Population in Ghana compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	North Korea	Ghana	North Korea
1960	6,961,215	11,722,953	-	-
1961	7,162,667	11,990,713	2.89%	2.28%
1962	7,337,375	12,262,882	2.44%	2.27%
1963	7,514,714	12,567,057	2.42%	2.48%
1964	7,695,739	12,889,770	2.41%	2.57%
1965	7,882,606	13,219,369	2.43%	2.56%
1966	8,074,521	13,569,094	2.43%	2.65%
1967	8,271,913	13,958,350	2.44%	2.87%
1968	8,475,729	14,365,596	2.46%	2.92%
1969	8,690,383	14,767,615	2.53%	2.8%
1970	8,925,813	15,172,775	2.71%	2.74%
1971	9,176,264	15,572,457	2.81%	2.63%
1972	9,438,187	15,975,069	2.85%	2.59%
1973	9,714,617	16,350,367	2.93%	2.35%
1974	10,000,523	16,673,121	2.94%	1.97%
1975	10,294,308	16,971,055	2.94%	1.79%
1976	10,594,913	17,243,450	2.92%	1.61%
1977	10,911,871	17,492,798	2.99%	1.45%
1978	11,248,450	17,735,995	3.08%	1.39%
1979	11,597,255	17,983,470	3.1%	1.4%
1980	11,941,448	18,236,786	2.97%	1.41%
1981	12,281,712	18,501,295	2.85%	1.45%
1982	12,643,819	18,776,357	2.95%	1.49%
1983	13,029,836	19,054,034	3.05%	1.48%
1984	13,370,590	19,335,043	2.62%	1.47%
1985	13,661,229	19,620,388	2.17%	1.48%
1986	13,965,217	19,910,855	2.23%	1.48%
1987	14,289,108	20,205,483	2.32%	1.48%
1988	14,636,568	20,503,161	2.43%	1.47%
1989	15,006,813	20,804,367	2.53%	1.47%
1990	15,394,648	21,112,137	2.58%	1.48%
1991	15,787,496	21,428,638	2.55%	1.5%
1992	16,184,855	21,750,911	2.52%	1.5%
1993	16,589,519	22,073,352	2.5%	1.48%
1994	16,993,190	22,393,975	2.43%	1.45%
1995	17,399,017	22,669,304	2.39%	1.23%
1996	17,810,181	22,895,746	2.36%	1%
1997	18,238,958	23,110,830	2.41%	0.94%
1998	18,688,036	23,311,564	2.46%	0.87%
1999	19,149,864	23,497,599	2.47%	0.8%
2000	19,637,087	23,665,910	2.54%	0.72%
2001	20,167,069	23,815,358	2.7%	0.63%
2002	20,729,388	23,943,973	2.79%	0.54%
2003	21,296,705	24,090,380	2.74%	0.61%
2004	21,868,298	24,254,943	2.68%	0.68%
2005	22,449,438	24,396,433	2.66%	0.58%
2006	23,040,702	24,524,507	2.63%	0.52%
2007	23,642,279	24,646,383	2.61%	0.5%
2008	24,249,946	24,764,618	2.57%	0.48%
2009	24,862,664	24,878,332	2.53%	0.46%
2010	25,474,995	24,987,258	2.46%	0.44%
2011	26,095,088	25,097,874	2.43%	0.44%
2012	26,734,268	25,211,728	2.45%	0.45%
2013	27,386,193	25,329,451	2.44%	0.47%
2014	28,041,592	25,451,262	2.39%	0.48%
2015	28,696,068	25,575,350	2.33%	0.49%
2016	29,356,742	25,698,326	2.3%	0.48%
2017	30,008,354	25,817,709	2.22%	0.46%
2018	30,637,585	25,931,147	2.1%	0.44%
2019	31,258,945	26,037,632	2.03%	0.41%
2020	31,887,809	26,136,312	2.01%	0.38%
2021	32,518,665	26,232,534	1.98%	0.37%
2022	33,149,152	26,328,845	1.94%	0.37%
2023	33,787,914	26,418,204	1.93%	0.34%
2024	34,427,414	26,498,823	1.89%	0.31%
2025	35,064,273	26,571,033	1.85%	0.27%
2026	35,697,555	26,633,682	1.81%	0.24%
2027	36,328,265	26,686,492	1.77%	0.2%
2028	36,959,310	26,729,261	1.74%	0.16%
2029	37,589,709	26,762,008	1.71%	0.12%
2030	38,222,075	26,784,894	1.68%	0.09%
2031	38,856,804	26,797,946	1.66%	0.05%
2032	39,492,788	26,801,071	1.64%	0.01%
2033	40,132,720	26,795,061	1.62%	-0.02%
2034	40,774,152	26,780,481	1.6%	-0.05%
2035	41,412,555	26,757,705	1.57%	-0.09%
2036	42,047,450	26,727,309	1.53%	-0.11%
2037	42,682,177	26,689,907	1.51%	-0.14%
2038	43,314,971	26,646,323	1.48%	-0.16%
2039	43,942,852	26,596,967	1.45%	-0.19%
2040	44,568,346	26,542,417	1.42%	-0.21%
2041	45,190,628	26,483,475	1.4%	-0.22%
2042	45,808,597	26,420,812	1.37%	-0.24%
2043	46,421,960	26,354,324	1.34%	-0.25%
2044	47,030,351	26,284,000	1.31%	-0.27%
2045	47,634,271	26,210,196	1.28%	-0.28%
2046	48,231,602	26,132,922	1.25%	-0.29%
2047	48,823,456	26,052,086	1.23%	-0.31%
2048	49,408,506	25,967,581	1.2%	-0.32%
2049	49,984,435	25,879,244	1.17%	-0.34%
2050	50,553,041	25,787,120	1.14%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.