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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Nauru	Ghana	Nauru
1960	6,961,215	4,607	-	-
1961	7,162,667	4,774	2.89%	3.62%
1962	7,337,375	4,979	2.44%	4.29%
1963	7,514,714	5,226	2.42%	4.96%
1964	7,695,739	5,515	2.41%	5.53%
1965	7,882,606	5,832	2.43%	5.75%
1966	8,074,521	6,043	2.43%	3.62%
1967	8,271,913	6,135	2.44%	1.52%
1968	8,475,729	6,328	2.46%	3.15%
1969	8,690,383	6,581	2.53%	4%
1970	8,925,813	6,710	2.71%	1.96%
1971	9,176,264	6,762	2.81%	0.77%
1972	9,438,187	6,812	2.85%	0.74%
1973	9,714,617	6,866	2.93%	0.79%
1974	10,000,523	6,923	2.94%	0.83%
1975	10,294,308	6,987	2.94%	0.92%
1976	10,594,913	7,064	2.92%	1.1%
1977	10,911,871	7,163	2.99%	1.4%
1978	11,248,450	7,298	3.08%	1.88%
1979	11,597,255	7,468	3.1%	2.33%
1980	11,941,448	7,649	2.97%	2.42%
1981	12,281,712	7,839	2.85%	2.48%
1982	12,643,819	8,040	2.95%	2.56%
1983	13,029,836	8,216	3.05%	2.19%
1984	13,370,590	8,377	2.62%	1.96%
1985	13,661,229	8,551	2.17%	2.08%
1986	13,965,217	8,742	2.23%	2.23%
1987	14,289,108	8,946	2.32%	2.33%
1988	14,636,568	9,165	2.43%	2.45%
1989	15,006,813	9,390	2.53%	2.45%
1990	15,394,648	9,622	2.58%	2.47%
1991	15,787,496	9,850	2.55%	2.37%
1992	16,184,855	10,021	2.52%	1.74%
1993	16,589,519	10,102	2.5%	0.81%
1994	16,993,190	10,137	2.43%	0.35%
1995	17,399,017	10,165	2.39%	0.28%
1996	17,810,181	10,183	2.36%	0.18%
1997	18,238,958	10,197	2.41%	0.14%
1998	18,688,036	10,198	2.46%	0.01%
1999	19,149,864	10,187	2.47%	-0.11%
2000	19,637,087	10,168	2.54%	-0.19%
2001	20,167,069	10,130	2.7%	-0.37%
2002	20,729,388	10,082	2.79%	-0.47%
2003	21,296,705	10,059	2.74%	-0.23%
2004	21,868,298	10,060	2.68%	0.01%
2005	22,449,438	10,049	2.66%	-0.11%
2006	23,040,702	10,034	2.63%	-0.15%
2007	23,642,279	10,020	2.61%	-0.14%
2008	24,249,946	10,009	2.57%	-0.11%
2009	24,862,664	10,016	2.53%	0.07%
2010	25,474,995	10,043	2.46%	0.27%
2011	26,095,088	10,098	2.43%	0.55%
2012	26,734,268	10,267	2.45%	1.67%
2013	27,386,193	10,517	2.44%	2.43%
2014	28,041,592	10,742	2.39%	2.14%
2015	28,696,068	10,954	2.33%	1.97%
2016	29,356,742	11,150	2.3%	1.79%
2017	30,008,354	11,324	2.22%	1.56%
2018	30,637,585	11,477	2.1%	1.35%
2019	31,258,945	11,587	2.03%	0.96%
2020	31,887,809	11,643	2.01%	0.48%
2021	32,518,665	11,709	1.98%	0.57%
2022	33,149,152	11,801	1.94%	0.79%
2023	33,787,914	11,875	1.93%	0.63%
2024	34,427,414	11,947	1.89%	0.61%
2025	35,064,273	12,030	1.85%	0.7%
2026	35,697,555	12,103	1.81%	0.61%
2027	36,328,265	12,196	1.77%	0.77%
2028	36,959,310	12,296	1.74%	0.82%
2029	37,589,709	12,403	1.71%	0.87%
2030	38,222,075	12,519	1.68%	0.94%
2031	38,856,804	12,645	1.66%	1%
2032	39,492,788	12,785	1.64%	1.11%
2033	40,132,720	12,921	1.62%	1.06%
2034	40,774,152	13,071	1.6%	1.16%
2035	41,412,555	13,230	1.57%	1.22%
2036	42,047,450	13,391	1.53%	1.21%
2037	42,682,177	13,541	1.51%	1.12%
2038	43,314,971	13,697	1.48%	1.16%
2039	43,942,852	13,857	1.45%	1.17%
2040	44,568,346	14,041	1.42%	1.33%
2041	45,190,628	14,220	1.4%	1.27%
2042	45,808,597	14,402	1.37%	1.28%
2043	46,421,960	14,579	1.34%	1.23%
2044	47,030,351	14,754	1.31%	1.2%
2045	47,634,271	14,920	1.28%	1.13%
2046	48,231,602	15,098	1.25%	1.19%
2047	48,823,456	15,268	1.23%	1.12%
2048	49,408,506	15,431	1.2%	1.07%
2049	49,984,435	15,595	1.17%	1.06%
2050	50,553,041	15,751	1.14%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.