34%	0.13%
2044	47,030,351	58,506,418	1.31%	0.11%
2045	47,634,271	58,558,173	1.28%	0.09%
2046	48,231,602	58,596,775	1.25%	0.07%
2047	48,823,456	58,620,774	1.23%	0.04%
2048	49,408,506	58,632,733	1.2%	0.02%
2049	49,984,435	58,633,128	1.17%	0.001%
2050	50,553,041	58,623,237	1.14%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Myanmar gained 3,650,691 people (a 7.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Myanmar's population increased by 4,030,034 (a 7.89% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Myanmar was ranked 27th in 2005 and still ranked 27th 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 Myanmar will increase by 6.36% to 58,623,237 people and rank change from 27th to 35th.