Population in Ghana compared to Saint Lucia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Saint Lucia	Ghana	Saint Lucia
1960	6,961,215	92,585	-	-
1961	7,162,667	93,490	2.89%	0.98%
1962	7,337,375	94,505	2.44%	1.09%
1963	7,514,714	95,519	2.42%	1.07%
1964	7,695,739	96,505	2.41%	1.03%
1965	7,882,606	97,493	2.43%	1.02%
1966	8,074,521	98,463	2.43%	0.99%
1967	8,271,913	99,504	2.44%	1.06%
1968	8,475,729	100,675	2.46%	1.18%
1969	8,690,383	101,879	2.53%	1.2%
1970	8,925,813	103,165	2.71%	1.26%
1971	9,176,264	104,564	2.81%	1.36%
1972	9,438,187	106,002	2.85%	1.38%
1973	9,714,617	107,498	2.93%	1.41%
1974	10,000,523	109,076	2.94%	1.47%
1975	10,294,308	110,725	2.94%	1.51%
1976	10,594,913	112,425	2.92%	1.54%
1977	10,911,871	114,135	2.99%	1.52%
1978	11,248,450	115,834	3.08%	1.49%
1979	11,597,255	117,528	3.1%	1.46%
1980	11,941,448	119,290	2.97%	1.5%
1981	12,281,712	121,166	2.85%	1.57%
1982	12,643,819	123,087	2.95%	1.59%
1983	13,029,836	125,044	3.05%	1.59%
1984	13,370,590	127,067	2.62%	1.62%
1985	13,661,229	129,159	2.17%	1.65%
1986	13,965,217	131,239	2.23%	1.61%
1987	14,289,108	133,227	2.32%	1.51%
1988	14,636,568	135,000	2.43%	1.33%
1989	15,006,813	136,512	2.53%	1.12%
1990	15,394,648	137,857	2.58%	0.99%
1991	15,787,496	139,520	2.55%	1.21%
1992	16,184,855	141,617	2.52%	1.5%
1993	16,589,519	143,726	2.5%	1.49%
1994	16,993,190	145,890	2.43%	1.51%
1995	17,399,017	148,208	2.39%	1.59%
1996	17,810,181	150,436	2.36%	1.5%
1997	18,238,958	152,569	2.41%	1.42%
1998	18,688,036	154,677	2.46%	1.38%
1999	19,149,864	156,702	2.47%	1.31%
2000	19,637,087	158,616	2.54%	1.22%
2001	20,167,069	160,237	2.7%	1.02%
2002	20,729,388	161,641	2.79%	0.88%
2003	21,296,705	162,976	2.74%	0.83%
2004	21,868,298	164,239	2.68%	0.77%
2005	22,449,438	165,450	2.66%	0.74%
2006	23,040,702	166,639	2.63%	0.72%
2007	23,642,279	167,758	2.61%	0.67%
2008	24,249,946	168,808	2.57%	0.63%
2009	24,862,664	169,869	2.53%	0.63%
2010	25,474,995	170,906	2.46%	0.61%
2011	26,095,088	171,801	2.43%	0.52%
2012	26,734,268	172,587	2.45%	0.46%
2013	27,386,193	173,369	2.44%	0.45%
2014	28,041,592	174,138	2.39%	0.44%
2015	28,696,068	174,905	2.33%	0.44%
2016	29,356,742	175,646	2.3%	0.42%
2017	30,008,354	176,342	2.22%	0.4%
2018	30,637,585	177,017	2.1%	0.38%
2019	31,258,945	177,661	2.03%	0.36%
2020	31,887,809	178,250	2.01%	0.33%
2021	32,518,665	178,522	1.98%	0.15%
2022	33,149,152	178,781	1.94%	0.15%
2023	33,787,914	179,285	1.93%	0.28%
2024	34,427,414	179,744	1.89%	0.26%
2025	35,064,273	180,148	1.85%	0.23%
2026	35,697,555	180,489	1.81%	0.19%
2027	36,328,265	180,771	1.77%	0.16%
2028	36,959,310	181,003	1.74%	0.13%
2029	37,589,709	181,198	1.71%	0.11%
2030	38,222,075	181,360	1.68%	0.09%
2031	38,856,804	181,463	1.66%	0.06%
2032	39,492,788	181,495	1.64%	0.02%
2033	40,132,720	181,458	1.62%	-0.02%
2034	40,774,152	181,354	1.6%	-0.06%
2035	41,412,555	181,177	1.57%	-0.1%
2036	42,047,450	180,948	1.53%	-0.13%
2037	42,682,177	180,636	1.51%	-0.17%
2038	43,314,971	180,230	1.48%	-0.22%
2039	43,942,852	179,781	1.45%	-0.25%
2040	44,568,346	179,296	1.42%	-0.27%
2041	45,190,628	178,760	1.4%	-0.3%
2042	45,808,597	178,187	1.37%	-0.32%
2043	46,421,960	177,593	1.34%	-0.33%
2044	47,030,351	176,937	1.31%	-0.37%
2045	47,634,271	176,243	1.28%	-0.39%
2046	48,231,602	175,520	1.25%	-0.41%
2047	48,823,456	174,726	1.23%	-0.45%
2048	49,408,506	173,877	1.2%	-0.49%
2049	49,984,435	172,991	1.17%	-0.51%
2050	50,553,041	172,081	1.14%	-0.53%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.