Population in Ghana compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Netherlands	Ghana	Netherlands
1960	6,961,215	11,486,631	-	-
1961	7,162,667	11,638,712	2.89%	1.32%
1962	7,337,375	11,805,689	2.44%	1.43%
1963	7,514,714	11,965,966	2.42%	1.36%
1964	7,695,739	12,127,120	2.41%	1.35%
1965	7,882,606	12,294,732	2.43%	1.38%
1966	8,074,521	12,456,251	2.43%	1.31%
1967	8,271,913	12,598,201	2.44%	1.14%
1968	8,475,729	12,729,721	2.46%	1.04%
1969	8,690,383	12,877,984	2.53%	1.16%
1970	8,925,813	13,038,526	2.71%	1.25%
1971	9,176,264	13,194,497	2.81%	1.2%
1972	9,438,187	13,328,593	2.85%	1.02%
1973	9,714,617	13,439,322	2.93%	0.83%
1974	10,000,523	13,545,056	2.94%	0.79%
1975	10,294,308	13,666,335	2.94%	0.9%
1976	10,594,913	13,774,037	2.92%	0.79%
1977	10,911,871	13,856,185	2.99%	0.6%
1978	11,248,450	13,941,700	3.08%	0.62%
1979	11,597,255	14,038,270	3.1%	0.69%
1980	11,941,448	14,149,800	2.97%	0.79%
1981	12,281,712	14,247,208	2.85%	0.69%
1982	12,643,819	14,312,690	2.95%	0.46%
1983	13,029,836	14,367,070	3.05%	0.38%
1984	13,370,590	14,424,211	2.62%	0.4%
1985	13,661,229	14,491,632	2.17%	0.47%
1986	13,965,217	14,572,278	2.23%	0.56%
1987	14,289,108	14,665,037	2.32%	0.64%
1988	14,636,568	14,760,094	2.43%	0.65%
1989	15,006,813	14,848,907	2.53%	0.6%
1990	15,394,648	14,951,510	2.58%	0.69%
1991	15,787,496	15,069,798	2.55%	0.79%
1992	16,184,855	15,184,166	2.52%	0.76%
1993	16,589,519	15,290,368	2.5%	0.7%
1994	16,993,190	15,382,838	2.43%	0.6%
1995	17,399,017	15,459,006	2.39%	0.5%
1996	17,810,181	15,530,498	2.36%	0.46%
1997	18,238,958	15,610,650	2.41%	0.52%
1998	18,688,036	15,707,209	2.46%	0.62%
1999	19,149,864	15,812,088	2.47%	0.67%
2000	19,637,087	15,925,513	2.54%	0.72%
2001	20,167,069	16,046,180	2.7%	0.76%
2002	20,729,388	16,148,929	2.79%	0.64%
2003	21,296,705	16,225,302	2.74%	0.47%
2004	21,868,298	16,281,779	2.68%	0.35%
2005	22,449,438	16,319,868	2.66%	0.23%
2006	23,040,702	16,346,101	2.63%	0.16%
2007	23,642,279	16,381,696	2.61%	0.22%
2008	24,249,946	16,445,593	2.57%	0.39%
2009	24,862,664	16,530,388	2.53%	0.52%
2010	25,474,995	16,615,394	2.46%	0.51%
2011	26,095,088	16,693,074	2.43%	0.47%
2012	26,734,268	16,754,962	2.45%	0.37%
2013	27,386,193	16,804,432	2.44%	0.3%
2014	28,041,592	16,865,008	2.39%	0.36%
2015	28,696,068	16,939,923	2.33%	0.44%
2016	29,356,742	17,030,314	2.3%	0.53%
2017	30,008,354	17,131,296	2.22%	0.59%
2018	30,637,585	17,231,624	2.1%	0.59%
2019	31,258,945	17,344,874	2.03%	0.66%
2020	31,887,809	17,441,500	2.01%	0.56%
2021	32,518,665	17,533,044	1.98%	0.52%
2022	33,149,152	17,700,982	1.94%	0.96%
2023	33,787,914	17,877,117	1.93%	1%
2024	34,427,414	17,994,237	1.89%	0.66%
2025	35,064,273	18,110,800	1.85%	0.65%
2026	35,697,555	18,211,436	1.81%	0.56%
2027	36,328,265	18,299,531	1.77%	0.48%
2028	36,959,310	18,379,573	1.74%	0.44%
2029	37,589,709	18,452,044	1.71%	0.39%
2030	38,222,075	18,515,913	1.68%	0.35%
2031	38,856,804	18,571,934	1.66%	0.3%
2032	39,492,788	18,621,087	1.64%	0.26%
2033	40,132,720	18,664,975	1.62%	0.24%
2034	40,774,152	18,702,456	1.6%	0.2%
2035	41,412,555	18,733,223	1.57%	0.16%
2036	42,047,450	18,760,054	1.53%	0.14%
2037	42,682,177	18,781,793	1.51%	0.12%
2038	43,314,971	18,798,283	1.48%	0.09%
2039	43,942,852	18,810,276	1.45%	0.06%
2040	44,568,346	18,817,745	1.42%	0.04%
2041	45,190,628	18,820,870	1.4%	0.02%
2042	45,808,597	18,819,607	1.37%	-0.007%
2043	46,421,960	18,815,261	1.34%	-0.02%
2044	47,030,351	18,807,564	1.31%	-0.04%
2045	47,634,271	18,797,005	1.28%	-0.06%
2046	48,231,602	18,785,724	1.25%	-0.06%
2047	48,823,456	18,771,651	1.23%	-0.07%
2048	49,408,506	18,754,325	1.2%	-0.09%
2049	49,984,435	18,735,299	1.17%	-0.1%
2050	50,553,041	18,714,579	1.14%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.