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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Nigeria	Ghana	Nigeria
1960	6,961,215	45,053,782	-	-
1961	7,162,667	45,989,310	2.89%	2.08%
1962	7,337,375	46,965,292	2.44%	2.12%
1963	7,514,714	47,973,575	2.42%	2.15%
1964	7,695,739	49,012,016	2.41%	2.16%
1965	7,882,606	50,086,764	2.43%	2.19%
1966	8,074,521	51,188,234	2.43%	2.2%
1967	8,271,913	52,293,065	2.44%	2.16%
1968	8,475,729	53,432,783	2.46%	2.18%
1969	8,690,383	54,631,914	2.53%	2.24%
1970	8,925,813	55,893,838	2.71%	2.31%
1971	9,176,264	57,214,684	2.81%	2.36%
1972	9,438,187	58,601,748	2.85%	2.42%
1973	9,714,617	60,082,139	2.93%	2.53%
1974	10,000,523	61,679,144	2.94%	2.66%
1975	10,294,308	63,410,815	2.94%	2.81%
1976	10,594,913	65,258,009	2.92%	2.91%
1977	10,911,871	67,234,590	2.99%	3.03%
1978	11,248,450	69,326,532	3.08%	3.11%
1979	11,597,255	71,498,242	3.1%	3.13%
1980	11,941,448	73,764,641	2.97%	3.17%
1981	12,281,712	76,068,103	2.85%	3.12%
1982	12,643,819	78,378,701	2.95%	3.04%
1983	13,029,836	80,438,260	3.05%	2.63%
1984	13,370,590	82,526,443	2.62%	2.6%
1985	13,661,229	84,897,973	2.17%	2.87%
1986	13,965,217	87,235,953	2.23%	2.75%
1987	14,289,108	89,591,716	2.32%	2.7%
1988	14,636,568	92,020,090	2.43%	2.71%
1989	15,006,813	94,531,014	2.53%	2.73%
1990	15,394,648	97,120,925	2.58%	2.74%
1991	15,787,496	99,720,162	2.55%	2.68%
1992	16,184,855	102,372,770	2.52%	2.66%
1993	16,589,519	105,122,069	2.5%	2.69%
1994	16,993,190	107,935,714	2.43%	2.68%
1995	17,399,017	110,819,428	2.39%	2.67%
1996	17,810,181	113,754,779	2.36%	2.65%
1997	18,238,958	116,754,792	2.41%	2.64%
1998	18,688,036	119,846,254	2.46%	2.65%
1999	19,149,864	123,047,320	2.47%	2.67%
2000	19,637,087	126,382,494	2.54%	2.71%
2001	20,167,069	129,862,595	2.7%	2.75%
2002	20,729,388	133,471,989	2.79%	2.78%
2003	21,296,705	137,202,644	2.74%	2.8%
2004	21,868,298	141,057,045	2.68%	2.81%
2005	22,449,438	145,017,253	2.66%	2.81%
2006	23,040,702	149,077,334	2.63%	2.8%
2007	23,642,279	153,267,261	2.61%	2.81%
2008	24,249,946	157,595,014	2.57%	2.82%
2009	24,862,664	162,049,464	2.53%	2.83%
2010	25,474,995	166,642,886	2.46%	2.83%
2011	26,095,088	171,379,598	2.43%	2.84%
2012	26,734,268	176,200,625	2.45%	2.81%
2013	27,386,193	181,049,443	2.44%	2.75%
2014	28,041,592	185,896,915	2.39%	2.68%
2015	28,696,068	190,671,878	2.33%	2.57%
2016	29,356,742	195,443,700	2.3%	2.5%
2017	30,008,354	200,254,579	2.22%	2.46%
2018	30,637,585	204,938,755	2.1%	2.34%
2019	31,258,945	209,485,641	2.03%	2.22%
2020	31,887,809	213,996,181	2.01%	2.15%
2021	32,518,665	218,529,286	1.98%	2.12%
2022	33,149,152	223,150,896	1.94%	2.11%
2023	33,787,914	227,882,945	1.93%	2.12%
2024	34,427,414	232,679,478	1.89%	2.1%
2025	35,064,273	237,527,783	1.85%	2.08%
2026	35,697,555	242,431,830	1.81%	2.06%
2027	36,328,265	247,374,258	1.77%	2.04%
2028	36,959,310	252,346,128	1.74%	2.01%
2029	37,589,709	257,352,638	1.71%	1.98%
2030	38,222,075	262,380,975	1.68%	1.95%
2031	38,856,804	267,421,079	1.66%	1.92%
2032	39,492,788	272,483,635	1.64%	1.89%
2033	40,132,720	277,555,116	1.62%	1.86%
2034	40,774,152	282,622,388	1.6%	1.83%
2035	41,412,555	287,685,757	1.57%	1.79%
2036	42,047,450	292,739,390	1.53%	1.76%
2037	42,682,177	297,773,236	1.51%	1.72%
2038	43,314,971	302,782,350	1.48%	1.68%
2039	43,942,852	307,764,754	1.45%	1.65%
2040	44,568,346	312,710,403	1.42%	1.61%
2041	45,190,628	317,607,237	1.4%	1.57%
2042	45,808,597	322,450,302	1.37%	1.52%
2043	46,421,960	327,243,941	1.34%	1.49%
2044	47,030,351	331,983,354	1.31%	1.45%
2045	47,634,271	336,662,502	1.28%	1.41%
2046	48,231,602	341,281,757	1.25%	1.37%
2047	48,823,456	345,844,004	1.23%	1.34%
2048	49,408,506	350,347,757	1.2%	1.3%
2049	49,984,435	354,792,418	1.17%	1.27%
2050	50,553,041	359,185,550	1.14%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 41.6% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.