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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Qatar	Ghana	Qatar
1960	6,961,215	36,010	-	-
1961	7,162,667	39,680	2.89%	10.2%
1962	7,337,375	44,630	2.44%	12.5%
1963	7,514,714	50,380	2.42%	12.9%
1964	7,695,739	56,867	2.41%	12.9%
1965	7,882,606	64,065	2.43%	12.7%
1966	8,074,521	72,192	2.43%	12.7%
1967	8,271,913	81,439	2.44%	12.8%
1968	8,475,729	91,749	2.46%	12.7%
1969	8,690,383	103,025	2.53%	12.3%
1970	8,925,813	116,350	2.71%	12.9%
1971	9,176,264	131,346	2.81%	12.9%
1972	9,438,187	146,506	2.85%	11.5%
1973	9,714,617	161,841	2.93%	10.5%
1974	10,000,523	177,362	2.94%	9.59%
1975	10,294,308	193,087	2.94%	8.87%
1976	10,594,913	209,052	2.92%	8.27%
1977	10,911,871	225,285	2.99%	7.77%
1978	11,248,450	241,808	3.08%	7.33%
1979	11,597,255	258,670	3.1%	6.97%
1980	11,941,448	275,913	2.97%	6.67%
1981	12,281,712	293,553	2.85%	6.39%
1982	12,643,819	311,537	2.95%	6.13%
1983	13,029,836	329,709	3.05%	5.83%
1984	13,370,590	347,878	2.62%	5.51%
1985	13,661,229	365,940	2.17%	5.19%
1986	13,965,217	382,422	2.23%	4.5%
1987	14,289,108	397,005	2.32%	3.81%
1988	14,636,568	411,264	2.43%	3.59%
1989	15,006,813	425,646	2.53%	3.5%
1990	15,394,648	440,175	2.58%	3.41%
1991	15,787,496	454,853	2.55%	3.33%
1992	16,184,855	469,657	2.52%	3.25%
1993	16,589,519	484,545	2.5%	3.17%
1994	16,993,190	499,459	2.43%	3.08%
1995	17,399,017	514,325	2.39%	2.98%
1996	17,810,181	529,019	2.36%	2.86%
1997	18,238,958	550,500	2.41%	4.06%
1998	18,688,036	580,540	2.46%	5.46%
1999	19,149,864	612,500	2.47%	5.51%
2000	19,637,087	644,989	2.54%	5.3%
2001	20,167,069	677,925	2.7%	5.11%
2002	20,729,388	711,205	2.79%	4.91%
2003	21,296,705	744,682	2.74%	4.71%
2004	21,868,298	773,332	2.68%	3.85%
2005	22,449,438	825,408	2.66%	6.73%
2006	23,040,702	972,831	2.63%	17.9%
2007	23,642,279	1,208,595	2.61%	24.2%
2008	24,249,946	1,426,938	2.57%	18.1%
2009	24,862,664	1,608,903	2.53%	12.8%
2010	25,474,995	1,616,832	2.46%	0.49%
2011	26,095,088	1,624,761	2.43%	0.49%
2012	26,734,268	1,722,438	2.45%	6.01%
2013	27,386,193	1,916,426	2.44%	11.3%
2014	28,041,592	2,151,745	2.39%	12.3%
2015	28,696,068	2,344,557	2.33%	8.96%
2016	29,356,742	2,477,113	2.3%	5.65%
2017	30,008,354	2,545,820	2.22%	2.77%
2018	30,637,585	2,580,734	2.1%	1.37%
2019	31,258,945	2,638,657	2.03%	2.24%
2020	31,887,809	2,794,148	2.01%	5.89%
2021	32,518,665	2,504,910	1.98%	-10.4%
2022	33,149,152	2,657,333	1.94%	6.08%
2023	33,787,914	2,656,032	1.93%	-0.05%
2024	34,427,414	2,857,822	1.89%	7.6%
2025	35,064,273	2,921,065	1.85%	2.21%
2026	35,697,555	2,975,134	1.81%	1.85%
2027	36,328,265	3,019,526	1.77%	1.49%
2028	36,959,310	3,057,695	1.74%	1.26%
2029	37,589,709	3,092,803	1.71%	1.15%
2030	38,222,075	3,125,174	1.68%	1.05%
2031	38,856,804	3,156,754	1.66%	1.01%
2032	39,492,788	3,189,188	1.64%	1.03%
2033	40,132,720	3,222,500	1.62%	1.04%
2034	40,774,152	3,256,691	1.6%	1.06%
2035	41,412,555	3,291,711	1.57%	1.08%
2036	42,047,450	3,327,585	1.53%	1.09%
2037	42,682,177	3,364,333	1.51%	1.1%
2038	43,314,971	3,401,906	1.48%	1.12%
2039	43,942,852	3,440,293	1.45%	1.13%
2040	44,568,346	3,479,439	1.42%	1.14%
2041	45,190,628	3,519,302	1.4%	1.15%
2042	45,808,597	3,559,840	1.37%	1.15%
2043	46,421,960	3,601,019	1.34%	1.16%
2044	47,030,351	3,642,784	1.31%	1.16%
2045	47,634,271	3,685,111	1.28%	1.16%
2046	48,231,602	3,727,959	1.25%	1.16%
2047	48,823,456	3,771,287	1.23%	1.16%
2048	49,408,506	3,815,108	1.2%	1.16%
2049	49,984,435	3,859,368	1.17%	1.16%
2050	50,553,041	3,904,074	1.14%	1.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Qatar gained 1,504,282 people (a 154.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 498,506 (a 20.1% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Qatar was ranked 156th in 2006 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.2% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.