Population in Ghana compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ghana and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ghana	Saudi Arabia	Ghana	Saudi Arabia
1960	6,961,215	2,435,403	-	-
1961	7,162,667	2,526,347	2.89%	3.73%
1962	7,337,375	2,620,910	2.44%	3.74%
1963	7,514,714	2,719,341	2.42%	3.76%
1964	7,695,739	2,821,968	2.41%	3.77%
1965	7,882,606	2,928,771	2.43%	3.78%
1966	8,074,521	3,039,887	2.43%	3.79%
1967	8,271,913	3,157,242	2.44%	3.86%
1968	8,475,729	3,282,711	2.46%	3.97%
1969	8,690,383	3,417,114	2.53%	4.09%
1970	8,925,813	3,562,470	2.71%	4.25%
1971	9,176,264	3,724,031	2.81%	4.54%
1972	9,438,187	3,905,722	2.85%	4.88%
1973	9,714,617	4,106,344	2.93%	5.14%
1974	10,000,523	4,323,632	2.94%	5.29%
1975	10,294,308	4,556,287	2.94%	5.38%
1976	10,594,913	4,807,933	2.92%	5.52%
1977	10,911,871	5,083,048	2.99%	5.72%
1978	11,248,450	5,381,902	3.08%	5.88%
1979	11,597,255	5,703,698	3.1%	5.98%
1980	11,941,448	6,047,997	2.97%	6.04%
1981	12,281,712	6,420,551	2.85%	6.16%
1982	12,643,819	6,824,486	2.95%	6.29%
1983	13,029,836	7,252,941	3.05%	6.28%
1984	13,370,590	7,697,307	2.62%	6.13%
1985	13,661,229	8,151,779	2.17%	5.9%
1986	13,965,217	8,628,639	2.23%	5.85%
1987	14,289,108	9,130,194	2.32%	5.81%
1988	14,636,568	9,629,165	2.43%	5.47%
1989	15,006,813	10,128,394	2.53%	5.18%
1990	15,394,648	10,640,691	2.58%	5.06%
1991	15,787,496	11,160,744	2.55%	4.89%
1992	16,184,855	11,686,676	2.52%	4.71%
1993	16,589,519	12,215,862	2.5%	4.53%
1994	16,993,190	12,750,040	2.43%	4.37%
1995	17,399,017	13,289,245	2.39%	4.23%
1996	17,810,181	13,831,009	2.36%	4.08%
1997	18,238,958	14,374,943	2.41%	3.93%
1998	18,688,036	14,922,185	2.46%	3.81%
1999	19,149,864	15,472,075	2.47%	3.69%
2000	19,637,087	16,177,722	2.54%	4.56%
2001	20,167,069	17,041,397	2.7%	5.34%
2002	20,729,388	17,910,910	2.79%	5.1%
2003	21,296,705	18,786,767	2.74%	4.89%
2004	21,868,298	19,669,480	2.68%	4.7%
2005	22,449,438	20,559,890	2.66%	4.53%
2006	23,040,702	21,459,144	2.63%	4.37%
2007	23,642,279	22,368,313	2.61%	4.24%
2008	24,249,946	23,287,877	2.57%	4.11%
2009	24,862,664	24,217,654	2.53%	3.99%
2010	25,474,995	23,978,487	2.46%	-0.99%
2011	26,095,088	25,091,867	2.43%	4.64%
2012	26,734,268	26,168,861	2.45%	4.29%
2013	27,386,193	27,624,004	2.44%	5.56%
2014	28,041,592	28,309,273	2.39%	2.48%
2015	28,696,068	29,816,382	2.33%	5.32%
2016	29,356,742	30,954,198	2.3%	3.82%
2017	30,008,354	30,977,355	2.22%	0.07%
2018	30,637,585	30,196,281	2.1%	-2.52%
2019	31,258,945	30,063,799	2.03%	-0.44%
2020	31,887,809	31,552,510	2.01%	4.95%
2021	32,518,665	30,784,383	1.98%	-2.43%
2022	33,149,152	32,175,224	1.94%	4.52%
2023	33,787,914	33,702,731	1.93%	4.75%
2024	34,427,414	35,300,280	1.89%	4.74%
2025	35,064,273	35,927,625	1.85%	1.78%
2026	35,697,555	36,550,694	1.81%	1.73%
2027	36,328,265	37,167,513	1.77%	1.69%
2028	36,959,310	37,775,810	1.74%	1.64%
2029	37,589,709	38,364,377	1.71%	1.56%
2030	38,222,075	38,918,375	1.68%	1.44%
2031	38,856,804	39,450,880	1.66%	1.37%
2032	39,492,788	39,983,934	1.64%	1.35%
2033	40,132,720	40,517,599	1.62%	1.33%
2034	40,774,152	41,052,423	1.6%	1.32%
2035	41,412,555	41,588,429	1.57%	1.31%
2036	42,047,450	42,125,184	1.53%	1.29%
2037	42,682,177	42,661,908	1.51%	1.27%
2038	43,314,971	43,198,420	1.48%	1.26%
2039	43,942,852	43,734,316	1.45%	1.24%
2040	44,568,346	44,269,571	1.42%	1.22%
2041	45,190,628	44,804,338	1.4%	1.21%
2042	45,808,597	45,338,111	1.37%	1.19%
2043	46,421,960	45,870,896	1.34%	1.18%
2044	47,030,351	46,403,116	1.31%	1.16%
2045	47,634,271	46,934,822	1.28%	1.15%
2046	48,231,602	47,465,267	1.25%	1.13%
2047	48,823,456	47,993,976	1.23%	1.11%
2048	49,408,506	48,521,364	1.2%	1.1%
2049	49,984,435	49,047,461	1.17%	1.08%
2050	50,553,041	49,572,202	1.14%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ghana increased by 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ghana gained 6,876,906 (a 24% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Ghana was ranked 49th most populous country in 2005 and is 47th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ghana's population will grow by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people with a rank change from 47th to 42nd. The population of Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.