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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Russia	Ghana	Russia
1960	6,961,215	119,897,000	-	-
1961	7,162,667	121,236,000	2.89%	1.12%
1962	7,337,375	122,591,000	2.44%	1.12%
1963	7,514,714	123,960,000	2.42%	1.12%
1964	7,695,739	125,345,000	2.41%	1.12%
1965	7,882,606	126,745,000	2.43%	1.12%
1966	8,074,521	127,468,000	2.43%	0.57%
1967	8,271,913	128,196,000	2.44%	0.57%
1968	8,475,729	128,928,000	2.46%	0.57%
1969	8,690,383	129,664,000	2.53%	0.57%
1970	8,925,813	130,404,000	2.71%	0.57%
1971	9,176,264	131,155,000	2.81%	0.58%
1972	9,438,187	131,909,000	2.85%	0.57%
1973	9,714,617	132,669,000	2.93%	0.58%
1974	10,000,523	133,432,000	2.94%	0.58%
1975	10,294,308	134,200,000	2.94%	0.58%
1976	10,594,913	135,147,000	2.92%	0.71%
1977	10,911,871	136,100,000	2.99%	0.71%
1978	11,248,450	137,060,000	3.08%	0.71%
1979	11,597,255	138,027,000	3.1%	0.71%
1980	11,941,448	139,010,000	2.97%	0.71%
1981	12,281,712	139,941,000	2.85%	0.67%
1982	12,643,819	140,823,000	2.95%	0.63%
1983	13,029,836	141,668,000	3.05%	0.6%
1984	13,370,590	142,745,000	2.62%	0.76%
1985	13,661,229	143,858,000	2.17%	0.78%
1986	13,965,217	144,894,000	2.23%	0.72%
1987	14,289,108	145,908,000	2.32%	0.7%
1988	14,636,568	146,857,000	2.43%	0.65%
1989	15,006,813	147,721,000	2.53%	0.59%
1990	15,394,648	147,969,406	2.58%	0.17%
1991	15,787,496	148,394,216	2.55%	0.29%
1992	16,184,855	148,538,197	2.52%	0.1%
1993	16,589,519	148,458,777	2.5%	-0.05%
1994	16,993,190	148,407,912	2.43%	-0.03%
1995	17,399,017	148,375,787	2.39%	-0.02%
1996	17,810,181	148,160,129	2.36%	-0.15%
1997	18,238,958	147,915,361	2.41%	-0.17%
1998	18,688,036	147,670,784	2.46%	-0.17%
1999	19,149,864	147,214,776	2.47%	-0.31%
2000	19,637,087	146,596,869	2.54%	-0.42%
2001	20,167,069	145,976,482	2.7%	-0.42%
2002	20,729,388	145,306,497	2.79%	-0.46%
2003	21,296,705	144,648,618	2.74%	-0.45%
2004	21,868,298	144,067,316	2.68%	-0.4%
2005	22,449,438	143,518,814	2.66%	-0.38%
2006	23,040,702	143,049,637	2.63%	-0.33%
2007	23,642,279	142,805,114	2.61%	-0.17%
2008	24,249,946	142,742,366	2.57%	-0.04%
2009	24,862,664	142,785,348	2.53%	0.03%
2010	25,474,995	142,849,468	2.46%	0.04%
2011	26,095,088	143,018,195	2.43%	0.12%
2012	26,734,268	143,378,447	2.45%	0.25%
2013	27,386,193	143,805,638	2.44%	0.3%
2014	28,041,592	144,237,223	2.39%	0.3%
2015	28,696,068	144,640,716	2.33%	0.28%
2016	29,356,742	145,015,460	2.3%	0.26%
2017	30,008,354	145,293,260	2.22%	0.19%
2018	30,637,585	145,398,106	2.1%	0.07%
2019	31,258,945	145,453,291	2.03%	0.04%
2020	31,887,809	145,245,148	2.01%	-0.14%
2021	32,518,665	144,746,762	1.98%	-0.34%
2022	33,149,152	144,236,933	1.94%	-0.35%
2023	33,787,914	143,826,130	1.93%	-0.28%
2024	34,427,414	143,533,851	1.89%	-0.2%
2025	35,064,273	142,718,132	1.85%	-0.57%
2026	35,697,555	142,120,553	1.81%	-0.42%
2027	36,328,265	141,773,330	1.77%	-0.24%
2028	36,959,310	141,402,326	1.74%	-0.26%
2029	37,589,709	141,021,009	1.71%	-0.27%
2030	38,222,075	140,628,883	1.68%	-0.28%
2031	38,856,804	140,218,596	1.66%	-0.29%
2032	39,492,788	139,807,207	1.64%	-0.29%
2033	40,132,720	139,414,947	1.62%	-0.28%
2034	40,774,152	139,034,543	1.6%	-0.27%
2035	41,412,555	138,666,694	1.57%	-0.26%
2036	42,047,450	138,311,757	1.53%	-0.26%
2037	42,682,177	137,968,177	1.51%	-0.25%
2038	43,314,971	137,643,032	1.48%	-0.24%
2039	43,942,852	137,336,299	1.45%	-0.22%
2040	44,568,346	137,053,347	1.42%	-0.21%
2041	45,190,628	136,795,588	1.4%	-0.19%
2042	45,808,597	136,558,692	1.37%	-0.17%
2043	46,421,960	136,335,849	1.34%	-0.16%
2044	47,030,351	136,124,845	1.31%	-0.15%
2045	47,634,271	135,933,758	1.28%	-0.14%
2046	48,231,602	135,756,848	1.25%	-0.13%
2047	48,823,456	135,574,181	1.23%	-0.13%
2048	49,408,506	135,372,557	1.2%	-0.15%
2049	49,984,435	135,156,911	1.17%	-0.16%
2050	50,553,041	134,923,391	1.14%	-0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.