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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Romania	Ghana	Romania
1960	6,961,215	18,406,905	-	-
1961	7,162,667	18,555,250	2.89%	0.81%
1962	7,337,375	18,676,550	2.44%	0.65%
1963	7,514,714	18,797,850	2.42%	0.65%
1964	7,695,739	18,919,126	2.41%	0.65%
1965	7,882,606	19,031,576	2.43%	0.59%
1966	8,074,521	19,215,450	2.43%	0.97%
1967	8,271,913	19,534,242	2.44%	1.66%
1968	8,475,729	19,799,831	2.46%	1.36%
1969	8,690,383	20,009,141	2.53%	1.06%
1970	8,925,813	20,250,398	2.71%	1.21%
1971	9,176,264	20,461,567	2.81%	1.04%
1972	9,438,187	20,657,957	2.85%	0.96%
1973	9,714,617	20,835,681	2.93%	0.86%
1974	10,000,523	21,029,429	2.94%	0.93%
1975	10,294,308	21,293,583	2.94%	1.26%
1976	10,594,913	21,551,634	2.92%	1.21%
1977	10,911,871	21,756,096	2.99%	0.95%
1978	11,248,450	21,951,464	3.08%	0.9%
1979	11,597,255	22,090,488	3.1%	0.63%
1980	11,941,448	22,207,282	2.97%	0.53%
1981	12,281,712	22,353,070	2.85%	0.66%
1982	12,643,819	22,475,741	2.95%	0.55%
1983	13,029,836	22,560,478	3.05%	0.38%
1984	13,370,590	22,640,547	2.62%	0.35%
1985	13,661,229	22,732,999	2.17%	0.41%
1986	13,965,217	22,836,841	2.23%	0.46%
1987	14,289,108	22,949,430	2.32%	0.49%
1988	14,636,568	23,057,662	2.43%	0.47%
1989	15,006,813	23,161,458	2.53%	0.45%
1990	15,394,648	23,201,835	2.58%	0.17%
1991	15,787,496	23,001,155	2.55%	-0.86%
1992	16,184,855	22,794,284	2.52%	-0.9%
1993	16,589,519	22,763,280	2.5%	-0.14%
1994	16,993,190	22,730,211	2.43%	-0.15%
1995	17,399,017	22,684,270	2.39%	-0.2%
1996	17,810,181	22,619,004	2.36%	-0.29%
1997	18,238,958	22,553,978	2.41%	-0.29%
1998	18,688,036	22,507,344	2.46%	-0.21%
1999	19,149,864	22,472,040	2.47%	-0.16%
2000	19,637,087	22,442,971	2.54%	-0.13%
2001	20,167,069	22,131,970	2.7%	-1.39%
2002	20,729,388	21,730,496	2.79%	-1.81%
2003	21,296,705	21,574,326	2.74%	-0.72%
2004	21,868,298	21,451,748	2.68%	-0.57%
2005	22,449,438	21,319,685	2.66%	-0.62%
2006	23,040,702	21,193,760	2.63%	-0.59%
2007	23,642,279	20,882,982	2.61%	-1.47%
2008	24,249,946	20,537,875	2.57%	-1.65%
2009	24,862,664	20,367,487	2.53%	-0.83%
2010	25,474,995	20,246,871	2.46%	-0.59%
2011	26,095,088	20,147,528	2.43%	-0.49%
2012	26,734,268	20,058,035	2.45%	-0.44%
2013	27,386,193	19,983,693	2.44%	-0.37%
2014	28,041,592	19,908,979	2.39%	-0.37%
2015	28,696,068	19,815,616	2.33%	-0.47%
2016	29,356,742	19,702,267	2.3%	-0.57%
2017	30,008,354	19,588,715	2.22%	-0.58%
2018	30,637,585	19,473,970	2.1%	-0.59%
2019	31,258,945	19,371,648	2.03%	-0.53%
2020	31,887,809	19,265,250	2.01%	-0.55%
2021	32,518,665	19,122,059	1.98%	-0.74%
2022	33,149,152	19,048,502	1.94%	-0.38%
2023	33,787,914	19,061,062	1.93%	0.07%
2024	34,427,414	19,051,804	1.89%	-0.05%
2025	35,064,273	18,945,157	1.85%	-0.56%
2026	35,697,555	18,836,893	1.81%	-0.57%
2027	36,328,265	18,727,645	1.77%	-0.58%
2028	36,959,310	18,617,757	1.74%	-0.59%
2029	37,589,709	18,506,702	1.71%	-0.6%
2030	38,222,075	18,394,947	1.68%	-0.6%
2031	38,856,804	18,282,991	1.66%	-0.61%
2032	39,492,788	18,170,681	1.64%	-0.61%
2033	40,132,720	18,057,661	1.62%	-0.62%
2034	40,774,152	17,943,814	1.6%	-0.63%
2035	41,412,555	17,828,772	1.57%	-0.64%
2036	42,047,450	17,712,177	1.53%	-0.65%
2037	42,682,177	17,595,189	1.51%	-0.66%
2038	43,314,971	17,477,597	1.48%	-0.67%
2039	43,942,852	17,360,012	1.45%	-0.67%
2040	44,568,346	17,242,939	1.42%	-0.67%
2041	45,190,628	17,124,773	1.4%	-0.69%
2042	45,808,597	17,006,515	1.37%	-0.69%
2043	46,421,960	16,888,882	1.34%	-0.69%
2044	47,030,351	16,770,593	1.31%	-0.7%
2045	47,634,271	16,652,406	1.28%	-0.7%
2046	48,231,602	16,534,847	1.25%	-0.71%
2047	48,823,456	16,416,456	1.23%	-0.72%
2048	49,408,506	16,297,099	1.2%	-0.73%
2049	49,984,435	16,177,534	1.17%	-0.73%
2050	50,553,041	16,058,209	1.14%	-0.74%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Romania lost 1,491,493 people (a 7.04% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -865,374 (a 4.39% decline).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Romania was ranked 51st in 2006 and ranked 70th 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 Romania will decrease by 14.8% to 16,058,209 people and rank change from 70th to 81st.