Population in Ghana compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Sao Tome	Ghana	Sao Tome
1960	6,961,215	68,012	-	-
1961	7,162,667	68,707	2.89%	1.02%
1962	7,337,375	69,403	2.44%	1.01%
1963	7,514,714	70,112	2.42%	1.02%
1964	7,695,739	70,865	2.41%	1.07%
1965	7,882,606	71,680	2.43%	1.15%
1966	8,074,521	72,576	2.43%	1.25%
1967	8,271,913	73,596	2.44%	1.41%
1968	8,475,729	74,765	2.46%	1.59%
1969	8,690,383	76,083	2.53%	1.76%
1970	8,925,813	77,626	2.71%	2.03%
1971	9,176,264	79,330	2.81%	2.2%
1972	9,438,187	81,041	2.85%	2.16%
1973	9,714,617	82,798	2.93%	2.17%
1974	10,000,523	84,672	2.94%	2.26%
1975	10,294,308	86,708	2.94%	2.4%
1976	10,594,913	88,922	2.92%	2.55%
1977	10,911,871	91,301	2.99%	2.68%
1978	11,248,450	93,794	3.08%	2.73%
1979	11,597,255	96,252	3.1%	2.62%
1980	11,941,448	98,544	2.97%	2.38%
1981	12,281,712	100,615	2.85%	2.1%
1982	12,643,819	102,508	2.95%	1.88%
1983	13,029,836	104,380	3.05%	1.83%
1984	13,370,590	106,394	2.62%	1.93%
1985	13,661,229	108,658	2.17%	2.13%
1986	13,965,217	111,150	2.23%	2.29%
1987	14,289,108	113,919	2.32%	2.49%
1988	14,636,568	116,939	2.43%	2.65%
1989	15,006,813	119,979	2.53%	2.6%
1990	15,394,648	122,980	2.58%	2.5%
1991	15,787,496	125,697	2.55%	2.21%
1992	16,184,855	128,110	2.52%	1.92%
1993	16,589,519	130,467	2.5%	1.84%
1994	16,993,190	132,732	2.43%	1.74%
1995	17,399,017	134,895	2.39%	1.63%
1996	17,810,181	136,962	2.36%	1.53%
1997	18,238,958	138,922	2.41%	1.43%
1998	18,688,036	140,751	2.46%	1.32%
1999	19,149,864	142,442	2.47%	1.2%
2000	19,637,087	144,018	2.54%	1.11%
2001	20,167,069	146,375	2.7%	1.64%
2002	20,729,388	149,922	2.79%	2.42%
2003	21,296,705	153,814	2.74%	2.6%
2004	21,868,298	157,705	2.68%	2.53%
2005	22,449,438	161,639	2.66%	2.49%
2006	23,040,702	165,638	2.63%	2.47%
2007	23,642,279	169,700	2.61%	2.45%
2008	24,249,946	173,793	2.57%	2.41%
2009	24,862,664	177,853	2.53%	2.34%
2010	25,474,995	181,802	2.46%	2.22%
2011	26,095,088	185,649	2.43%	2.12%
2012	26,734,268	189,439	2.45%	2.04%
2013	27,386,193	193,148	2.44%	1.96%
2014	28,041,592	196,767	2.39%	1.87%
2015	28,696,068	200,291	2.33%	1.79%
2016	29,356,742	203,689	2.3%	1.7%
2017	30,008,354	206,970	2.22%	1.61%
2018	30,637,585	210,187	2.1%	1.55%
2019	31,258,945	213,392	2.03%	1.52%
2020	31,887,809	217,435	2.01%	1.89%
2021	32,518,665	221,961	1.98%	2.08%
2022	33,149,152	226,305	1.94%	1.96%
2023	33,787,914	230,871	1.93%	2.02%
2024	34,427,414	235,536	1.89%	2.02%
2025	35,064,273	240,251	1.85%	2%
2026	35,697,555	244,987	1.81%	1.97%
2027	36,328,265	249,783	1.77%	1.96%
2028	36,959,310	254,657	1.74%	1.95%
2029	37,589,709	259,597	1.71%	1.94%
2030	38,222,075	264,560	1.68%	1.91%
2031	38,856,804	269,566	1.66%	1.89%
2032	39,492,788	274,643	1.64%	1.88%
2033	40,132,720	279,761	1.62%	1.86%
2034	40,774,152	284,911	1.6%	1.84%
2035	41,412,555	290,082	1.57%	1.81%
2036	42,047,450	295,269	1.53%	1.79%
2037	42,682,177	300,439	1.51%	1.75%
2038	43,314,971	305,590	1.48%	1.71%
2039	43,942,852	310,729	1.45%	1.68%
2040	44,568,346	315,833	1.42%	1.64%
2041	45,190,628	320,875	1.4%	1.6%
2042	45,808,597	325,888	1.37%	1.56%
2043	46,421,960	330,908	1.34%	1.54%
2044	47,030,351	335,919	1.31%	1.51%
2045	47,634,271	340,911	1.28%	1.49%
2046	48,231,602	345,883	1.25%	1.46%
2047	48,823,456	350,758	1.23%	1.41%
2048	49,408,506	355,569	1.2%	1.37%
2049	49,984,435	360,353	1.17%	1.35%
2050	50,553,041	365,103	1.14%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ghana increased by 6,316,040 people (a 27.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ghana gained 6,347,706 (a 21.6% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

Ghana was ranked 48th most populous country in 2006 and is 47th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.