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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Philippines	Ghana	Philippines
1960	6,961,215	27,891,897	-	-
1961	7,162,667	28,792,621	2.89%	3.23%
1962	7,337,375	29,723,536	2.44%	3.23%
1963	7,514,714	30,674,731	2.42%	3.2%
1964	7,695,739	31,643,032	2.41%	3.16%
1965	7,882,606	32,625,316	2.43%	3.1%
1966	8,074,521	33,617,170	2.43%	3.04%
1967	8,271,913	34,621,320	2.44%	2.99%
1968	8,475,729	35,638,342	2.46%	2.94%
1969	8,690,383	36,660,799	2.53%	2.87%
1970	8,925,813	37,622,204	2.71%	2.62%
1971	9,176,264	38,518,659	2.81%	2.38%
1972	9,438,187	39,408,560	2.85%	2.31%
1973	9,714,617	40,294,130	2.93%	2.25%
1974	10,000,523	41,174,341	2.94%	2.18%
1975	10,294,308	42,120,826	2.94%	2.3%
1976	10,594,913	43,201,488	2.92%	2.57%
1977	10,911,871	44,367,962	2.99%	2.7%
1978	11,248,450	45,575,281	3.08%	2.72%
1979	11,597,255	46,807,103	3.1%	2.7%
1980	11,941,448	48,043,740	2.97%	2.64%
1981	12,281,712	49,311,727	2.85%	2.64%
1982	12,643,819	50,695,707	2.95%	2.81%
1983	13,029,836	52,194,620	3.05%	2.96%
1984	13,370,590	53,726,181	2.62%	2.93%
1985	13,661,229	55,213,006	2.17%	2.77%
1986	13,965,217	56,645,077	2.23%	2.59%
1987	14,289,108	58,157,496	2.32%	2.67%
1988	14,636,568	59,739,052	2.43%	2.72%
1989	15,006,813	61,265,260	2.53%	2.55%
1990	15,394,648	62,854,666	2.58%	2.59%
1991	15,787,496	64,382,249	2.55%	2.43%
1992	16,184,855	65,926,125	2.52%	2.4%
1993	16,589,519	67,530,621	2.5%	2.43%
1994	16,993,190	69,019,291	2.43%	2.2%
1995	17,399,017	70,546,246	2.39%	2.21%
1996	17,810,181	72,190,242	2.36%	2.33%
1997	18,238,958	73,908,810	2.41%	2.38%
1998	18,688,036	75,791,024	2.46%	2.55%
1999	19,149,864	77,753,257	2.47%	2.59%
2000	19,637,087	79,625,397	2.54%	2.41%
2001	20,167,069	81,401,488	2.7%	2.23%
2002	20,729,388	83,068,889	2.79%	2.05%
2003	21,296,705	84,731,835	2.74%	2%
2004	21,868,298	86,394,504	2.68%	1.96%
2005	22,449,438	88,015,962	2.66%	1.88%
2006	23,040,702	89,508,986	2.63%	1.7%
2007	23,642,279	91,075,184	2.61%	1.75%
2008	24,249,946	92,699,095	2.57%	1.78%
2009	24,862,664	94,384,250	2.53%	1.82%
2010	25,474,995	96,337,125	2.46%	2.07%
2011	26,095,088	98,248,614	2.43%	1.98%
2012	26,734,268	100,175,512	2.45%	1.96%
2013	27,386,193	102,076,336	2.44%	1.9%
2014	28,041,592	103,767,130	2.39%	1.66%
2015	28,696,068	105,312,992	2.33%	1.49%
2016	29,356,742	106,735,719	2.3%	1.35%
2017	30,008,354	108,119,693	2.22%	1.3%
2018	30,637,585	109,465,287	2.1%	1.24%
2019	31,258,945	110,804,683	2.03%	1.22%
2020	31,887,809	112,081,264	2.01%	1.15%
2021	32,518,665	113,100,950	1.98%	0.91%
2022	33,149,152	113,964,338	1.94%	0.76%
2023	33,787,914	114,891,199	1.93%	0.81%
2024	34,427,414	115,843,670	1.89%	0.83%
2025	35,064,273	116,786,968	1.85%	0.81%
2026	35,697,555	117,724,479	1.81%	0.8%
2027	36,328,265	118,656,426	1.77%	0.79%
2028	36,959,310	119,583,984	1.74%	0.78%
2029	37,589,709	120,502,132	1.71%	0.77%
2030	38,222,075	121,408,897	1.68%	0.75%
2031	38,856,804	122,301,606	1.66%	0.74%
2032	39,492,788	123,180,341	1.64%	0.72%
2033	40,132,720	124,049,036	1.62%	0.71%
2034	40,774,152	124,904,124	1.6%	0.69%
2035	41,412,555	125,740,977	1.57%	0.67%
2036	42,047,450	126,558,232	1.53%	0.65%
2037	42,682,177	127,352,607	1.51%	0.63%
2038	43,314,971	128,118,535	1.48%	0.6%
2039	43,942,852	128,850,047	1.45%	0.57%
2040	44,568,346	129,546,666	1.42%	0.54%
2041	45,190,628	130,209,810	1.4%	0.51%
2042	45,808,597	130,837,005	1.37%	0.48%
2043	46,421,960	131,427,404	1.34%	0.45%
2044	47,030,351	131,979,673	1.31%	0.42%
2045	47,634,271	132,492,038	1.28%	0.39%
2046	48,231,602	132,962,001	1.25%	0.35%
2047	48,823,456	133,385,290	1.23%	0.32%
2048	49,408,506	133,759,436	1.2%	0.28%
2049	49,984,435	134,089,011	1.17%	0.25%
2050	50,553,041	134,373,439	1.14%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.