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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Peru	Ghana	Peru
1960	6,961,215	10,174,127	-	-
1961	7,162,667	10,475,123	2.89%	2.96%
1962	7,337,375	10,784,612	2.44%	2.95%
1963	7,514,714	11,102,099	2.42%	2.94%
1964	7,695,739	11,427,978	2.41%	2.94%
1965	7,882,606	11,761,085	2.43%	2.91%
1966	8,074,521	12,101,297	2.43%	2.89%
1967	8,271,913	12,448,814	2.44%	2.87%
1968	8,475,729	12,803,993	2.46%	2.85%
1969	8,690,383	13,166,767	2.53%	2.83%
1970	8,925,813	13,501,237	2.71%	2.54%
1971	9,176,264	13,838,067	2.81%	2.49%
1972	9,438,187	14,210,147	2.85%	2.69%
1973	9,714,617	14,582,867	2.93%	2.62%
1974	10,000,523	14,956,552	2.94%	2.56%
1975	10,294,308	15,333,957	2.94%	2.52%
1976	10,594,913	15,716,809	2.92%	2.5%
1977	10,911,871	16,109,806	2.99%	2.5%
1978	11,248,450	16,516,059	3.08%	2.52%
1979	11,597,255	16,933,139	3.1%	2.53%
1980	11,941,448	17,360,949	2.97%	2.53%
1981	12,281,712	17,798,805	2.85%	2.52%
1982	12,643,819	18,246,503	2.95%	2.52%
1983	13,029,836	18,705,957	3.05%	2.52%
1984	13,370,590	19,174,716	2.62%	2.51%
1985	13,661,229	19,648,204	2.17%	2.47%
1986	13,965,217	20,117,122	2.23%	2.39%
1987	14,289,108	20,582,320	2.32%	2.31%
1988	14,636,568	21,054,702	2.43%	2.3%
1989	15,006,813	21,532,589	2.53%	2.27%
1990	15,394,648	22,014,771	2.58%	2.24%
1991	15,787,496	22,483,775	2.55%	2.13%
1992	16,184,855	22,946,340	2.52%	2.06%
1993	16,589,519	23,413,783	2.5%	2.04%
1994	16,993,190	23,881,493	2.43%	2%
1995	17,399,017	24,348,919	2.39%	1.96%
1996	17,810,181	24,811,171	2.36%	1.9%
1997	18,238,958	25,274,147	2.41%	1.87%
1998	18,688,036	25,738,095	2.46%	1.84%
1999	19,149,864	26,186,504	2.47%	1.74%
2000	19,637,087	26,598,331	2.54%	1.57%
2001	20,167,069	26,964,601	2.7%	1.38%
2002	20,729,388	27,288,217	2.79%	1.2%
2003	21,296,705	27,580,490	2.74%	1.07%
2004	21,868,298	27,852,190	2.68%	0.99%
2005	22,449,438	28,101,180	2.66%	0.89%
2006	23,040,702	28,324,491	2.63%	0.79%
2007	23,642,279	28,530,699	2.61%	0.73%
2008	24,249,946	28,719,041	2.57%	0.66%
2009	24,862,664	28,896,811	2.53%	0.62%
2010	25,474,995	29,086,019	2.46%	0.65%
2011	26,095,088	29,304,086	2.43%	0.75%
2012	26,734,268	29,550,366	2.45%	0.84%
2013	27,386,193	29,817,919	2.44%	0.91%
2014	28,041,592	30,115,826	2.39%	1%
2015	28,696,068	30,457,600	2.33%	1.13%
2016	29,356,742	30,866,494	2.3%	1.34%
2017	30,008,354	31,324,637	2.22%	1.48%
2018	30,637,585	31,897,584	2.1%	1.83%
2019	31,258,945	32,449,303	2.03%	1.73%
2020	31,887,809	32,838,579	2.01%	1.2%
2021	32,518,665	33,155,882	1.98%	0.97%
2022	33,149,152	33,475,438	1.94%	0.96%
2023	33,787,914	33,845,617	1.93%	1.11%
2024	34,427,414	34,217,848	1.89%	1.1%
2025	35,064,273	34,576,670	1.85%	1.05%
2026	35,697,555	34,922,144	1.81%	1%
2027	36,328,265	35,255,683	1.77%	0.96%
2028	36,959,310	35,578,281	1.74%	0.92%
2029	37,589,709	35,890,705	1.71%	0.88%
2030	38,222,075	36,193,882	1.68%	0.84%
2031	38,856,804	36,488,437	1.66%	0.81%
2032	39,492,788	36,774,937	1.64%	0.79%
2033	40,132,720	37,054,380	1.62%	0.76%
2034	40,774,152	37,326,798	1.6%	0.74%
2035	41,412,555	37,591,420	1.57%	0.71%
2036	42,047,450	37,848,147	1.53%	0.68%
2037	42,682,177	38,096,898	1.51%	0.66%
2038	43,314,971	38,337,328	1.48%	0.63%
2039	43,942,852	38,569,891	1.45%	0.61%
2040	44,568,346	38,794,647	1.42%	0.58%
2041	45,190,628	39,011,537	1.4%	0.56%
2042	45,808,597	39,220,371	1.37%	0.54%
2043	46,421,960	39,420,647	1.34%	0.51%
2044	47,030,351	39,612,847	1.31%	0.49%
2045	47,634,271	39,796,723	1.28%	0.46%
2046	48,231,602	39,971,719	1.25%	0.44%
2047	48,823,456	40,137,869	1.23%	0.42%
2048	49,408,506	40,294,857	1.2%	0.39%
2049	49,984,435	40,443,273	1.17%	0.37%
2050	50,553,041	40,583,875	1.14%	0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Peru gained 2,356,420 people (a 8.39% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Peru's population increased by 4,396,581 (a 14.4% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Peru was ranked 39th in 2005 and ranked 48th 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 Peru will increase by 16.4% to 40,583,875 people and rank change from 48th to 51st.