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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Nepal	Ghana	Nepal
1960	6,961,215	10,123,658	-	-
1961	7,162,667	10,318,396	2.89%	1.92%
1962	7,337,375	10,521,116	2.44%	1.96%
1963	7,514,714	10,729,818	2.42%	1.98%
1964	7,695,739	10,946,392	2.41%	2.02%
1965	7,882,606	11,173,411	2.43%	2.07%
1966	8,074,521	11,408,710	2.43%	2.11%
1967	8,271,913	11,652,716	2.44%	2.14%
1968	8,475,729	11,906,266	2.46%	2.18%
1969	8,690,383	12,167,036	2.53%	2.19%
1970	8,925,813	12,436,190	2.71%	2.21%
1971	9,176,264	12,710,061	2.81%	2.2%
1972	9,438,187	12,989,099	2.85%	2.2%
1973	9,714,617	13,275,239	2.93%	2.2%
1974	10,000,523	13,568,435	2.94%	2.21%
1975	10,294,308	13,870,695	2.94%	2.23%
1976	10,594,913	14,177,649	2.92%	2.21%
1977	10,911,871	14,499,175	2.99%	2.27%
1978	11,248,450	14,839,695	3.08%	2.35%
1979	11,597,255	15,190,590	3.1%	2.36%
1980	11,941,448	15,553,105	2.97%	2.39%
1981	12,281,712	15,922,423	2.85%	2.37%
1982	12,643,819	16,297,987	2.95%	2.36%
1983	13,029,836	16,689,119	3.05%	2.4%
1984	13,370,590	17,085,242	2.62%	2.37%
1985	13,661,229	17,477,692	2.17%	2.3%
1986	13,965,217	17,868,124	2.23%	2.23%
1987	14,289,108	18,250,505	2.32%	2.14%
1988	14,636,568	18,638,661	2.43%	2.13%
1989	15,006,813	19,057,807	2.53%	2.25%
1990	15,394,648	19,524,573	2.58%	2.45%
1991	15,787,496	20,036,500	2.55%	2.62%
1992	16,184,855	20,609,707	2.52%	2.86%
1993	16,589,519	21,180,159	2.5%	2.77%
1994	16,993,190	21,717,479	2.43%	2.54%
1995	17,399,017	22,245,439	2.39%	2.43%
1996	17,810,181	22,741,862	2.36%	2.23%
1997	18,238,958	23,219,463	2.41%	2.1%
1998	18,688,036	23,680,357	2.46%	1.98%
1999	19,149,864	24,125,199	2.47%	1.88%
2000	19,637,087	24,546,509	2.54%	1.75%
2001	20,167,069	24,946,748	2.7%	1.63%
2002	20,729,388	25,328,981	2.79%	1.53%
2003	21,296,705	25,688,758	2.74%	1.42%
2004	21,868,298	26,016,656	2.68%	1.28%
2005	22,449,438	26,309,458	2.66%	1.13%
2006	23,040,702	26,565,425	2.63%	0.97%
2007	23,642,279	26,788,492	2.61%	0.84%
2008	24,249,946	26,990,037	2.57%	0.75%
2009	24,862,664	27,173,035	2.53%	0.68%
2010	25,474,995	27,341,952	2.46%	0.62%
2011	26,095,088	27,464,494	2.43%	0.45%
2012	26,734,268	27,534,915	2.45%	0.26%
2013	27,386,193	27,589,996	2.44%	0.2%
2014	28,041,592	27,672,370	2.39%	0.3%
2015	28,696,068	27,823,629	2.33%	0.55%
2016	29,356,742	27,955,462	2.3%	0.47%
2017	30,008,354	28,011,258	2.22%	0.2%
2018	30,637,585	28,079,689	2.1%	0.24%
2019	31,258,945	28,414,064	2.03%	1.19%
2020	31,887,809	28,966,574	2.01%	1.94%
2021	32,518,665	29,475,010	1.98%	1.76%
2022	33,149,152	29,715,436	1.94%	0.82%
2023	33,787,914	29,694,614	1.93%	-0.07%
2024	34,427,414	29,651,054	1.89%	-0.15%
2025	35,064,273	29,618,120	1.85%	-0.11%
2026	35,697,555	29,629,406	1.81%	0.04%
2027	36,328,265	29,727,164	1.77%	0.33%
2028	36,959,310	29,947,588	1.74%	0.74%
2029	37,589,709	30,232,115	1.71%	0.95%
2030	38,222,075	30,509,999	1.68%	0.92%
2031	38,856,804	30,780,916	1.66%	0.89%
2032	39,492,788	31,045,411	1.64%	0.86%
2033	40,132,720	31,304,035	1.62%	0.83%
2034	40,774,152	31,555,068	1.6%	0.8%
2035	41,412,555	31,798,003	1.57%	0.77%
2036	42,047,450	32,033,714	1.53%	0.74%
2037	42,682,177	32,262,286	1.51%	0.71%
2038	43,314,971	32,484,801	1.48%	0.69%
2039	43,942,852	32,700,695	1.45%	0.66%
2040	44,568,346	32,909,540	1.42%	0.64%
2041	45,190,628	33,112,254	1.4%	0.62%
2042	45,808,597	33,309,062	1.37%	0.59%
2043	46,421,960	33,499,440	1.34%	0.57%
2044	47,030,351	33,683,331	1.31%	0.55%
2045	47,634,271	33,861,058	1.28%	0.53%
2046	48,231,602	34,032,994	1.25%	0.51%
2047	48,823,456	34,197,261	1.23%	0.48%
2048	49,408,506	34,352,077	1.2%	0.45%
2049	49,984,435	34,500,201	1.17%	0.43%
2050	50,553,041	34,642,021	1.14%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.