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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Samoa	Ghana	Samoa
1960	6,961,215	112,490	-	-
1961	7,162,667	115,496	2.89%	2.67%
1962	7,337,375	118,597	2.44%	2.68%
1963	7,514,714	121,764	2.42%	2.67%
1964	7,695,739	124,894	2.41%	2.57%
1965	7,882,606	127,978	2.43%	2.47%
1966	8,074,521	131,073	2.43%	2.42%
1967	8,271,913	133,764	2.44%	2.05%
1968	8,475,729	136,020	2.46%	1.69%
1969	8,690,383	138,233	2.53%	1.63%
1970	8,925,813	140,400	2.71%	1.57%
1971	9,176,264	142,503	2.81%	1.5%
1972	9,438,187	144,538	2.85%	1.43%
1973	9,714,617	146,516	2.93%	1.37%
1974	10,000,523	149,431	2.94%	1.99%
1975	10,294,308	153,344	2.94%	2.62%
1976	10,594,913	157,113	2.92%	2.46%
1977	10,911,871	159,753	2.99%	1.68%
1978	11,248,450	161,375	3.08%	1.02%
1979	11,597,255	162,882	3.1%	0.93%
1980	11,941,448	164,322	2.97%	0.88%
1981	12,281,712	165,678	2.85%	0.83%
1982	12,643,819	166,484	2.95%	0.49%
1983	13,029,836	166,714	3.05%	0.14%
1984	13,370,590	166,796	2.62%	0.05%
1985	13,661,229	166,849	2.17%	0.03%
1986	13,965,217	167,061	2.23%	0.13%
1987	14,289,108	167,661	2.32%	0.36%
1988	14,636,568	168,346	2.43%	0.41%
1989	15,006,813	168,768	2.53%	0.25%
1990	15,394,648	169,042	2.58%	0.16%
1991	15,787,496	169,368	2.55%	0.19%
1992	16,184,855	170,331	2.52%	0.57%
1993	16,589,519	171,774	2.5%	0.85%
1994	16,993,190	173,159	2.43%	0.81%
1995	17,399,017	174,571	2.39%	0.82%
1996	17,810,181	176,071	2.36%	0.86%
1997	18,238,958	177,547	2.41%	0.84%
1998	18,688,036	178,905	2.46%	0.76%
1999	19,149,864	180,275	2.47%	0.77%
2000	19,637,087	181,685	2.54%	0.78%
2001	20,167,069	183,166	2.7%	0.82%
2002	20,729,388	184,471	2.79%	0.71%
2003	21,296,705	185,430	2.74%	0.52%
2004	21,868,298	186,249	2.68%	0.44%
2005	22,449,438	186,978	2.66%	0.39%
2006	23,040,702	187,709	2.63%	0.39%
2007	23,642,279	188,753	2.61%	0.56%
2008	24,249,946	190,107	2.57%	0.72%
2009	24,862,664	191,513	2.53%	0.74%
2010	25,474,995	193,023	2.46%	0.79%
2011	26,095,088	194,713	2.43%	0.88%
2012	26,734,268	196,498	2.45%	0.92%
2013	27,386,193	198,268	2.44%	0.9%
2014	28,041,592	200,037	2.39%	0.89%
2015	28,696,068	201,782	2.33%	0.87%
2016	29,356,742	203,499	2.3%	0.85%
2017	30,008,354	205,415	2.22%	0.94%
2018	30,637,585	207,582	2.1%	1.05%
2019	31,258,945	209,780	2.03%	1.06%
2020	31,887,809	211,944	2.01%	1.03%
2021	32,518,665	213,779	1.98%	0.87%
2022	33,149,152	215,261	1.94%	0.69%
2023	33,787,914	216,663	1.93%	0.65%
2024	34,427,414	218,019	1.89%	0.63%
2025	35,064,273	219,302	1.85%	0.59%
2026	35,697,555	220,530	1.81%	0.56%
2027	36,328,265	221,772	1.77%	0.56%
2028	36,959,310	223,104	1.74%	0.6%
2029	37,589,709	224,504	1.71%	0.63%
2030	38,222,075	225,968	1.68%	0.65%
2031	38,856,804	227,581	1.66%	0.71%
2032	39,492,788	229,298	1.64%	0.75%
2033	40,132,720	231,110	1.62%	0.79%
2034	40,774,152	233,061	1.6%	0.84%
2035	41,412,555	235,172	1.57%	0.91%
2036	42,047,450	237,415	1.53%	0.95%
2037	42,682,177	239,730	1.51%	0.98%
2038	43,314,971	242,155	1.48%	1.01%
2039	43,942,852	244,653	1.45%	1.03%
2040	44,568,346	247,196	1.42%	1.04%
2041	45,190,628	249,796	1.4%	1.05%
2042	45,808,597	252,427	1.37%	1.05%
2043	46,421,960	255,023	1.34%	1.03%
2044	47,030,351	257,609	1.31%	1.01%
2045	47,634,271	260,250	1.28%	1.03%
2046	48,231,602	262,849	1.25%	1%
2047	48,823,456	265,365	1.23%	0.96%
2048	49,408,506	267,836	1.2%	0.93%
2049	49,984,435	270,291	1.17%	0.92%
2050	50,553,041	272,711	1.14%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.