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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Portugal	Ghana	Portugal
1960	6,961,215	8,857,716	-	-
1961	7,162,667	8,929,316	2.89%	0.81%
1962	7,337,375	8,993,985	2.44%	0.72%
1963	7,514,714	9,030,355	2.42%	0.4%
1964	7,695,739	9,035,365	2.41%	0.06%
1965	7,882,606	8,998,595	2.43%	-0.41%
1966	8,074,521	8,930,990	2.43%	-0.75%
1967	8,271,913	8,874,520	2.44%	-0.63%
1968	8,475,729	8,836,650	2.46%	-0.43%
1969	8,690,383	8,757,705	2.53%	-0.89%
1970	8,925,813	8,680,431	2.71%	-0.88%
1971	9,176,264	8,643,756	2.81%	-0.42%
1972	9,438,187	8,630,430	2.85%	-0.15%
1973	9,714,617	8,633,100	2.93%	0.03%
1974	10,000,523	8,754,365	2.94%	1.4%
1975	10,294,308	9,093,470	2.94%	3.87%
1976	10,594,913	9,355,810	2.92%	2.88%
1977	10,911,871	9,455,675	2.99%	1.07%
1978	11,248,450	9,558,250	3.08%	1.08%
1979	11,597,255	9,661,265	3.1%	1.08%
1980	11,941,448	9,766,312	2.97%	1.09%
1981	12,281,712	9,851,362	2.85%	0.87%
1982	12,643,819	9,911,771	2.95%	0.61%
1983	13,029,836	9,957,865	3.05%	0.47%
1984	13,370,590	9,996,232	2.62%	0.39%
1985	13,661,229	10,023,613	2.17%	0.27%
1986	13,965,217	10,032,734	2.23%	0.09%
1987	14,289,108	10,030,031	2.32%	-0.03%
1988	14,636,568	10,019,610	2.43%	-0.1%
1989	15,006,813	10,005,000	2.53%	-0.15%
1990	15,394,648	9,983,218	2.58%	-0.22%
1991	15,787,496	9,960,235	2.55%	-0.23%
1992	16,184,855	9,952,494	2.52%	-0.08%
1993	16,589,519	9,964,675	2.5%	0.12%
1994	16,993,190	9,991,525	2.43%	0.27%
1995	17,399,017	10,026,176	2.39%	0.35%
1996	17,810,181	10,063,945	2.36%	0.38%
1997	18,238,958	10,108,977	2.41%	0.45%
1998	18,688,036	10,160,196	2.46%	0.51%
1999	19,149,864	10,217,828	2.47%	0.57%
2000	19,637,087	10,289,898	2.54%	0.71%
2001	20,167,069	10,362,722	2.7%	0.71%
2002	20,729,388	10,419,631	2.79%	0.55%
2003	21,296,705	10,458,821	2.74%	0.38%
2004	21,868,298	10,483,861	2.68%	0.24%
2005	22,449,438	10,503,330	2.66%	0.19%
2006	23,040,702	10,522,288	2.63%	0.18%
2007	23,642,279	10,542,964	2.61%	0.2%
2008	24,249,946	10,558,177	2.57%	0.14%
2009	24,862,664	10,568,247	2.53%	0.1%
2010	25,474,995	10,573,100	2.46%	0.05%
2011	26,095,088	10,557,560	2.43%	-0.15%
2012	26,734,268	10,514,844	2.45%	-0.4%
2013	27,386,193	10,457,295	2.44%	-0.55%
2014	28,041,592	10,401,062	2.39%	-0.54%
2015	28,696,068	10,358,076	2.33%	-0.41%
2016	29,356,742	10,325,452	2.3%	-0.31%
2017	30,008,354	10,300,300	2.22%	-0.24%
2018	30,637,585	10,283,822	2.1%	-0.16%
2019	31,258,945	10,286,263	2.03%	0.02%
2020	31,887,809	10,297,081	2.01%	0.11%
2021	32,518,665	10,361,831	1.98%	0.63%
2022	33,149,152	10,434,332	1.94%	0.7%
2023	33,787,914	10,578,174	1.93%	1.38%
2024	34,427,414	10,701,636	1.89%	1.17%
2025	35,064,273	10,687,819	1.85%	-0.13%
2026	35,697,555	10,670,917	1.81%	-0.16%
2027	36,328,265	10,653,073	1.77%	-0.17%
2028	36,959,310	10,632,868	1.74%	-0.19%
2029	37,589,709	10,611,484	1.71%	-0.2%
2030	38,222,075	10,591,436	1.68%	-0.19%
2031	38,856,804	10,571,418	1.66%	-0.19%
2032	39,492,788	10,549,456	1.64%	-0.21%
2033	40,132,720	10,526,482	1.62%	-0.22%
2034	40,774,152	10,502,882	1.6%	-0.22%
2035	41,412,555	10,478,843	1.57%	-0.23%
2036	42,047,450	10,454,630	1.53%	-0.23%
2037	42,682,177	10,430,128	1.51%	-0.23%
2038	43,314,971	10,404,947	1.48%	-0.24%
2039	43,942,852	10,377,968	1.45%	-0.26%
2040	44,568,346	10,349,515	1.42%	-0.27%
2041	45,190,628	10,321,577	1.4%	-0.27%
2042	45,808,597	10,294,106	1.37%	-0.27%
2043	46,421,960	10,264,596	1.34%	-0.29%
2044	47,030,351	10,233,543	1.31%	-0.3%
2045	47,634,271	10,201,832	1.28%	-0.31%
2046	48,231,602	10,168,932	1.25%	-0.32%
2047	48,823,456	10,135,159	1.23%	-0.33%
2048	49,408,506	10,101,419	1.2%	-0.33%
2049	49,984,435	10,066,064	1.17%	-0.35%
2050	50,553,041	10,029,252	1.14%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.